Thursday, March 24, 2011
Understanding The Trinity, Three Persons vs Three Manifestations: The Bible Says, no man has seen God? How can you ...
Understanding The Trinity, Three Persons vs Three Manifestations: The Bible Says, no man has seen God? How can you ...: "Hebrews 1:3,8 Do you want to hear something that seems amazing, but it happens to me often. I was looking for a way to answer this questio..."
The Bible Says, no man has seen God? How can you say Jesus is God?
Hebrews 1:3,8
Do you want to hear something that seems amazing, but it happens to me often. I was looking for a way to answer this question about “men seeing God.” So I picked up the Bible believing that God was going to show me where to look. I just started thumbing through the Old Testament, looking for the scripture where Moses saw the back side of God. God took me to Exodus 24:1-18. I have to say God took me to it, because I didn’t know this scripture existed.
I’m sure, I had read it, but hadn’t seen it with my mind. God opened up a new chapter in my understanding of his manifestation and his appearances to men. We would have to know Jesus in order to understand that we have seen the expressed image of God (Hebrews 1:3). This scripture also tells us that God is one Person. We have seen the invisible God, in the face of Jesus Christ (II Corinthians 4:4-6). In the book of Exodus, Moses, Nadab, Abihu, seventy (70) elders of Israel, and the nobles of Israel, saw God. This gives us an indication that this manifestation of God had the appearance of a body. Could it have been an theophany of a pre-existent Christ? (Exodus 24:1-18). You be the Judge. God didn’t tell us at this point that this appearance was in the form of Jesus Christ. We would only understand this manifestation of God, by studying the new Testament. The knowledge and mystery of Christ gives us the understanding that God had feet (in a visible form), which tells us that they saw the manifestation of a Spiritual being that had a shape like a body that we could understand in natural terms. Therefore, if we use deductive reasoning, we could infer that this was a manifestation of the pre-incarnate Christ (Daniel 3:25) Interesting, don’t you think !!!!
God had to show himself in a theophany (manifestation) so that we could behold his glory. God was not seen in His full Spiritual realm but He has been seen in a Spiritual manifestation and a Spiritual form which looked like a natural body. The Deity of Jesus Christ is his inner Spirit which we cannot see. However, we have seen God in a epiphany (manifestation) of his Sonship (flesh) (John 1:14). The essence of a man is his spirit not necessarily the body.
We will see God again in his glorified body at his second return (II Thessalonians 1:7-8 - they will not obey the baptism in Jesus Name - Acts 2:38), Revelation 1:8 - Jesus Christ is the Almighty God - some don't know Him as God the Father - Isaiah 9:6, John 14:8,9). "We shall see him as He is."
In I John 1:1, John explains that we have seen with our eyes, and our hands have handled the Word of Life; (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;). Jesus' Spirit as a man was with God and is God (John 1:1, 10). John is expressing to us that we have been with the only true God and we have seen him in the face of Jesus Christ.
This is an edited excerpt from my book, "Understanding the Trinity, Three Persons vs Three Manifestations, A Revolution in Christian Thought and Philosophy, Every Person seeking to know more about God should read this book.
To order call 1-888-280-7715.
Do you want to hear something that seems amazing, but it happens to me often. I was looking for a way to answer this question about “men seeing God.” So I picked up the Bible believing that God was going to show me where to look. I just started thumbing through the Old Testament, looking for the scripture where Moses saw the back side of God. God took me to Exodus 24:1-18. I have to say God took me to it, because I didn’t know this scripture existed.
I’m sure, I had read it, but hadn’t seen it with my mind. God opened up a new chapter in my understanding of his manifestation and his appearances to men. We would have to know Jesus in order to understand that we have seen the expressed image of God (Hebrews 1:3). This scripture also tells us that God is one Person. We have seen the invisible God, in the face of Jesus Christ (II Corinthians 4:4-6). In the book of Exodus, Moses, Nadab, Abihu, seventy (70) elders of Israel, and the nobles of Israel, saw God. This gives us an indication that this manifestation of God had the appearance of a body. Could it have been an theophany of a pre-existent Christ? (Exodus 24:1-18). You be the Judge. God didn’t tell us at this point that this appearance was in the form of Jesus Christ. We would only understand this manifestation of God, by studying the new Testament. The knowledge and mystery of Christ gives us the understanding that God had feet (in a visible form), which tells us that they saw the manifestation of a Spiritual being that had a shape like a body that we could understand in natural terms. Therefore, if we use deductive reasoning, we could infer that this was a manifestation of the pre-incarnate Christ (Daniel 3:25) Interesting, don’t you think !!!!
God had to show himself in a theophany (manifestation) so that we could behold his glory. God was not seen in His full Spiritual realm but He has been seen in a Spiritual manifestation and a Spiritual form which looked like a natural body. The Deity of Jesus Christ is his inner Spirit which we cannot see. However, we have seen God in a epiphany (manifestation) of his Sonship (flesh) (John 1:14). The essence of a man is his spirit not necessarily the body.
We will see God again in his glorified body at his second return (II Thessalonians 1:7-8 - they will not obey the baptism in Jesus Name - Acts 2:38), Revelation 1:8 - Jesus Christ is the Almighty God - some don't know Him as God the Father - Isaiah 9:6, John 14:8,9). "We shall see him as He is."
In I John 1:1, John explains that we have seen with our eyes, and our hands have handled the Word of Life; (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;). Jesus' Spirit as a man was with God and is God (John 1:1, 10). John is expressing to us that we have been with the only true God and we have seen him in the face of Jesus Christ.
This is an edited excerpt from my book, "Understanding the Trinity, Three Persons vs Three Manifestations, A Revolution in Christian Thought and Philosophy, Every Person seeking to know more about God should read this book.
To order call 1-888-280-7715.
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