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>>>>> "City" == City Barber Shop <lynnal@cblink.com> writes:

    City> But God is a spirit.  and Moses asked to see God's glory and
    City> was only allowed to see his hinder parts while being hidden
    City> in a cleft in the rock .

This is called, technically -- in theological jargon, a "theophany".
A theophany is a physical manifestation of the spiritual God.  Why is
it called a theophany?  Well, "theo" means "God", and if Moses saw his
hinder parts, he saw his fanny, so it was a theo-fanny.  :-)

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