![]() After her encounter, she named the place where this occured Beer Lahai Roi, which means, "I have now seen the One who sees me" (Gen.16:13-14, NIV).īut what about the apostle John? He writes: "No-one has ever seen God" (John 1:18). Not only he, but many others have seen and spoken to God's face. He was only permitted to see God's back (v.23) at that time because he was afraid.īut at other times he spoke with God face to face as a man converses with another, in other words, with God's glory shielded or hidden (Ex.24:9-11). Those who lack faith and are unsanctified may not gaze on God's glory (v.18). From this a superstition arose amongst the Hebrews that no-one could look at God's face and live (Ex.33:20). ![]() The text in fact says that Moses was afraid to look God in the face and therefore turned around (Ex.3:6). It is wrongly assumed by many Christians that Moses did not look at God's face because to do so would bring instant death, because of God's glory. If Jesus is the exact representation of God and the representation of His being, then the Father and Son must look alike and be visible to each other, as well as having the same moral and spiritual attributes. Paul says that Christ is "the image of God" (2 Cor.4:4, NIV) as well as "the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of His being" (Heb.1:3, NIV). ![]() But what the apostle is saying is that heaven - which is the abode of God - is presently invisible to our carnal eyes, and therefore God is as well, but not permanently. If we are to accept the orthodox position that God can never be seen because He is permanently invisible then logically we must say that heaven will be permanently invisible too. Later on he says: "For by all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible" (Col.1:16, NIV). Paul is not saying that God is invisible in the sense that He can never be seen. How can Jesus be an image of something that is invisible? And doesn't the Old Testament say that God conversed with Moses "face to face" as one man converses to another? So how can God be invisible? Or was it the pre-incarnate Christ that Moses spoke to? Paul says that Jesus is the "image of the invisible God" (Col.1:5). Thank the Lord for this beautiful favor that has been richly shed on us New Covenant Church of God - B'rit Chadashah Assembly of Yahweh, FAQ 137: Is God Invisible?įAQ 137 Is God Invisible? NCW 16, February 1995 You are the image of the invisible God, not just a representation but the divine nature imparted in your spirit and expressing itself through you! Arise, shine! PRAY By His grace, He has magnified his kindness by bringing us into Himself. What does an image tell you? Can you see the spiritual correlation with the image of God? APPLY THE WORD What is an image? Think about it in the natural every day to day life. He has called us by His grace into the glory of God! MEDITATE The most astonishing part of it is that Christ has brought us into Himself, making us the living image of the invisible God. An image is a visual living picture of God that is visible to the human eyes and can easily be perceived by the mind. He has to be revealed or manifested for us to see or know Him. Christ is a heavenly Man, the actual manifestation of God in the flesh. What the first Adam was only a representation, Christ was the reality.Īdam was the natural man, an earthly image of God. He was exactly what God is in the flesh, nothing less nothing more. Adam was created in the image of God, a representation of Him. In fact the scripture calls Him the second Adam. ![]() The “no” is what is most important because it brings out the glories of our Lord Jesus. Every human being is created in the image of God, so Christ being in the image of God should not be anything surprising to us, correct? Yes, and no! Yes, because Christ was a Man and so by default carries the image of God that every human being carries. He is a living image, the exact manifestation of God who is unseen to the human eyes and mind. 1:15 KJV)Ĭhrist is the image of the invisible God. ![]() Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: (Col. ![]()
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