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To: From many - one.

"God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." (John 4:24 -- Christ speaking)

Notable physical/visible manifestations of God (called Theophanies):

Various physical, apparently man or angel-like appearances in Genesis, not well-described.

Exodus:

. . And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.

He also appeared as a pillar of smoke/flame

Burning Bush

Appeared in the form of an angel

As a dis-embodied hand to a poor shmuck who thought it would be OK to have a dinner party with the Temple gold dishes (during Babylonian captivity).

Various times a "light" "smoke" and the like.

Basically, His "image" is beyond our understanding, and is, at least, tri-partite.

Jesus explained this bit to the Sadduces who were trying to trip him up on marriage question. (If a widow remarries, who would she be married to in Heaven. Christ's answer: No one -- it does not work that way in heaven; you'll be like angels, who apparently work by different rules.)


255 posted on 11/15/2005 9:08:43 AM PST by MeanWestTexan (Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
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To: MeanWestTexan

How about a "spiritual" image?


258 posted on 11/15/2005 9:10:28 AM PST by furball4paws (One of the last Evil Geniuses, or the first of their return.)
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To: MeanWestTexan

Probably why "Thou shalt make no graven image"...to prevent just such nonsense as God looking like an old white male sitting on a cloud, or young ill favoured semitic male (I don't have time to track it but Jesus wasn't supposed to be pretty), or a handsome bearded young man looking skyward.


260 posted on 11/15/2005 9:24:20 AM PST by From many - one.
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