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1 | Does God have wings? | Bible general Archive 2 | Wild Olive Shoot | 150238 | ||
So is God Black? White? Hispanic? Oriental? Does God look like the infant born without legs? Does God look like a man at 20 years of age or a man of 90 years? My point is this: We were made in His likeness yes, but not just like Him. We know not what God truly looks like. His word is not clear and as a matter of fact, at least two tried so fervently to explain what God looks like and still only ended up with somewhat vague descriptions. Ezekiel 1:26-28 and Revelation 1:14-16 God is indescribable. Any physical form we try to attach to God is only speculative. I would add this though: I bet God looks like Jesus. WOS |
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2 | Does God have wings? | Bible general Archive 2 | DANNYP | 150242 | ||
Interesting.... his likness would probably be as in two arms two legs... whenever a body has all the genes and dna in the right places. I have read other acounts of people seeing Him. there are many documented. I think the more we know about Him the better we can praise and worship Him. I think He is very describable. I dont think He wants to be Undifinable. He probably wants to be known by His children just like we want our kids to know us. |
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3 | Does God have wings? | Bible general Archive 2 | kalos | 150267 | ||
"I have read other acounts of people seeing Him" is what you write. That's nice. I'm happy for those people who have described what God looks like. Once again, we do not base our beliefs on experience. We base our teaching and beliefs on the BIBLE - THE WRITTEN WORD OF GOD. 4. A GOD OF HUMAN PROPORTIONS: The Teachings of Kenneth Copeland ____________________ 'Copeland's deflation of God is best exemplified by his comment that "the biggest failure in the Bible...is God."* (*Kenneth Copeland, Praise-a-Thon, TBN, 1988. Copeland has, in another instance, stated that God "is not a failure" (Kenneth Copeland, The Troublemaker [Fort Worth, TX: Kenneth Copeland Publications, n.d.], 23).) ____________________ [Note: Numbers within or at the end of sentences are footnote numbers. To read the footnotes providing reference sources for this article, go to: (www.equip.org/free/DC755-2.htm)] 'Copeland's view of God fares no better biblically than his understanding of faith. He describes God as someone "very much like you and me....A being that stands somewhere around 6'2," 6'3," that weighs somewhere in the neighborhood of a couple of hundred pounds, little better, [and] has a [hand]span nine inches across."22 'Copeland's statement is based on his hyperliteral reading of Isaiah 40:12 ("Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, marked off the heavens with a [nine inch] span,..." [AV]). Yet following the same line of interpretation, one would also have to conclude that God literally held a basket full of dust and weighed mountains on a gigantic set of scales (v. 12b) - an absurd proposition ruled out by the context of the passage. The fact is that Isaiah 40 makes extensive use of figurative language to underscore the vast difference between the Creator and His creation. 'Giving a literal spin on verses that figuratively describe God in humanlike (anthropomorphic) terms, Copeland makes God out to be a "spirit-being with a body, complete with eyes, and eyelids, ears, nostrils, a mouth, hands and fingers, and feet."23 However, the Bible never intended to convey the notion that God has physical features like His human creation. Anthropomorphic descriptions were simply meant to help us understand and relate to our Maker. Jesus declared, "God is spirit" (John 4:24), not a spirit-being with a body (cf. Deut. 4:12). The Creator is, after all, "God, and not man" (Hos. 11:9). 'The idea of God possessing a body (physical or spirit) implies the unbiblical view that the Trinity is actually composed of three separate beings. Moreover, a God who has a body with definite, measurable dimensions cannot truly be omnipresent, unlike the God of Scripture who is present everywhere in all His fullness (Jer. 23:23-24). (It is true that in His human nature Christ has a body and is localized in space and time. But in His divine nature He remains nonphysical and omnipresent, sharing this immutable nature with the Father and Holy Spirit.) Copeland's deflation of God is best exemplified by his comment that "the biggest failure in the Bible...is God."24 In stark contrast, the biblical God is an all-powerful being (Dan. 4:35) whose plans cannot be thwarted (Job 42:2) and who considers nothing too difficult (Jer. 32:17; Luke 1:37). 'Copeland's diminished view of God is further amplified by a correspondingly inflated view of the universe in general and man in particular. He claims that the earth is "a copy of the mother planet [i.e., heaven] where God lives."25 Exactly how Copeland could "squeeze" God on any planet is difficult to fathom, especially since Solomon pointed out that heaven itself cannot contain God (1 Kings 8:27).' ____________________ The Teachings of Kenneth Copeland. To read more, including extensive footnotes, go to: (www.equip.org/free/DC755-2.htm) * * * * * * * * * * * * * revelationcommentary.org www.solagroup.org In addition to commentary on the entire book of Revelation, this site includes a glossary of terms related to the biblical end times, plus answers to common questions about the false prophet and second coming. |
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4 | Does God have wings? | Bible general Archive 2 | DANNYP | 150589 | ||
YOU SAID "Once again, we do not base our beliefs on experience. We base our teaching and beliefs on the BIBLE - THE WRITTEN WORD OF GOD." THAT IS WAHT THE PHARISEES AND SADUCEES BELIEVED TOO! WHAT DID THOSE WHO WROTE BELIEVE IN THEN IF THEY DIDNT BELIEVE IN EXPERIENCE????? DO YOU RELIZE THAT THE BIBLE IS WRITEN REVELATION AND EXPERIENCES?? IF YOU BELIEVE THAT THE BIBLE IS THE END OF GOD'S WORK THAN THERE IS NO REASON TO LIVE TODAY. THAT IS COMPLETLY CONTRARY TO THE TEACHINGS OF THE BIBLE THANKS FOR THE OTHER INFO. IT IS REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE OTHERS POINTS OF VIEWS ON SIMPLE DOCTRINE DANNY P |
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5 | Does God have wings? | Bible general Archive 2 | kalos | 150596 | ||
Danny P: Thank you for sharing your opinion with us. Grace to you, Kalos |
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6 | Does God have wings? | Bible general Archive 2 | DANNYP | 150602 | ||
YOU ARE VERY WELCOME KALOS THANK YOU FOR YOUR CHARITY MUCH LOVE DANNY P |
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