Seeing God

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Perceiving God in all his fulness. Scripture stresses that God, as spirit, is invisible to sinful human beings. He has, however, been revealed in Jesus Christ, who is his perfect likeness, and he will be seen in all his glory at the end of history when he comes in judgment.

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No human can see the face of God in all his fulness

1 Timothy 6:15–16 ESV

which he will display at the proper time—he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.

See also Dt 4:10–12; Jn 6:46; 1 Ti 1:17; 1 Jn 4:12

Privileged individuals may catch a glimpse of God

Exodus 33:21–23 ESV

And the Lord said, “Behold, there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock, and while my glory passes by I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with my hand until I have passed by. Then I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back, but my face shall not be seen.”

See also Ge 16:13–14 Hagar; Nu 12:5–8 Moses; Jdg 6:11–24 Gideon; Jdg 13:2–23 Manoah and his wife

From what dangers, seen and unseen, we have been preserved through the interposition of the angels, we shall never know, until in the light of eternity we see the providences of God.

Ellen Gould White

Threat of death on seeing the face of God

Exodus 33:20 ESV

But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for man shall not see me and live.”

The evidence of God’s existence and his gift is more than compelling, but those who insist that they have no need of him or it will always find ways to discount the offer.

Blaise Pascal

See also Ge 32:24–30; Ex 19:21; Ex 24:9–11

Seeing God in a vision

Isaiah 6:1 ESV

In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple.

See also 1 Ki 22:19 Micaiah; Eze 1:1–28 Ezekiel; Ac 7:55–56 Stephen

God may be seen in Jesus Christ

Jn 14:8–9; Col 1:15

The hope of seeing God at the resurrection

1 Corinthians 13:12 ESV

For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.