Just a new word I learned lately . . . .A theophany is a visible manifestation of God that is usually thought of as being temporary.
One way that God revealed Himself to humans on their level in the Old Testament was thru the use of theophanies. Since the bible says that God is a Spirit and that no man has seen Him, IMHO, a theophany is a visible "representation" of the Spirit of God.
So I'm trying to look up all the different ways that God manifested himself in a visible form in the Old Testament.
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Interesting leaf. Could you write it out like it sounds I don't think I am pronouncing it right in my head.
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Theophany
from the Greek theophaneia [theo- (God) + -phaneia (to show oneself, appear)]
the visible appearance of god to a human being
Today we celebrate a day that is called by many names: the Baptism of our Lord, Theophany, and it is also called Illumining. We commemorate our Lord's baptism today in the Jordan. Theophany is the appearance of God, where indeed the Holy Trinity manifested Himself after Our Lord's baptism. Why would we call it Illumining? It is because through baptism we are indeed illuminated
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Types of Christ "The Bible student should be careful to distinguish between the possible, the probable and the certain" (Oswald Allis). This wise maxim should be applied to the study of typology.
A number of terms are related to the study of typology. A few examples are:
3 Without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God he remains a priest forever.4Just think how great he was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder! 5Now the law requires the descendants of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people"”that is, their brothers"”even though their brothers are descended from Abraham. 6This man, however, did not trace his descent from Levi, yet he collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises. 7And without doubt the lesser person is blessed by the greater. 8In the one case, the tenth is collected by men who die; but in the other case, by him who is declared to be living. 9One might even say that Levi, who collects the tenth, paid the tenth through Abraham, 10because when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still in the body of his ancestor.
Jesus Like Melchizedek
11If perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on the basis of it the law was given to the people), why was there still need for another priest to come"”one in the order of Melchizedek . . .
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I know that many would concider Melchizedek a theophany because of Hebrew 7:3 saying he was without father or mother or descent. That seems to be saying that he was God in human form. I have doubt there tho because it could just mean that his genealogical origin was not recorded. Hebrews 7:4 does call him a man. No doubt he was a foreshadow of Christ. But if he was God in human form he would be a theophany.
I'm thinking about the several verses that says that no man has ever seen God. Such as:
Joh 1:18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
And yet in several places in the OT it seems that God did manifest Himself in a form. So I have been looking for "theophanies" and checking to see if looking at them all, they can be seen as visible representations of God.
For example, God appeared to Abraham in a vision, as a smoking furnace and a burning lamp. In another God appeared to Jacob in a dream and as a man (Genisis 28:12-16 . .32:24-32). On the latter occasion Jacob wrestled with the man and said "I have seen God face to face." The bible also says this apperance as an angel.
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Theophany
