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Take a look at the original Greek occurrences of “the Holy Spirit” and let me know if you think that it could have originally said “holy spirits”. For the holy spirits (Angels) are also ‘at one with God’ and they do His work as per His Will.
The Greek phrase ‘agia pneuma (normally translated as “the Holy Spirit,” with the definite article) is most definitely not plural. It is feminine singular and clearly refers to a divine entity, not a plurality.
The text that we have available to us today may clearly state the singular form, but that still does not sit well with me. If we look at Acts 2:3 to 4, a more plausible translation would be: “And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it [a holy spirit] sat upon each of them. And they were all [each] filled with the [a] Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit
gave them utterance.” This is consistent with the other occurrences of Prophets throughout the Bible. In this case though, Jesus’ promise to “send the teachers” had been fulfilled and now there were hundreds of Prophets (divine messengers) speaking in the same place.
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