Hi Pat,
The verse I was referring to is the same one you quote: Ex: 33:23 "Then I will
take away My hand, and you shall see My back; but My face shall not be seen." My
point simply is that God can be seen, and has been seen, albeit not completely
and not His face. While I question to the use of images at all, I'm still
surprised that many (most?) readers and believers in the Bible don't see a
contradiction between the way Christ is portrayed in images and the way He is
described in the Bible.
Regards,
- Michael
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> In a message dated 12-5-1999 7:09:30 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
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> > You correctly point out that, according to the Bible, God has been seen, in
> > part, and, more importantly, can be seen.
> >
> > - Michael
> >
>
> (1) I'm not sure what chapter and verse you have in mind. This is what I was
> thinking of (God to Moses). Moses actually asks to see God, and gets this
> answer.
>
> "And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for there shall no man see me, and
> live" (Exod. 33.20).
>
> "...my face shall not be seen" (Exod. 33.23)
>
> Also Rev. 22.4, where the redeemed, taken up to the city of God after the
> judgment, "shall see his face." But this is presented as an event in the
> future, and until then, "we see through a glass, darkly" (1 Cor. 13.12).
> Notice that when the redeemed shall see the face of God, the light of the sun
> will no longer be needed (22.5), and we certainly need the light of the sun
> now.
>
> (2) How do you understand a theophany?
>
> pat sloane
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