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What is “manifestation” of God, and is it the same as “agency”?

Answered by BibleQ . May 10, 2024 - 6:31 pm

A straightforward question to which we give a short general answer: The subject of God’s manifestation to man is terminology mainly used in 19th Century books. It simply means how God reveals himself. The terminology is partly Trinitarian, in that it is used of “God the Father” being manifested by “God the Holy Spirit” and […]

How could the seventy elders of Israel see God on a sapphire pavement? (Exodus 24:10)

Answered by BibleQ . August 29, 2021 - 6:56 pm

The appearance of God above the sapphire, or lapis lazuli, pavement is what is known as a theophany. God appearing. And yet the Bible also tells us that no man can see God and live, and that no man has seen God, so what the seventy saw was some kind of representation of God, but […]

Who were the three angels who visited Abraham in Genesis 18?

Answered by BibleQ . June 23, 2021 - 9:29 pm

The question relates to this incident in Genesis 18: 18 1 And the Lord appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day. 2 He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing in front of him. When he saw them, he […]

Was Moses to “a god” to Pharaoh or “as God” to Pharaoh in Exodus 7:1

Answered by BibleQ . April 2, 2020 - 10:01 am

This question relates to two verses which put Moses in a chain relationship which goes : God → Moses → Aaron → listener. It is unusual in the Bible because normally there is only one agent between God and the listener, such as God → angel → Moses, or God → prophet → people. Exodus […]

“Whoever has seen me has seen the Father” (John 14:9). Did Jesus claim to be God to Philip?

Answered by BibleQ . June 29, 2017 - 8:44 pm

This question relates to Jesus’ answer to Philip’s request “Show us the Father”: 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you know me, you will know my Father also. From now on you do know him and have […]

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What is “manifestation” of God, and is it the same as “agency”?

How could the seventy elders of Israel see God on a sapphire pavement? (Exodus 24:10)

Who were the three angels who visited Abraham in Genesis 18?

Was Moses to “a god” to Pharaoh or “as God” to Pharaoh in Exodus 7:1

“Whoever has seen me has seen the Father” (John 14:9). Did Jesus claim to be God to Philip?

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