Published May 16, 2012 ... by one of my Top 5 Favorite Writers on the web ......
By Douglas Hamp at www.douglashamp.com
|
God made Adam in his image
and likeness but what is that image? God is an infinite being and has many
communicable and non-communicable characteristics such as creativity, vision,
passion, ability to love, mercy. Could the Image of God actually include what He looks like?
The verses interpreted literally will surprise you! The Article is below video.
THE IMAGE OF
GOD
Douglas Hamp
Ezekiel’s Vision of God
And above the firmament over their heads was the likeness
of a throne, in appearance like a sapphire stone; on the likeness of the throne
was a likeness [k'mareh כְּמַרְאֵ֥ה]
with the appearance of a man [adam אָדָ֛ם] high above it.
"Also from the appearance of His waist and upward I saw,
as it were, the color of amber [electricity] with the appearance of fire all
around within it; and from the appearance of His waist and downward I saw, as
it were, the appearance of fire with brightness all around …This was the
appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD." (Ezekiel 1:26-28).
Prophets Seeing God
- I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and
lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple, (Isaiah 6:1).
- I watched till thrones were put in place, and the Ancient
of Days was seated; His garment was white as snow, and the hair
of His head was like pure wool. His throne was a fiery flame, its wheels
a burning fire, (Daniel 7:9).
One like the Son of Man
One like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to
the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band. His head and hair were
white like wool [like Daniel 7:9], as white as snow, and His eyes like a flame
of fire; His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and His
voice as the sound of many waters; He had in His right hand seven stars, out of
His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and His countenance was like the sun
shining in its strength. (Revelation 1:12-18).
A Spiritual Body
- So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown
is perishable; what is raised is imperishable… It is sown a natural body; it
is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a
spiritual body, (I Corinthians 15:42-44).
- As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of the
dust, and as is the man of heaven, so also are those who are of heaven. Just
as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of
the man of heaven, (I Corinthians 15:45-49).
- Who will transform our lowly body that it may be
conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is
able even to subdue all things to Himself, (Philippians 3:21).
- As for me, I will see Your face in righteousness; I
shall be satisfied when I awake in Your likeness [t’munah]. (Psalms
17:15)
"I speak with him face to face, Even plainly, and not in
dark sayings; And he sees the form
[t’munah] of the LORD…” (Numbers12:8)
Partakers of the divine nature
- by which he has granted to us his precious and very great
promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature,
having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful
desire. (2 Peter 1:4 ESV)
- “when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we
shall see Him as He is,” (1 John 3:2).
- “He [Jesus] is the image [eicon εικον
(icon)] of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation,” (Colossians
1:15 NET).
- “and have been clothed with the new man that is being
renewed in knowledge according to the image [eicon εικον] of the
one who created it,” (Colossians 3:10 NET).
Bodies of Light
- “and He was transfigured before them. His face shone like
the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light [phos φως].” (Matt
17:2)
- Then the righteous will shine forth [eklampo ἐκλάμπω]
as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him
hear! (Matthew 13:43)
- Those who are wise shall shine [LXX: eklampo ἐκλάμπω]
Like the brightness of the firmament, And those who turn many to righteousness
Like the stars forever and ever. (Daniel 12:3)
- “it was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen,
bright [λαμπρον] and pure – for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the
saints.” (Revelation 19:8 ESV)
- Thus let all Your enemies perish, O LORD! But let those
who love Him be like the sun when it comes out in full strength (Judges 5:31).
But the path of the just is like the shining sun, that
shines ever brighter unto the perfect day (Proverbs 4:18).
- The light of the righteous rejoices, But the lamp of the
wicked will be put out. (Proverbs 13:9)
Whoever curses his father or his mother, His lamp will
be put out in deep darkness. (Proverbs 20:20)
- For there will be no prospect for the evil man; The lamp
of the wicked will be put out. (Proverbs 24:20)
Supported by Ancient Jewish Interpretation
- The Midrash Rabbah (Rabbinic literature from the first or
second century AD) of Genesis 3:21 reads, “AND THE LORD GOD MADE FOR ADAM AND
HIS WIFE GARMENTS OF SKIN [‘or עֹור],
AND CLOTHED THEM (III, 21). In R. Meir’s Torah it was found written,
‘Garments of light (or)’ this refers to Adam’s garments, which were like a
torch, broad at the bottom and narrow at the top.”
Biophotons
DNA Emits light
Around 1923 Ukrainian Biologist Alexander Gurwitsh discovered
that living things such as onions and yeast produced an ultra-weak photon
emission… confirmed independently by Russian scientists around 1950 they
discovered an “ultraweak photon emission” from living organisms.
confirmed independently of the previous finding by
Italian nuclear physicists L. Colli, [et al] in 1955 who “by chance discovered
a ‘bioluminescence’ of seedlings,”.[1]
School of Medicine at Kanazawa University, in Kanazawa,
Japan:
“All organic life absorbs, emits, and processes light.
Biophoton emission or spontaneous ultraweak light emission has been observed
from almost all living organisms” intensities ranging from 10-19 to
10-16 W/cm2[2]
Moses’ Shining Face
Now it was so, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai […]
that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone [פָּנָ֖יו עֹ֥ור קָרַ֛ן] while he talked with Him. So when
Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face
shone, and they were afraid to come near him… (Exodus 34:29-30, 33).
Destroyed From the Lord’s Presence
- the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty
angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God,
and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. These shall be punished with
everlasting destruction from [by virtue of] the presence of the Lord and from
the glory of His power, (2 Thessalonians 1:7-9)
- He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the
presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. (Revelation
14:10)
For Tophet [was] established of old, Yes, for the king
[c.f. Isa 14:5, Ezekiel 28:12] it is prepared. He has made [it] deep and large;
Its pyre [is] fire with much wood; The breath of the LORD, like a stream
of brimstone, Kindles it. (Isaiah 30:33)
- “And they have built the high places of Tophet, which [is]
in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in
the fire…(Jeremiah 7:31)
The Believer Tested by God’s Fire
- Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold,
silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, (1 Corinthians 3:12) each one’s work
will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by
fire; and the fire will test each one’s work, of what sort it is. (1
Corinthians 3:13) If anyone’s work which he has built on it endures, he will
receive a reward. (1 Corinthians 3:14) If anyone’s work is burned, he will
suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire. (1
Corinthians 3:15)
[1] Fritz-Albert Popp Institut
retrieved Feb 9, 2011 from: http://www.biophotonik.de/biophotonik_geschichte.php.
[2] T. Amano 1, M. Kobayashi 2, B.
Devaraj 2, M. Usa 2 and H. Inaba 2, 3 (1) Department of Urology, School of
Medicine, Kanazawa University, 920 Kanazawa, Japan. http://nourishedmagazine.com.au/blog/articles/the-secrets-of-light-cancer-and-the-sun.
DOUG HAMP'S NEW BOOK IS A MUST READ
( & many more mind-bending articles, videos, etc)
Angels, Aliens, and the Antichrist Revealed
A Book by Douglas Hamp
“Her Seed Brought Forth the Savior; Satan’s Seed Will Bring the Destroyer”
According to the prophecy of Genesis
3:15, the serpent will one day mix his seed as a counterfeit of the incarnation. Jesus told us
that the last days will be like the days of Noah during which, according to
Genesis, fallen angels mixed their
seed with humanity. According to the Book of Daniel, we know that “they” will
attempt to mingle with the seed of Men. The day of fulfillment for those
prophecies is now!
Something ominous is coming upon the
world: it is Satan’s final effort in the
battle to destroy the image that man was created in, which has been raging
since the beginning of time. If Satan can destroy the image, then he can avert
his own destruction. more (part one)
Corrupting the Image: Angels,
Aliens, and the Antichrist Revealed All work is copyright of the author.
Permission granted to repost with a link back to http://www.douglashamp.com/corrupting-the-image/
Posts
