He Must and Shall Appear Essays -- God Religion Religious Bible Essays

He Must and Sh every(prenominal) seeThe theophany is a central focus in the Old Testament. Theophany is a Grecian term, meaning Appearance of God. Because God is transcendent and above all things spiritually, He needed to reveal Himself to His creation physically in sundry(a) ways. God would appear before men of His choosing in order to signalize them and have His leave be done on Earth.A major theophany takes place with Abram in the book of Genesis. At this time, he is successful scarcely has no children. The ecclesiastic told him, Look up at the heavens and determine the stars if indeed, you can count them. Then he said to him, So shall your outcome be. (Genesis 155). Abram wanted assurance that his descendants would take possession of the land, so God instructed him to bring certain animals and cut them in halves opposite each(prenominal) other. When the darkness loomed over the earth, God revealed Himself in flames of glory. A smoking firepot with a blazing torch appeared and passed by means of the pieces (Genesis 1517). Abram was still without a intelligence and decided to produce a child with his wifes maidservant, Hagar. piece he felt that this would satisfy God, he later realized that he was wrong, as their son Ishmael would become the father of the Arabs. The angel of the Lord was correct in ascertaining that the nation of Ishmael would produce great quarrels centuries later, a prophet would come and devise a revolting religion designed to undermine Gods will on earth (salvation through the Son), while achieving the schemes of his political agenda. We saw proof that this is not what God wanted, so He established a covenant with Abram. Not only did He change his name to Abraham but also assured him that his descendents would be numer... ...m and bless him, for its through this man that the Son of Man would become the dearest of God. The Lord appeared to Moses to use him to achieve a great goal gap the chains of slavery a nd entering the Promised Land, also a symbolic disclosure of the Son breaking the chains of sin and offering eternal livelihood in the Promised Land. Elijah was the great instrument of God who showed the Baals the power and might of God. Because Israel and Judah were macrocosm disobedient, He commissioned prophets to warn these kingdoms to change their ways or breast punishment. Each and every theophany was unique and served the purpose of fulfilling the Lords will on Earth through people God has chosen and blessed. whole caboodle CitedMcKay, John. A History of Western Society. 7th ed. Massachusetts Houghton Miflin, 2003.NIV Study Bible. third ed. Grand Rapids, MI Zondervan, 2002.