Did our Saviour ever see His Father's face, or hold direct communion with Him, at any time between His birth and resurrection? As to His seeing His Father's face, we have no definite statement. He lived ever as in God's presence, so much so that altho here upon earth, He could be spoken of as "the Son of Man who is in heaven." John 3:13. Yet it may have been true that during all this period when He was humiliated for man He was deprived of the visible glory of the Father's presence. As to His holding direct communion with His Father there is no question. Faith kept open channel between the Father and Son, just as faith keeps open channel between every faithful soul and its God. The whole of the 17th chapter of John, and His repeated teaching, show His familiarity with the great Father in heaven, and the perfect confidence which lay between Them. We have three different records where the Father spoke concerning His Son, one of these directly to Him, recorded in the New Testament: when He was baptized, on the Mount of Transfiguration, and just before He was delivered into the hands of the Roman power. Matt. 3:17; Mark 9:7; John 12:28. The last was in direct response to the prayer of Jesus.