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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
<snip>
| 
| 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

Me:

That was a nice discourse, Bro. Donald, but I think Bro.Robert was just
making a little joke.  I seriously doubt anyone thought that was supposed
to be a theological statement.  Did you notice the "smiley face" ** :) **
at the end of his post?

Anneliese