Jesus dwelt among men and was visible for a time. 2:5-8) to give His life as ransom for many (Matt. He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to death - even death on a cross (Phil. 1:3). He is the one and only Son, who is Himself God (John 1:18). But He took the very nature of a servant. THE INVISIBLE GOD APPEARED TO MANKIND IN THE APPEARANCE OF A MAN AS JESUS CHRIST.He is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His being (Heb. 32:30). Samson’s “soon-to-be-parents” were amazed they didn’t die for having seen God (Judg. Jacob marveled that his life had been preserved after wrestling with God (Gen. Even men in the olden days knew about that. 33:20, NJV). To see God’s face would be fatal. SEEING GOD’S FACE WOULD BE FATAL.In the verses that follow the above passage, the Lord Himself told Moses, “You cannot see My face, for no one may see Me and live!” (Ex. It means speaking with someone on an intimate and personal manner - as a friend speaks to a friend. The point of these words is not that God’s face was actually seen. Here, we must understand that the expression “speaking face to face” is a figure of speech. SEEING GOD “FACE TO FACE” IS NOT SEEING GOD’S FACE. In Exodus 33, Moses is said to have spoken to God face to face.
A VISIBLE REPRESENTATION OF AN IVISIBLE GOD FULL
The angels, on the other hand, only speak of God’s character - holy, holy, holy, and full of glory! That’s it! Isaiah has more to say about the angels. But again, how much of how God looks can we know about this passage? God was sitting on the throne, wearing a robe that fills the temple. If we read all the way until the fifth verse, we can tell that it had a tremendous impact on him. God may have been visible to them at that moment but certainly not fully so.Īnother spectacular account of God being “seen” is found in Isaiah 6 - when Isaiah had a glimpse of God and the heavens. Moses managed to describe what’s under His feet apart from that, we don’t get much of a description about God Himself. But how much detail about God’s looks and appearance do we get from these verses? They saw God but just His feet. This is an amazing account of the leaders of Israel’s claim to have seen God.
GOD APPEARED TO MEN IN VAGUE FORMS. God, who has no form, appeared to men in vague forms - forms with descriptions that are not clearly sensed and fully expressed. He is omnipresent - present everywhere that’s why worship is not restricted to one place either. God is Spirit so that He is not restricted to one place. GOD IS SPIRIT.God is invisible because He is Spirit, not flesh. Both the Old and the New Testament tell us that God has no form - His existence is non-physical. To assimilate this apparent contradiction, we must dig in to these important biblical truths: John’s statement regarding God’s invisibility may seem to contradict Jacob, Moses, and many others’ experiences in “seeing God face to face,” but no, it does not. “The Lord spoke to Moses face to face as a man speaks with his friend” (Ex. “Jacob named the place Peniel, ‘for I’ve seen God face to face, and my life has been spared’” (Gen. However, there were these great men in the Bible who claimed to have seen God face to face: “No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God…” John 1:18a, NIV In his book, he spoke of God who has never been seen by anyone ever except Jesus who is Himself God.
John was one of the first several witnesses who had testimonies about Jesus. His total essence, all of His being, will never be visible to us. He is not composed of any kind of material or substance perceivable by the bodily senses. Being immaterial, He doesn’t have a physical form. One of The Attributes of God that describes His being is INVISIBILITY.
He immediately called my attention and asked, “Do you see God?” I knew at once what he meant, so I just kept quiet. I can’t really recall what we were talking about, but I remember myself saying, “To see is to believe.” My father heard that.
I have a hazy memory of a moment in my childhood when my sister and I were talking. “We set our eyes not on what we see but on what we cannot see” 2 Corinthians 4:18a, NCV
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