The Divine Embodiment and the Physical Presence of God
I. INTRODUCTION.
In Old Testament Biblical accounts, God makes Himself known by His actual presence. This presence is exhibited in a myriad of ways. His manifestation, materialization or appearance in a tangible manner to the human senses is called a theophany. For example, when the Hebrews escaped from Egypt, God was with them. The average Hebrew of the exodus knew that God was present among them as there was a “pillar of a cloud” by day and a “pillar of fire” by night.
And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
In addition, such Hebrew luminaries as Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu and the seventy elders saw the God of …show more content…
The prophet Moses is mentioned several times as communicating with God in such a manner:
And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.
Other references which describe the relationship that God has with Moses and using the same face to face terminology are found in Deuteronomy 5:4, Deuteronomy 34:10 and Numbers 14:14.
In addition to face to face contact, Moses was privileged to receive God’s commandments. These laws were carved by the finger of God on tables of stone.
And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God. (Exodus 31:18)
So from a small finger to the entire back parts of God; from face to face observation to bodily contact; the physical presence of the God of the Old Testament was seen and
I. INTRODUCTION.
In Old Testament Biblical accounts, God makes Himself known by His actual presence. This presence is exhibited in a myriad of ways. His manifestation, materialization or appearance in a tangible manner to the human senses is called a theophany. For example, when the Hebrews escaped from Egypt, God was with them. The average Hebrew of the exodus knew that God was present among them as there was a “pillar of a cloud” by day and a “pillar of fire” by night.
And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
In addition, such Hebrew luminaries as Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu and the seventy elders saw the God of …show more content…
The prophet Moses is mentioned several times as communicating with God in such a manner:
And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.
Other references which describe the relationship that God has with Moses and using the same face to face terminology are found in Deuteronomy 5:4, Deuteronomy 34:10 and Numbers 14:14.
In addition to face to face contact, Moses was privileged to receive God’s commandments. These laws were carved by the finger of God on tables of stone.
And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God. (Exodus 31:18)
So from a small finger to the entire back parts of God; from face to face observation to bodily contact; the physical presence of the God of the Old Testament was seen and