Pure Hearted
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· 5 viewsBlessed are the people of God, whose heart are pure, for they shall see God. They shall see God active now in their lives and they shall see God in eternity.
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Blessed are the Pure In Heart Matthew 5:8
Blessed are the Pure In Heart Matthew 5:8
He who loves purity of heart,
and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend.
He who loves purity of heart,
and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend.
He who loves purity of heart,
and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend. 1
1 The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. (2016). (Pr 22:11). Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles.
Seeing God (4)
Ron snipes / General Adult
Perceiving God in all his fulness. Scripture stresses that God, as spirit, is invisible to sinful human beings. He has, however, been revealed in Jesus Christ, who is his perfect likeness, and he will be seen in all his glory at the end of history when he comes in judgment.
No human can see the face of God in all his fulness
1 Timothy 6:15–16 ESV
which he will display at the proper time—he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.
See alsoDt 4:10–12
;Jn 6:46
;1 Ti 1:17
;1 Jn 4:12
Privileged individuals may catch a glimpse of God
Exodus 33:21–23 ESV
And the Lord said, “Behold, there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock, and while my glory passes by I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with my hand until I have passed by. Then I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back, but my face shall not be seen.”
Manoah and his wife
See alsoGe 16:13–14
Hagar;Nu 12:5–8
Moses;Jdg 6:11–24
Gideon;Jdg 13:2–23
Threat of death on seeing the face of God
Exodus 33:20 ESV
But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for man shall not see me and live.”
See alsoGe 32:24–30
;Ex 19:21
;Ex 24:9–11
Seeing God in a vision
Isaiah 6:1 ESV
In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple.
Stephen
See also1 Ki 22:19
Micaiah;Eze 1:1–28
Ezekiel;Ac 7:55–56
God may be seen in Jesus Christ
Jn 14:8–9
;Col 1:15
See alsoJn 1:1–18
;1 Jn 5:20
The hope of seeing God at the resurrection
1 Corinthians 13:12 ESV
For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.
See alsoJob 19:26–27
;Ps 17:15
;Mt 5:8
;1 Co 13:12
;Heb 12:14
;Re 1:7