Olde Tymer
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From the information given by Ezek 1:1-28, I tend to think that maybe the
supreme being is a composite unity consisting of four dimensions instead of three;
and yet according to John 4:24 the supreme being is invisible, and according to
John 5:37 the supreme being is silent, and according to 1Tim 6:16 the supreme
being abides in seclusion; so I have to assume that everyone and everything we
know of as the supreme being, including the voice heard in Adam's garden, the
voice heard by Moses from within the burning bush, and the voice heard by Jesus
during his baptism, were theophanies and/or apparitions instead of the supreme
being's actual self in person.
* You know: arguing over the supreme being's characteristics is sort of like a group
of blind men arguing over the characteristics of an elephant judging by the part of
its body each man happens to be touching. I rather suspect that when all is said
and done, both sides of the aisle are going to be astonished to discover that the
supreme being has been active in our world in more forms than many among us
thought possible. For example:
● Acts 7:52-53 . .Which of the prophets have not your ancestors persecuted? And
they have slain them which showed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom
you have been now the betrayers and murderers: who have received the law by the
disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
Well; I've read, and I've re-read, the giving of the law to Moses in the Old
Testament and have thus far myself not been able to detect the participation of
celestial creatures anywhere in that event. So I think it safe to assume that the
angels Stephen spoke of were actually demonstrations of the supreme being's
ability to project Himself into our world by means of smoke, fire, thunder,
trumpets, brilliant lights, clouds, voices, wind, earthquakes-- even as men. (Gen
18:1-33, Ex 24:9-11)
● Heb 13:2 . . Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by this some
have entertained angels without knowing it.
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From the information given by Ezek 1:1-28, I tend to think that maybe the
supreme being is a composite unity consisting of four dimensions instead of three;
and yet according to John 4:24 the supreme being is invisible, and according to
John 5:37 the supreme being is silent, and according to 1Tim 6:16 the supreme
being abides in seclusion; so I have to assume that everyone and everything we
know of as the supreme being, including the voice heard in Adam's garden, the
voice heard by Moses from within the burning bush, and the voice heard by Jesus
during his baptism, were theophanies and/or apparitions instead of the supreme
being's actual self in person.
* You know: arguing over the supreme being's characteristics is sort of like a group
of blind men arguing over the characteristics of an elephant judging by the part of
its body each man happens to be touching. I rather suspect that when all is said
and done, both sides of the aisle are going to be astonished to discover that the
supreme being has been active in our world in more forms than many among us
thought possible. For example:
● Acts 7:52-53 . .Which of the prophets have not your ancestors persecuted? And
they have slain them which showed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom
you have been now the betrayers and murderers: who have received the law by the
disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
Well; I've read, and I've re-read, the giving of the law to Moses in the Old
Testament and have thus far myself not been able to detect the participation of
celestial creatures anywhere in that event. So I think it safe to assume that the
angels Stephen spoke of were actually demonstrations of the supreme being's
ability to project Himself into our world by means of smoke, fire, thunder,
trumpets, brilliant lights, clouds, voices, wind, earthquakes-- even as men. (Gen
18:1-33, Ex 24:9-11)
● Heb 13:2 . . Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by this some
have entertained angels without knowing it.
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