Genesis - Who is our image?

[HeavenlyOne]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

I don't understand what being omnipresent has to do with having a body.

It's not until Jesus is born that the bible speaks of having a body

Heb 10:5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:

Col 2:9 For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily,

Jesus said God is Spirit. That is what God is outside of the incarnation and we are told that ALL of heaven is His throne.

A body is a physical instrument necessary to interact with other things. Our souls and spirits are united with a human body in order to interact with the material world. We are like God in the fact that God is a moral being with will and emotions. That is how we are like God. God is the creator and we have a creative ability in our imagination and seeking ways to make it happen. God and angels and man all have a similar image. Having a body and having an image are not the same thing.

I like how you put that. It makes a clearer meaning to me, thanks.

He saw an angel. Jesus was never "seen" prior to the incarnation. The name Jesus was ONLY given AFTER the Son was born. Jesus is not just God. Jesus is God incarnate. God and flesh. Prior to the incarnation Jesus was/is simply just Yahweh.

Again, this is well put. I just don't agree that an angel was seen, but I do see that it's possible. And since I just got a phone call that I have to pick my son up from camp and take him to ER, I'll come back to this later.

What do you mean why aren't they? I was the one that first said they WERE made in the image of God and you disagreed with me!


We aren't discussing whether God is powerful enough to make Himself a body.