Bible Question:
Man is made in the image of God. How human-like is God. Does God share the same or similiar emotions as man - i.e. likes, dislikes, and so on. This is not a question to try to belittle God, but to understand God better - to assist us in relating to God When answering, please quote verse and justify your answer. |
Bible Answer: In the New International Version Exodus 33:20, God tells to Moses you cannot see my face and live but you can only see me from behind (in Exodus 33:30, when Moses wants to see the glory of God). Man definitely looks like God since he was created in His image. we can know that God has a face, hands and feet. so no one knows how he really looks. but since Jesus looked the same after the Resurrection we can conclude God or rather we look like Him. more over since Christ himself became human he did go through all emotions like hunger(temptation into the wilderness), pain, sorrow (Gethsamane), joy. but his emotions were based on more serious things like spirituality unlike us. he was angry with the pharisees stubborness, he was amazed at the people in his hometown of their lack of faith and he was amazed at the centurion's great faith. he also wept at Lazarus' death. some people say he cried also because the people didnt believe that He could raise him from the dead. e also longed for Jerusalem to come to him like a mother would do to her children. So God does know what we r going through and that's all the more to our benefit. hope that had answered your question. |