p. 27 | GOD A PERSONAL BEING

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 12, 1860

GOD A PERSONAL BEING.

Proof. "The Father himself which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his VOICE at any time, nor seen his SHAPE." John v, 37.

"God, who . . . spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, . . . who being the brightness of his glory and the express IMAGE of his PERSON," &c. Heb. i, 1–4.

"I beheld till the . . . Ancient of Days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the HAIR of his HEAD like the pure wool." Dan. vii, 9.

"And (Moses) said, I beseech Thee, shew me thy glory. . . . And he said, Thou canst not see my FACE; for there shall no man see me and live. And the Lord said, Behold there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock: and it shall come to pass while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover thee with my HAND while I pass by. And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my BACK PARTS, but my FACE shall not be seen." Ex. xxxiii, 18–23.

"And they heard the voice of the Lord WALKING in the garden in the cool of the day." Gen. iii, 8.

"And they saw the God of Israel, and there was under his FEET as it were a paved work of sapphire stone." Ex. xxiv, 10.

"After the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and SAT on the RIGHT HAND OF GOD." Mark xvi, 19.

"Hast thou an ARM like GOD? or canst thou thunder with a VOICE like HIM?" Job xl, 9.

"Out of the mouth of the Most High proceedeth not evil and good." Lam. iii, 38.