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[조직신학] THEOPHANIES: One way that God revealed Himself in the Old Testament (영문)
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PAUL
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2022-05-08 06:49:06, 조회 : 763 |
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5월 1일 오전 5:19 ·
THEOPHANIES
One way that God revealed Himself in the Old
Testament and dealt with man on man’s level was
through the use of theophanies. A theophany is a visible manifestation of God, and we usually think of itas temporary in nature. As we have seen, God is invisible to man. To make Himself visible, He manifested Himself in a physical form. Even though no one can see the Spirit of God, he can see a representation of God.
Below are some ways in which God chose to
manifest Himself in the Old Testament.
God appeared to Abraham in a vision, as a smoking furnace and burning lamp, and as a man (Genesis15:1, 17; 18:1-33). In this last instance, God and twoangels appeared in the form of three men (18:2) andate food provided by Abraham. The two angels left to
go to Sodom while God remained to talk to Abraham(Genesis 18:22; 19:1).
God appeared to Jacob in a dream and as a man(Genesis 28:12-16; 32:24-32). On the latter occasionJacob wrestled with the man and proclaimed, “I haveseen God face to face.” The Bible also describes thisappearance as “the angel” (Hosea 12:4).
God appeared to Moses in a cloud of glory and in fire on Mount Sinai, spoke to him face to face inthe Tabernacle, and revealed to him His back (partialglory), but not His face (all His glory) (Exodus 24:12-18; 33:9-11, 18-23). These references to God’s face and God’s glory probably are metaphoric of the presence of God and could apply to many different typesof manifestations.
God manifested Himself in the sight of all Israelthrough thunder, lightnings, a cloud, a voice of a trumpet, smoke, fire, and earthquakes (Exodus 19:11-19;Deuteronomy 5:4-5, 22-27). He also showed His glory and sent fire from His presence in the sight of allIsrael (Leviticus 9:23-24; 10:1-2).
Job saw God in a whirlwind (Job 38:1; 42:5).
Various prophets saw visions of God (Isaiah 6;
Ezekiel 1:26-28; 8:1-4; Daniel 7:2, 9; Amos 9:1). ToEzekiel He appeared in the form of a man, envelopedin fire. To Daniel He appeared in a night vision asthe Ancient of Days. Many other verses of Scripturetell us that God appeared to someone but do notdescribe in what manner He did so. For example, God appeared to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Samuel (Genesis12:7; 17:1; 26:2, 24; 35:9-15; I Samuel 3:21). Similarly,
God descended on Mount Sinai and stood with Moses,revealed Himself to seventy-four leaders of Israel, camedown in a pillar of cloud and stood in front of Moses,
Aaron, and Miriam, came at night to Balaam, and metBalaam on two other occasions (Exodus 34:5; 24:9-11;Numbers 12:4-9; 23:3-10, 16-24).In addition to the appearances mentioned above,the Bible records other manifestations that many believe were God Himself. In Joshua 5:13-15, a man with
a sword appeared to Joshua and identified himself asthe “captain of the host of the LORD.” This title andthe fact that he did not rebuke Joshua for worshiping
him (unlike Revelation 19:9-10; 22:8-10) suggest thatthis was really a manifestation of God. On the otherhand, the wording of this passage leaves open the possibility that Joshua did not worship the captain, but worshiped God for the captain’s appearance.
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