![]() ![]() ![]() Some may believe the Bible is self-contradicting regarding God’s invisibility. We are privileged to know God more intimately now after our Lord’s death, resurrection, and ascension, than men ever knew Him before. The “invisible” presence of our Lord is better than His visible presence was. They will sense His presence more surely, and He will no longer dwell among them but in them. And while He will be invisible to the world after His ascension, He will be very evident to those who believe in Him. He will speak to them clearly and openly, and they will understand (something not true of His teaching while on the earth with them-see Matthew 15:17 16:11 Luke 2:50 9:45 John 10:6 20:9). Jesus is saying that His disciples see Him physically at the moment, but after His death, burial, ascension, and the coming of the promised Holy Spirit, they will “ see” Him in a much clearer way. I do not believe He is saying this at all. We might wrongly suppose Jesus is saying to His disciples that they see Him now, but shortly He will be invisible for three days, and then visible once again after His resurrection. ![]() 8 And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin, and righteousness, and judgment 9 concerning sin, because they do not believe in Me 10 and concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you no longer behold Me 11 and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged” (John 16:7-11).ġ6 “A little while, and you will no longer behold Me and again a little while, and you will see Me” (John 16:16). 21 He who has My commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves Me and he who loves Me shall be loved by My Father, and I will love him, and will disclose Myself to him” (John 14:18-21).ħ “But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away for if I do not go away, the Helper shall not come to you but if I go, I will send Him to you. 20 In that day you shall know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. 19 After a little while the world will behold Me no more but you will behold Me because I live, you shall live also. We should remind ourselves of Jesus’ words concerning His departure from this earth, and thus His invisibility, as we begin our study:ġ8 “I will not leave you as orphans I will come to you. Because we cannot see God, why attempt to prove He is invisible? Another might look upon God’s invisibility as a problem, an embarrassment, perhaps even a hindrance to faith and godly living. Some may reason that God’s invisibility is obvious. One finds little on the subject of God’s invisibility among the books on the attributes of God. ![]()
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