Comments on: Theophanies http://ourpatienthope.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/theophanies/ Bound in love living by Faith in Christ, living in and walking in The Spirit of God. Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:25:33 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: people4people http://ourpatienthope.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/theophanies/#comment-173 people4people Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:05:25 +0000 http://ourpatienthope.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/theophanies/#comment-173 Thank you Scotti, I'm is awe of God too, its amazing to see how Christ's words hold true always. I remember reading Daniel some time ago and I noticed the same, Daniel's 10 is really perplexing for me because it seems like a full blown appearing of God. If I remember correctly Daniel even fainted when He saw the man with eyes like fire and a voice like many waters. He calls the man Lord if I remember correctly and it seems that it is the very man who appeared to Daniel who heard his prayer and was answering it. The part about Michael aiding Him is the part that I think brings some doubt as to whether it is an appearing of the pre-incarnate Christ or not. In any case its still an amazing encounter Daniel had! The situation with the furnace was really amazing also. The incarnation of Christ has to be one of the things about God that really boggles my mind. The fact that the little fetus in Mary was omniscient and then was born and grew up as a normal child would grow and yet was fully God the whole time. Its really amazing. I thank you for the prayers! I hope this prayer from Ephesians 3:14-19 may be fulfilled in you by our Lord. As Paul prayed: For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. :-) Thank you Scotti,
I’m is awe of God too, its amazing to see how Christ’s words hold true always. I remember reading Daniel some time ago and I noticed the same, Daniel’s 10 is really perplexing for me because it seems like a full blown appearing of God. If I remember correctly Daniel even fainted when He saw the man with eyes like fire and a voice like many waters. He calls the man Lord if I remember correctly and it seems that it is the very man who appeared to Daniel who heard his prayer and was answering it. The part about Michael aiding Him is the part that I think brings some doubt as to whether it is an appearing of the pre-incarnate Christ or not. In any case its still an amazing encounter Daniel had! The situation with the furnace was really amazing also. The incarnation of Christ has to be one of the things about God that really boggles my mind. The fact that the little fetus in Mary was omniscient and then was born and grew up as a normal child would grow and yet was fully God the whole time. Its really amazing.

I thank you for the prayers! I hope this prayer from Ephesians 3:14-19 may be fulfilled in you by our Lord. As Paul prayed:

For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

:-)

]]> By: Scotti http://ourpatienthope.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/theophanies/#comment-172 Scotti Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:00:49 +0000 http://ourpatienthope.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/theophanies/#comment-172 Mwiya, you have done some wonderful research for this post. It was so encouraging and enlightening to read these words in detail this morning. I am in awe of the glory of our God! While reading this post, I thought about Genesis 1:26 when the scripture refers to the trinity: "Let US make man in our image, after our likeness." There are also several more appearances of the pre-incarnate Christ, I believe, throughout the book of Daniel. In the fiery furnace in Daniel 3:25 and also perhaps in Daniel 10. Wow! How love seeing our Lord Jesus in the OT. It is such a mind blowing mystery that our God would leave the heavens to take on the form of a man so that he could partake of our sufferings and offer Himself as the spotless lamb, the ultimate and eternal sacrifice for our sins! As stated in Hebrews 2:17 "Therefore He had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people." And I pray this verse for you and your readers from Jude 20-21 where all three persons of the trinity are mentioned: "But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life." Amen! Mwiya, you have done some wonderful research for this post. It was so encouraging and enlightening to read these words in detail this morning. I am in awe of the glory of our God!

While reading this post, I thought about Genesis 1:26 when the scripture refers to the trinity: “Let US make man in our image, after our likeness.” There are also several more appearances of the pre-incarnate Christ, I believe, throughout the book of Daniel. In the fiery furnace in Daniel 3:25 and also perhaps in Daniel 10. Wow! How love seeing our Lord Jesus in the OT.

It is such a mind blowing mystery that our God would leave the heavens to take on the form of a man so that he could partake of our sufferings and offer Himself as the spotless lamb, the ultimate and eternal sacrifice for our sins! As stated in Hebrews 2:17 “Therefore He had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.”

And I pray this verse for you and your readers from Jude 20-21 where all three persons of the trinity are mentioned: “But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.” Amen!

]]> By: mwiya http://ourpatienthope.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/theophanies/#comment-171 mwiya Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:00:31 +0000 http://ourpatienthope.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/theophanies/#comment-171 The verses in this post are all from the ESV Bible. Grace and Peace The verses in this post are all from the ESV Bible. Grace and Peace

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