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Why Do People Believe In An Invisible God? -  I  [1 of 3]

The conviction expressed by Paul in 1 Timothy 6:15-16 must surely make one wonder how he could be so certain.

“15. (the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ) which, in his own time, the blessed and only sovereign, the King of reigning kings and Lord of ruling lords, will show. 16. He alone has immortality, inhabiting unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see. To him be honour and eternal dominion. Amen.”

Who is this God who cannot be seen and has never been seen by man? Yet, as the LORD God or Jehovah according to the KJV and other English translations of the Bible, he presumably appeared to:

•  Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3:8);
•  Abraham and Sarah in Genesis 12:7, 17:1 and 18:1;
•  Isaac in Genesis 26:2,14;
•  Jacob in Genesis 32:22-30, 35:7,9 and 48:3;
• Moses in the Burning Bush in Exodus 4:5 and 6:3 and on Mount Sinai;
•  Moses and over one million children of Israel during the Exodus as the Glory of the LORD appearing within the cloud by day and pillar of fire by night while it went ahead of them or stood at Mount Sinai;

[The pillar of fire and cloud were made of the fabric of space and time, as seen in the heavenly realms. It contained the LORD's physical presence, including His IRV.]

•  Moses personally in Exodus 33:21-23 and 34:5-7 where he asked to see God's face. Observe the LORD's own comments in Numbers 12:5-8;
•  In the tent of meeting in a pillar of cloud in Deuteronomy 31:15;
•  After his death the LORD buried Moses in a secret location opposite Bethpe'or in the land of Moab, according to Deuteronomy 34:5-6;

 [How does an invisible God bury a man in the ground?]

•  Manoah and his wife in Judges 13:22, where he told her, "We shall surely die, for we have seen God."
•  Samuel, a prophet of the LORD, to meet with him at Shiloh in 1 Samuel 3:21;
•  David in Psalm 110:1 where the LORD invited him to sit at His right hand;
•  Solomon at Gibeon as a recognizable form in a dream in 1 Kings 3:5 and in Jerusalem in 9:2 (see 11:9);
•  'Iyyowb saw the LORD with his own eyes (Job 42:5), having heard of Him with his ears;
•  Elijah in the second cave on Mount Horeb in 1 Kings 19:11-13, when the LORD passed by, then hid behind a rock and called out to him;
•  The prophet Isaiah in Isaiah 6:1,5, who saw the LORD sitting upon a throne beneath the Seraphim;
•  The prophet Ezekiel in Ezekiel 1:26-28 and 3:12-14;
•  The prophet Amos who saw the LORD physically standing beside the altar in Solomon’s temple (Amos 9:1);
•  Daniel in a vision of one like a son of man coming to the Ancient of Days, according to Daniel 7:13;
•  the seer John in Revelation 4:2-3.

Many of the above are listed under "appeared" in James Strong's Exhaustive Concordance Of The Bible on page 73 (Hendriksen Publishers).

To it may be added other references, including Emmanuel in Matthew 1:23, as well as the similarity of appearances between Jesus and His heavenly Father in John 10:30, 12:45 and 14:8-11.

What was that about hearing but not understanding, and seeing yet not perceiving” (Isaiah 6:9-10, Matthew 13:14-15)? They do not even see, let alone hear the Word.

The Angel of Yahuw’ah (El Elyown) astride His White Horse looks towards the lawgiver Yahuw’ah with His finger ready to inscribe the Ten Commandments. To appear in a FIMIOL They both had to be physical in order to be photographed.

So who is this God and father whom the apostle Paul invented? Was he indeed just carrying on the God and father of the scribes and Pharisees, of whom he had been both, and who were so rightly condemned in Matthew 23 as children of the Devil (“serpents, offspring of vipers” in 23:33, John 8:41,44). How can Christians lower themselves to worship such a God?

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Before Departure Announcement  - Pt I Belief In An Invisible God -  I

Before Departure Announcement  - Pt II

Belief In An Invisible God -  II Belief In An Invisible God -  III

Two Clouds Of Eyewitnesses -  I Setting The Rules Of Engagement Monotheism Is Of The Devil Is This Universe Expanding? -  I Evolution Mythology -  I My Dentist Lives Forty Light Years Away -  I Christ Has No Power To Save -  I The Structure Of Religion -  I Deceiving The Whole World -  I Another Angry Outburst -  I Replacing One Prime Minister -  I

Two Clouds Of Eyewitnesses -  II Two Clouds Of Eyewitnesses -  III Two Clouds Of Eyewitnesses -  IV Two Clouds Of Eyewitnesses -  V Two Clouds Of Eyewitnesses -  VI Two Clouds Of Eyewitnesses -  VII Two Clouds Of Eyewitnesses -  VIII Two Clouds Of Eyewitnesses -  IX Two Clouds Of Eyewitnesses -  X Two Clouds Of Eyewitnesses -  XI Two Clouds Of Eyewitnesses -  XII Two Clouds Of Eyewitnesses -  XIII Two Clouds Of eyewitnesses -  XIV Two Clouds Of Eyewitnesses -  XV Two Clouds Of Eyewitnesses -  XVI Two Clouds Of Eyewitnesses -  XVII Addendum -  I Addendum -  II

Is This Universe Expanding? -  II Is This Universe Expanding? -  III Is This Universe Expanding? -  IV Is This Universe Expanding? -  V Is This Universe Expanding? -  VI Is This Universe Expanding? -  VII Is This Universe Expanding? -  VIII Is This Universe Expanding? -  IX Is The Universe Expanding? -  X

Evolution Mythology - II Evolution Mythology -  III

My Dentist Lives Forty Light Years Away -  II My Dentist Lives Forty Light Years Away -  III My Dentist Lives Forty Light Years Away -  IV

Christ Has No Power To Save -  II Christ Has No Power To Save -  III

The Structure Of  Religion -  II The Structure Of Religion -  III The Structure Of Religion -  IV The Structure Of Religion -  V The Structure Of Religion -  VI The Structure Of Religion -  VII The Structure Of Religion -  VIII The Evolution Myth -  I

Deceiving The Whole World -  II Deceiving The Whole World -  III Deceiving The Whole World -  IV

Replacing One Prime Minister -  II Replacing One Prime Minister -  III