IF NO MAN HATH SEEN GOD AT ANY TIME ; WHO HATH ?

[Santoso]

Beloved ones, we have heard:

 

”No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.“

‭‭John‬ ‭1‬:‭18‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Then who hath seen God? What have the only begotten Son declared ? 

 

That we may understand, that the only begotten Son which is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him, that he has seen God at all time. 

 

Selah

[Santoso]

How may we understand about this verse, that we heard:

 

”No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.“

‭‭1 John‬ ‭4‬:‭12‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

That we may understand, we that love one another, that God dwell in us, that God’s love is perfected in us, that is, Christ is perfected in us, have we as adopted children by Jesus Christ, perceived God at all time. 

 

For this is confirmed to us:

 

”My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,“

‭‭Galatians‬ ‭4‬:‭19‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

”whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:“

‭‭Colossians‬ ‭1‬:‭28‬ ‭KJV‬‬

 

Selah 

 

To God the Father be all glory and thanksgiving through Christ.

Amen

[Know Jah]

Where is the bosom position?

[other one]

Jesus has seen him when he was in the form of God.

Actually, before Jesus lowered himself into the form of man, he was Yahweh, the God of Israel that Moses Aaron and 72 others saw.

Jesus has always been the representation of the Godhead here among us humans.  Jesus came to suffer for our sins and to introduce us to the Father directly and make it possible for us to interface with him through the Holy Spirit.

I hope you have experienced that.

[Marathoner]

11 hours ago, other one said:

Jesus has seen him when he was in the form of God.

Actually, before Jesus lowered himself into the form of man, he was Yahweh, the God of Israel that Moses Aaron and 72 others saw.

Jesus has always been the representation of the Godhead here among us humans.  Jesus came to suffer for our sins and to introduce us to the Father directly and make it possible for us to interface with him through the Holy Spirit.

I hope you have experienced that.

I agree. No one knew of the Father until His Son revealed Him to us, something which the Lord stated plainly in the Gospel of John. As you mention above, those who have witnessed God have witnessed His Son. I like to point toward one notable example from the book of Joshua. 

Now it came about when Joshua was by Jericho, he raised his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing opposite him with his sword drawn in his hand, and Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us or for our enemies?” He said, “No; rather I have come now as captain of the army of the Lord.” And Joshua fell on his face to the ground, and bowed down, and said to him, “What has my lord to say to his servant?” And the captain of the Lord’s army said to Joshua, “Remove your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so. (Joshua 5:13-15 NASB)

This is like the following from Exodus:

Now Moses was pasturing the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. Then the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a blazing fire from the midst of a bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, yet the bush was not being consumed. So Moses said, “I must turn aside and see this marvelous sight, why the bush is not burning up!” When the Lord saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” Then He said, “Do not come near here; remove your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.” (Exodus 3:1-5 NASB)

Jacob witnessed God and lived. He wrestled with God (Genesis 32). Because we know that no one has seen the Father except for the Son of God (John 6:46), whenever men witnessed God, they witnessed His Son.