the longest prayer request in the bible

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Subject: 
                   Re: oneness
        Date: 
                   Tue, 21 Oct 1997 18:26:18 -0400
       From: 
                   "caryle clear" <cpcj@sprynet.com>
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                   higher-fire@prairienet.org
            To: 
                   <higher-fire@prairienet.org>


| 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
me
Moses was allowed to see where G-d was, he did not see a theopheny, a
theopheny is a complete form as an angel. Moses request was answered in
its fullness when the transfiguration took place see Matthew 17:1-8.
This is the longest prayer request in the bible. Peter answered
Yehoshuha question see Matthew 16:13, Moses saw the cliff of the rock
peter saw the rock. lets discuss this, if you can. Shalom!