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 Genesis 1:26, 27      

(You must read and acknowledge this article to understand the true nature of the Millennium Kingdom in this book.)

 

 

How amazing and gracious it is to have come to realize clearly the fact that Jesus is God who has a body from eternity to eternity while reading the Bible of the Old and New Testaments. How dare humans imitate God! It is true that angels were created as servants when they were created from the beginning, but humans were created as sons of God when they were created. From the time God had the idea to create man in mind, man was a child of God. Just as a child resembles his parents, so God made man to be like himself. He said in Psalm 49:20 that man was created to be honorable, but he who does not know what has come is like a beast that perishes.

According to commentaries, books on Genesis, and pastors’ sermons, the word in Genesis 1:26, “Let’s make man in our shape, our image,” says that the shape and form resemble God’s inner nature. It does not explicitly say that Genesis 1:26 literally made man in the image and likeness of God. It is true that we were made in the image of God and in the likeness of God. From now on, we will be looking at the fact that God made us in our shape and likeness to be like Him. and if we were created to resemble God, God must have an image from Genesis. It is to look at the case where it appeared to people with it. To solve this problem, we must first understand the meaning of the word that Jesus is the person of God.

 

First, Jesus is the person of God.

1. The Meaning of God’s Substance

The phrase ‘Jesus is the body of God’ appears quite a lot in the Bible. The word body means the fundamental body. It means God’s body. As far as we know, God is mistaken as having no body. Satan deceived us. The Bible says that God has a body. However, it does not mean that all three persons of God have each body, but that only Jesus has a body. It is true that Jesus had a form, that is, a body, just like us humans from eternity. God is a trinity. This means that the three persons have one body. God the Father is a spirit. God the Holy Spirit is also a spirit. That means they don’t have each body. But God the Son has a body. This body becomes the body of God the Father, the body of God the Holy Spirit, and, of course, the body of God the Son. The three persons share the body of God the Son. To see God the Father is to see the body of God the Son.

John 14:6-7, ‘Jesus said, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you knew me, you would know my father too. From now on you knew him and saw him.’

This verse is so important. In verse 7, ‘From now on you have known and seen him’ means that to know and see Jesus is to know and see Heavenly Father. In the middle of the conversation with the Pharisees, Jesus said in John 8:18, 19, ’18 I am a witness for myself, and the Father who sent me also testifies for me.’

Then the Pharisees asked in verse 19, ‘…Where is your father?’ Jesus answered, ‘You do not know me, nor do you know my Father. If you knew me, you would know my father,’ he said.

At that time, not only the Pharisees but also Jesus’ disciples did not know much about Jesus. In John 14:8, Philip asked Jesus, ‘Lord, show us the Father. That will be enough.’ Jesus answered, ‘Philip, I have been with you so long, and you do not know me?

If you do not understand the words that the three persons share one body and that Jesus is the person of God, you will not know what these words mean.

To see Jesus is to see Heavenly Father. To see Heavenly Father is to see Jesus. The image of God the Father is the image of Jesus, and the image of the Holy Spirit is the image of Jesus. You can say that ‘God is one’ (John 10:30) means that there are three persons, but the body is one. That body is the body of Jesus. Because the three persons share one body with each other. ‘I and The Father is One.’ This means that the three persons have one body.

2. Bible Verses of the Body of God

Let’s find the verses in the Bible that express ‘Jesus is the body of God’.

1. 2 Corinthians 4:4, ‘Christ is the image of God.’

The Father and the Holy Spirit have no form, but Christ has a form and is the image of God.

2. Philippians 2:6, ‘Although he was in the form of God, he did not regard equality with God as      something to be gained’
3. Colossians 1:15, ‘He is the image of the invisible God…’. Here, God the Father and God the Holy

Spirit are invisible, but Jesus is God who has a visible image.

4. In Hebrews 1:3, ‘This is the radiance of God’s glory, the very image of His body.’,

It means that Jesus exists in form.

5. Genesis 1:26, 27, ‘God said, let us make man in our image, after our likeness…’. Here, God the Father and God the Holy Spirit do not have an image, so how do you say ‘we’? It means that the triune God shares the body of God the Son. The image of God, who is the Trinity, refer to God the Son, the image of Jesus. Jesus is the image of the invisible God and the body of God.

In verse 27, ‘God created man in his own image, in the image of God, he created male and female’. In verse 26, the plural pronoun ‘we’ was used, but in verse 27 it was changed to a singular pronoun. Instead of ‘we’, it was expressed as ‘self or God’s image’. The ‘image of self’ or ‘image of God’ in verse 27 refers to the image of Jesus. To have the image of the invisible God, he has the same image as the same One from all eternity and forever.

 

Second, Jesus before the incarnation

What kind of image or shape did Jesus Christ have before incarnation? In the Old Testament, most of the Gods who relate to people, appear to people, and save people as “Jehovah God” is God the Son. When He appears to us, He sometimes sits on a throne, moves with cherubim and angels, sometimes appears as a plain man, and sometimes as a majestic One who shines in the glory of God.

1. Genesis 1:26,27, “26 God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, after our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.’ 27 God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.”
2. Genesis 3:8, ‘8 When they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden that day when the wind blew, Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. He called and said to him, “Where are you?” Here, “I heard the voice of God.” It was said that Adam and Eve escaped “the face of Jehovah God,” and that Jehovah God called Adam.

Adam and Eve show us how they often took a walk with God the Son, who had an image in the Garden of Eden.

3. Genesis 12:7, ‘The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.”
4. Genesis 15:1, ‘After this the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not be afraid, Abram, I am your shield and your exceedingly great reward.” When He appears, the Bible clearly states that He appeared in a dream among visions.
5. Genesis 17:1, ‘When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am the Almighty God; walk before Me and be perfect.”
6. Genesis 18: 1-2, 33 ‘The Lord appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre, and he was sitting at the door of the tent while it was hot. As soon as he saw them, he ran out of the tent door to meet them and bowed down to the ground. 33 When the LORD had finished speaking with Abraham, he went away immediately, and Abraham returned to his own place.
7. Genesis 26:1-2, ‘1 The first famine came in the days of Abraham, and another famine came in the land, and Isaac went to Gerar to Abimelech king of the Philistines. dwell in the land indicated . The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; dwell in the land I will show you.
8. Genesis 28: 12, 13, ’12 I saw in my dream a ladder standing on the ground, the top of which reached to heaven, and I saw the angels of God ascending and descending on it. And behold, the LORD stood above it and said, “I am the LORD, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and to your descendants.”
9. Genesis 32:24-30, ‘Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with Jacob until daybreak. 25 Seeing that he could not overcome Jacob, he struck Jacob’s thigh joint and Jacob’s thigh joint with him. 26 He said, “Let me go, for the day is breaking.” Jacob said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” 27 The man said to him, “What is your name?” He said, “Jacob.” He said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men and have overcome.” 29 Jacob asked and said, “Tell me your name.” The man said, “Why do you ask for my name?” And he blessed Jacob there. He said that his life was preserved.’ Angels cannot bless people. It is God who Jacob wrestles with in this verse.
10. Genesis 35:1, 13, ‘God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and live there, and build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from the face of your brother Esau…” 13 God went up from him in the place where he spoke with him.’
11. Isaiah 6:1-3, ‘The Lord sat on a throne high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple, and seraphim stood over it, each with six wings. With two they covered their face, and with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew and sang to one another, saying, “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of His glory.”
12. Ezekiel 1:25-28, ’25 A voice came from the expanse above the head (cherubim), and when the creature stood up, it lowered its wings. 26 Above his head, above the firmament, was the shape of a throne like a sapphire stone, and above the shape of the throne was a shape like a human figure. 27 I looked, and the shape from the top of the waist was like hot iron, and it was like fire inside and around it.
13. Daniel 10:5, 6, ‘Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and I saw a man clothed in fine linen, and around his waist was pure gold of Uphaz. 6 And his body was like topaz, and his face was like the light of lightning, and his eyes were like torches, and his arms and feet were like bright brass, and his voice was like the voice of a multitude.’
14. Daniel 3:25, 26. “The king spoke again, saying, “I saw four men, unbound, walking through the fire, and they were not hurt, and the appearance of the fourth was like that of a son of the gods.” Servants Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out and said, “Come here.” So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire.’

 

The third,  incarnation of Jesus

In the Old Testament Age before the incarnation, when He appeared to people, we confirmed that He had come in the flesh. The body of Jesus before incarnation has the body that transcends time and space. It is also the body that appears to many people at the same time as one body. However, the body at the time of incarnation cannot transcend time and space. Born in the body of Mary, the mother at the time of his incarnation, he became the body identical to ours, unable to transcend time and space. It was in order to bear the sins of humans. He came to have the same nature as humans. He had to be thoroughly human, and at the same time he had to be the true God. But also mysteriously, the Lord could be transformed into the glory of God at any time (Matthew 17:2). He was able to mobilize twelve legions of angels (Matthew 26:53). But He did not use the authority. He used the power only by the holy Spirit.

Jesus came to tell us many wonderful things about Heavenly Father. Among those facts is the fact that God is a trinity. And the fact that God the Father and God the Son share the body of the Holy Son with each other. John 14 tells us that the day Jesus was crucified was not far off. ‘Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one comes to his Father except through me. If you knew me, you would also know my Father. From now on you knew him and saw him. 8 Philip said, Lord, show us the Father, and it will be enough for us. 9 Jesus said to him, “Philip, I have been with you all this long, and you do not know me. He who has seen me has seen the Father. Why do you say show me the Father?” If you knew me, you would know my father too. From now on, I knew him and saw him again.

Knowing Jesus and seeing Jesus means knowing Heavenly Father and seeing Heavenly Father. This means that the triune God shares the body of God the Son, but God the Father and God the Holy Spirit have no form, so to see Jesus is to see God the Father.

 

Fourth, Jesus Christ, the God who resurrected and ascended to heaven and sits at the right hand of God’s throne in bodily form.

 After being resurrected, He stayed on earth for 40 days, showing the resurrected body to people, allowing them to touch. Although the body of the resurrected Jesus was constitutionally perfect as God’s body, its appearance was the same as before his death on the cross and after his resurrection. If it were different, Jesus’ disciples would not have recognized the resurrected Jesus. If so, the disciples would not have believed in the resurrection of Jesus. Although the image of Jesus before and after the resurrection was the same, the constitution of the body before and after the resurrection was completely different. The body before resurrection was a pure human body, but the nature of the body after resurrection completely became the nature of God’s body. The constitution of the body before resurrection did not transcend time and space, but the constitution of the body after resurrection completely transcended time and space.

Luke 24:36-43, ‘While they were saying these things, Jesus himself stood among them and said, ‘Peace be with you.’ 37 They were amazed and afraid, and thought that what they saw was a spirit. 39 Look at my hands and feet and know that it is I. Touch me and see. A spirit does not have flesh and bones , as you see I have. 40 After he has said this, he shows them his hands and feet. 42 Then he gave him a piece of broiled fish, 43 and he took it and ate in front of them.’

A resurrected body has flesh and bones, but it is a body that transcends time and space and can eat and drink.

2. Acts 1:10-12, ’10 As he was going up, the disciples were looking closely at the sky, and two men in white stood beside them, 11 saying, ‘Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up at the sky? This Jesus will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.” The Bible clearly reveals to us the scene of his ascension to heaven with the same face he showed his disciples after he was resurrected.
3. Acts 7:55-56, ‘Stephen, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. You can’t miss it Stephen says that the one who is standing on the right hand of the heavenly throne is Jesus.
4. The appearance of Jesus in Revelation 4 and Isaiah 6. The image of Jesus on the heavenly throne seen by Isaiah 2, 700 years ago is the same as the image of Jesus seen on the heavenly throne by Apostle John 2,000 years ago.

Revelation 4:2 “Immediately I was in the Spirit, and behold, a throne was set in heaven, and someone sat on the throne, and he who sat on the throne was like a jasper stone and a sardine stone, and there was a rainbow around the throne like an emerald stone. ‘

He sits on the throne because he has a body.

5. In Revelation 1:13-16, this is the appearance of Jesus who ascended to heaven and is in heaven. It’s a human figure.

‘13 One like a son of man between the lampstands, clothed in clothes that trailed by his feet, and with a gold belt around his chest. His voice was like the sound of many waters. ….16 He had seven stars in his right hand, and a double-edged sword came out of his mouth.’

Even in the New Testament times, the Bible shows that God always has a body.

6. Revelation 19:11-16, ‘Then I saw the heavens opened, and behold, a white horse and a rider on it, whose name was Faithful and True. He judged and fought with righteousness. 12 His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many crowns, and he has a name written on it, which no one knows but himself… … … . 14 The armies of heaven followed him, dressed in fine linen, white and clean, riding on white horses. 15 From his mouth came a sharp sword, with which they would strike down the nations, and he would rule them with an iron rod; 16 His name was written on his clothes and on his legs, saying, “King of kings and Lord of lords.”

It shows us that the body of the Lord who will go away at the end of the world is the same. Likewise, the image of the Lord coming to carry out the battle of Armageddon is also a human form.

7. Revelation 22:3-4, ‘There will be no more curse, and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will serve him, 4 and they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.’

To see his face means that we will see the face of Jesus again in the holy city, New Jerusalem. Just as Adam and Eve saw Jesus face to face in the Garden of Eden, and the disciples of Jesus saw each other the face of the incarnated Jesus, we too will see the face of the Lord face to face in the future. Jesus, who used to walk in the Garden of Eden, will walk with us in the holy city, New Jerusalem, through the forest of the trees of life, which grow thickly on either side of the river of life.

In this way, Jesus had a form and a body from eternity ago, and when he was incarnated and ascended to heaven, he had a form, and Jesus Christ will have a form forever. After completing his incarnation and ascending to heaven, we saw Jesus in heaven with a human form. Jesus is the essence of God, and he has had that form, shape, and form from eternity ago, and he will have that form forever. Because he had a body, the Lord appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Old Testament era in a body, and when he came to this earth, he came in a body, and when he ascended to heaven, he said he would come in the same form, and after he ascended to heaven, Stephen saw Jesus sitting at the right hand of God’s throne, and just as he appeared to people in a body in the Old Testament era, in today’s real age, God appears to the people he wants, at the time he wants, in dreams, visions, and in a body.

Jesus will act as a king in the millennial kingdom, just as he met Abraham in Genesis 18, ate, drank, and talked with him, and just as he stayed on earth for 40 days after his resurrection, eating, drinking, and talking with his disciples.

We don’t know how many stories there are of people meeting Jesus around us. Hallelujah, Amen.

 

 

 

Let’s trace the appearances Jesus showed us in each scripture.

 

Old Testament

In Genesis 3:8, God was walking in the garden. At that time, after Adam and Eve sinned, they hid from God’s presence behind the trees. At that time, He had a body and was with Adam and Eve.

‘They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.9 Then the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, ‘Where are you?’10 And he said, ‘I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.’

In Genesis 18:2, God visits Abraham with two angels. At first, Abraham thought they were people. (Gen. 18:2) God accepts Abraham’s hospitality and tells him that Sarah will have Isaac and about Sodom and Gomorrah.

In Genesis 26:2, God appears to Isaac. ‘The Lord appeared to Isaac and said, ‘Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land that I will tell you about.’

In Genesis 28:12-13, Jacob had a dream in which the Lord stood before him and said, ‘12 In his dream, he saw a ladder set up on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven. And he saw the angels of God ascending and descending on it. 13 And he saw the Lord standing above it and saying, ‘I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. The land on which you lie I will give to you and to your descendants.’

In Genesis 32:1-2, the angels of the Lord appeared to Jacob, and Jacob named them the Army of God. ‘As Jacob was going along the road, the angels of God met him. 2 When Jacob saw them, he said, ‘This is God’s host.’ He called the name of the place Mahanaim.’

Genesis 33:25-29, ‘So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. 25 When he saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched the socket of Jacob’s thigh, so that Jacob’s thigh was out of joint as he wrestled with the man. 26 He said, ‘Let me go, for the daybreak is near.’ But Jacob said, ‘I will not let you go, unless you bless me.’ 27 The man said to him, ‘What is your name?’ He said, ‘Jacob.’ 28 And he said, ‘Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have struggled with God and with men, and have prevailed. 29 And Jacob asked him, ‘Tell me your name.’ And the man said, ‘Why do you ask my name?’ And he blessed him there.’

Genesis 35:9, ‘Jacob When they returned from Paddan Aram, God appeared to Jacob again and blessed him. 15 Then God went up from him in the place where he had talked with him.’

Exodus 33:18-23 When Moses said, “Show me my glory,” God said, “I will cause all my images to pass in front of you.” Then God placed a rock in front of Moses and covered his face with His hand as He passed by. Then He took His hand away so that Moses could see the back of His face, but He did not show Moses His face. ‘18 Then Moses said, “Please show me your glory. 19 Then the LORD said, ‘I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim the name Yahweh before you. . . . .20 He said, “You cannot see my face, for no one can see me and live.” 21 He said, “See, there is a place near me where you are to stand on the rock. 22 While my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by. 23 Then I will take away my hand, and you will see my back, but my face will not be seen.”

Exodus 24:9-11, “Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel saw God, but God did not lay His hand on the nobles of Israel.” Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel went up. 10 Then they saw the God of Israel, and there under his feet was as it were a pavement of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself. 11 God did not lay a hand on the nobles of the children of Israel; they saw God, and they ate and drank.’

In Joshua 5:13-15, an angel meets Joshua and introduces himself as the commander of the army of the Lord. God sometimes appears to him directly and sometimes sends angels in human form.

‘13 When Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with his sword drawn in his hand. Joshua approached him and asked, ‘Are you for us or for our enemies?’ 14 He said, ‘No,’ but I have just come as commander of the army of the Lord.’ Joshua fell with his face to the ground and bowed down before him and said to him, ‘What does my lord have to say to his servant?’ 15 The commander of the army of the Lord said to Joshua, ‘Take off your sandals from off your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy.’ So Joshua did so.’

In the book of Judges, God is referred to as the Angel of the Lord, but it is shown that he is the Lord.

Judges 6:11-15, ‘11 Then the angel of the LORD came and sat under the oak in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite. Now Gideon the son of Joash was threshing wheat in the winepress to hide it from the Midianites. 12 The angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon and said, ‘The LORD is with you, mighty warrior.’ 13 Gideon answered him, ‘Oh my lord, if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? … … 14 Then the LORD said to him, ‘Go, in this your might, and save Israel from the hand of Midian; have not I sent you?’’

Judges 13:2-3, The angel of the LORD who announced Samson’s pregnancy was God. ‘Now there was a man in the land of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah. And his wife was barren and had not borne. 3 And the angel of the LORD appeared to her and said, ‘Look, you have been barren and have not borne, but you will conceive and bear a son. … 22 And she said to her wife, ‘We will surely die, because we have seen God.’’

1 Samuel 3:9-10, After God called Samuel three times, He stood before Samuel the fourth time and called him as before. ‘Eli said to Samuel, ‘Go, lie down; and if he calls you, you shall say, Speak, LORD, for your servant is listening.’ So Samuel went and lay down in his place. 10 Then the LORD came and stood and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. And Samuel said, ‘Speak, for your servant is listening.’

Isaiah 6:1, 5, ‘In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the LORD sitting on a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. . . 5 … For I live in the midst of a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD Almighty.’

In the book of Ezekiel, it is mentioned as the glory of the LORD or the glory of God, and it tells us that this glory of God has a physical form. And the glory of the LORD or the form of the LORD is most often shown to man (the prophet Ezekiel) in the Bible.

Ezekiel 1:25-28, ‘And there came a voice from above the expanse that was over their heads. When the living creatures stood, they let down their wings. 26 Above the expanse that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, like a sapphire in appearance, and upon the likeness of the throne was a form as it were a man’s appearance. … 28 As the appearance of the rainbow in the cloud on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the brightness all around. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. When I saw it, I fell facedown, and I heard the voice of him who said,

Ezekiel 3:22-24, ‘22 The hand of the LORD came upon me there, and he said to me, ‘Get up, go out to the field, and I will speak with you there.’ 23 So I got up and went out to the field, and the glory of the LORD stood there, like the glory that I had seen by the Chebar River. I fell facedown. 24 Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon me, and set me on my feet. He spoke to me and said to me, ‘Go, go into your house and shut the door.’

Ezekiel 8:1-4, ‘In the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me, the hand of the Lord God came upon me there. 2 Then I looked, and there before me was the appearance of fire, from the appearance of it from his waist down like fire, and from his waist up he had a radiance like amber. 3 Then he stretched out his hand and caught a lock of my head, and the Spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heavens. Then he brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the gate of the inner court that faces north, where there was a place called Jealousy. The place of the idols, the idols that provoke jealousy. 4 The glory of the God of Israel was there, as I had seen in the field.’

Ezekiel 10:1,-18,19, ‘1 Then I looked, and there in the firmament that was over the heads of the cherubim was something like sapphire, and above them was the likeness of a throne… .. 18 Then the glory of the LORD went up from the threshold of the house and stood over the cherubim. 19 Then the cherubim lifted up their wings and went up from the earth before my eyes; and the wheels were beside them as they went out. They stood at the gate of the house of the LORD toward the east, and the glory of the God of Israel was overshadowed over them.’

Ezekiel 43:1-5, The LORD Enters the Temple

‘1 Then he brought me to the gate, the gate that faces east. 2 The glory of the God of Israel came from the east, and his voice was like the sound of many waters, and the earth shone with his glory. 3 Its appearance was like the visions I had seen when I came to destroy the city, and like the visions I had seen by the river Chebar. Then I fell on my face to the ground. 4 Then the glory of the LORD came into the temple by the east gate. 5 Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court, and I looked, and behold, the glory of the LORD filled the temple.’

Ezekiel 44:4, ‘Then he brought me by the north gate and brought me before the temple. Then I looked, and behold, the glory of the LORD filled the temple of the LORD. Then I fell on my face to the ground.’

Daniel 3:24, 25, ‘24 Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished and rose in haste. He asked his counselors, ‘Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?’ They answered him, ‘Yes, O king.’ 25 The king said, ‘I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no harm; and the fourth looks like the Son of God.’

 

New Testament

The Four Gospels: Jesus lived and worked on earth.

Acts 7:55,56, Jesus is showing Stephen and all of us that He was resurrected, ascended, and stands at the right hand of God.

’55 But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. 56 And he said, ‘Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.’

Revelation 1:12-16, Jesus also has a body in Revelation.

‘12 When I turned to see the voice that spoke to me, I saw seven golden lampstands,13 and in the middle of the lampstands one like the Son of Man, clothed in a robe reaching down to his feet, with a golden belt around his chest.14 His head and his hair were white like white wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like a flame of fire.15 His feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of many waters.16 He had seven stars in his right hand, and from his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in its strength.’

Revelation 4:2 ‘Immediately I was in the Spirit, and behold, a throne was set in heaven, and One sitting on the throne, and the One sitting had the appearance of jasper and sardius, and there was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald in appearance.’ He sits on the throne because He has a body.

Revelation 19:11-16, When Jesus comes to earth in His body, we see Him coming down to earth on a white horse. In this way, Jesus has had a body from eternity past, present, and eternity. ‘Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse; and he who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. 12 His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns, and he had a name written that no one knew but himself. 13 He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and his name is called The Word of God. 14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. 15 Out of his mouth went a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations; and he would rule them with a rod of iron; and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of God the Almighty. 16 And on his robe and on his thigh he had a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.’

Revelation 22:3-4, ‘And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in the midst, and his servants shall serve him. 4 And they shall see his face, and his name shall be on their foreheads.’

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