Transcendence of God

God is outside and above all creation

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Solomon confesses that God transcends containment by the temple:

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Elihu declares the Lord to be beyond reach; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Jesus Christ is above all, in the place of highest honour and authority; ;

God is able also to draw near to his creatures

Isaiah 57:15 NASB95

For thus says the high and exalted One Who lives forever, whose name is Holy, “I dwell on a high and holy place, And also with the contrite and lowly of spirit In order to revive the spirit of the lowly And to revive the heart of the contrite.

The invisibility of God

God is invisible to people and hidden from their sight

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Job is unable to find God in his suffering:

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OT saints who saw God

These exceptions indicate that God’s invisibility is not inherent, but the result of sinful people’s inability to look upon a holy God.

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God is made visible in Jesus Christ

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Redeemed people will be able to look at God’s face

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God’s ways are beyond human understanding

Isaiah 55:8–9 NASB95

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways And My thoughts than your thoughts.

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