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Robert J. Brown wrote:

> >>>>> "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.  :-)
>

My Response:

When God responded to Moses' request to "see His glory," by stating that He would
allow him to "see my hinder parts," this WAS NOT referring to a visible
manifestation of God [a "theophany"], OR any part of Him.
Lest we forget, when Moses conducted this conversation with God, there was NO
written record of God's Word.  Therefore, when God granted Moses' request, He
allowed Moses to possess knowledge of all that He had done prior to that moment in
time, and as a consequence Moses was empowered to write the "book of beginnings"
[Genesis].
The assertion that God allowed Moses to "see" with his physical eye a "theophany"
of Himself which revealed only His "fanny," is an age-old erroneous trinitarian
explanation of the following passages of scripture [see Exodus 33:18-23]:

18 And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.
 19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim
the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious,
and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.
 20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and
live.
 21 And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a
rock:
 22 And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in
a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:
 23 And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face
shall not be seen.

Thus we see that what God allowed Moses to "see" was His "glory," and not some
visible manifestation of Himself.

At least this is the manner in which I have interpreted these passages, and offer
them here for consideration and comment.

Your brother in Christ Jesus our Lord
Donald L. Evans