- Thread starter
- #21
With Jesus coming to this earth as a man and resurrecting with his immortal body of flesh and bones to have the image of a man, and also before he was come in the flesh he appeared to Moses as having the features of a man:
Exodus 33:21-23
21 And the Lord said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock:
22 And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:
23 And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.
Here we see that the premortal Jehovah, the Great I AM, who later came to this earth as Jesus Christ, has a hand, a face, and back parts.
Can we not see that the image of God is in the form of a man? Thus we see a more concrete meaning in the following verses:
Genesis 1:27
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Genesis 9:6
6 Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
Matthew 16:27-28
27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
28 Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
Hebrews 1:1-3
1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
When Jesus calls himself the Son of Man, is it really only because he is the son of Mary or could it be that God the Father is a man himself? If Jesus who in the brightness of his Father's glory is also the express image of his person, then Jesus being a resurrected man with a body of flesh and bones who always has been manifest as a man, would that not tell us that God the Father is also in the form of a man? If Jesus is the express image of the Father's person, and we all are created in the image of God, would not God the Father have a face, hands, back parts, be able to sit on a throne, and have his son stand on his right side?
Acts 7:54-56
54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
55 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
If we are the literal offspring of God the Father, it makes sense that we would be created in his image and likeness?
Acts 17:28-29
28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.
Because we are the literal offspring of God, he has called us gods. We are the literal children of God.
John 10:34
34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
In short, if we are the literal offspring of God and therefore called gods by Jesus himself, and we are created in the very image and likeness of God, would you not think that God looks like us? If Jesus is the express image of the person of God the Father, would you not think that God looks like us? If Jesus is resurrected with a body of flesh and bones and looks like he did on the earth except coupled with glory, is he not an exalted man? And again, if Jesus is the express image of the person of the Father, what do you expect the Father to look like? Before coming to this earth, God the Father had spirit children of which Jesus was the firstborn among many brethren.
Romans 8:29
29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Hebrews 1:6
6 And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
Jesus was the firstborn among many brethren, and those other brethren were those of us who have come to this earth and received bodies. We existed before coming to this earth as the spirit children of God. See the following link:
Premortal Existence as taught in the Bible
Exodus 33:21-23
21 And the Lord said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock:
22 And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:
23 And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.
Here we see that the premortal Jehovah, the Great I AM, who later came to this earth as Jesus Christ, has a hand, a face, and back parts.
Can we not see that the image of God is in the form of a man? Thus we see a more concrete meaning in the following verses:
Genesis 1:27
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Genesis 9:6
6 Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
Matthew 16:27-28
27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
28 Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
Hebrews 1:1-3
1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
When Jesus calls himself the Son of Man, is it really only because he is the son of Mary or could it be that God the Father is a man himself? If Jesus who in the brightness of his Father's glory is also the express image of his person, then Jesus being a resurrected man with a body of flesh and bones who always has been manifest as a man, would that not tell us that God the Father is also in the form of a man? If Jesus is the express image of the Father's person, and we all are created in the image of God, would not God the Father have a face, hands, back parts, be able to sit on a throne, and have his son stand on his right side?
Acts 7:54-56
54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
55 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
If we are the literal offspring of God the Father, it makes sense that we would be created in his image and likeness?
Acts 17:28-29
28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.
Because we are the literal offspring of God, he has called us gods. We are the literal children of God.
Psalm 82:6
6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.John 10:34
34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
In short, if we are the literal offspring of God and therefore called gods by Jesus himself, and we are created in the very image and likeness of God, would you not think that God looks like us? If Jesus is the express image of the person of God the Father, would you not think that God looks like us? If Jesus is resurrected with a body of flesh and bones and looks like he did on the earth except coupled with glory, is he not an exalted man? And again, if Jesus is the express image of the person of the Father, what do you expect the Father to look like? Before coming to this earth, God the Father had spirit children of which Jesus was the firstborn among many brethren.
Romans 8:29
29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Hebrews 1:6
6 And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
Jesus was the firstborn among many brethren, and those other brethren were those of us who have come to this earth and received bodies. We existed before coming to this earth as the spirit children of God. See the following link:
Premortal Existence as taught in the Bible
Hebrews 12:9
9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
Last edited: