Wasn't brought up in or had thinking or teaching about God nor thought of anything as pertains to God, I was into pyramids, about it.
The form of the Father is commonly said is Spirit. But many of those who say that also say the Father is the one referenced in one portion of OT as the one who let Moses I believe, see His back..would have to look up for accuracy. (and God is throughout the OT), this is just one bit.
In Heavenly glimpses of the Father does appear He is a Spriritual being. That glory of God revealed to Moses (if have right person) may well have been Jesus pre incarnate but since in that bit says can't see my face or you will die (if I recall right), that is why is commonly said is the Father.
but i could go on and on as it all unfolds.
God is a being, created all things so His knowledge is infiinite, was never created always was and always will be. Has emotions, many you probably are aware of as we have many of the same, maybe all I don't know. Can not sin as sin is against God done by man or angels. Has attributes we know of many but not all.
No clue how the universe if is proper word, being infinite, how God is, as can't see such in human terms. If is everywhere as I believe He is, as all is within Him, what about hell? Psalmist says if i go to the depths you are there if i go to the heavens you are there
So the attributes, I imagine you can guess some, tho when I say them I think in terms of is good, holy, pure, righteous, just, has wrath, and endless such things that we know some of from the bible.
As to other attributes, such as since created all which is, that is and is not, can do anything but sin. We can't imagine tons about God as we think in human terms, is normal to do so. So when i picture God on the throne in heaven, says somethng like lighting, rumblings and peals of thunder. Is what I envision, if think on other passage is what i envison, if daydream on my own, i find myself always trying to define Gods being as a man, and I can not envision more than i can relate to.
Of Jesus John says in revelation looking like a lamb which was slain, so appears that the wounds are still there possibly, and lamb could mean much. As is called lamb of God..stephen while being stoned looks up and heaven opens and he sees Jesus, so somehow he recognized Jesus.
After death and before ascension, some didn't know they were talking with Jesus, didn't recognize him.
some fell as dead men in presence of angel on earth, angels appear to have different glory.. and lost all strength, the man, but the angel strengthened by giving something i believe.
so i think in heaven we will not be able to stand and so we also must be strengthened in some way to be able to stand in his presence.
different pictures of what God appears to man as.. are in the bible..not saying God appears differently but are differnent things said of the appearance of God.
God is a Holy being, nothing unpure, nothing evil.
I know what it's like to sense his presence, may be the Holy Spirit who resides in all believers...Spirit..perhaps that is what I sense at times, not feel but sense..can't recall last time.
right before coming to christ at a funeral, i didn't hear the words the pastors were saying, but sensed something, like a power, is long ago, so vaguely recall but is what my attention was wholly focused on; a power, and did not hear what was being said.. i had not yet come to christ, did some 3 or 4 weeks later.
i once prayed that God would show me all my sin, and that night had the most horrible nightmare in my life; i can't recall it, but i think at the time, was less than 7 years ago, i think i believed it to be from God.
But God does not condemn Christians so if i felt condemned which i dont' recall would not be from God, as well as sin forgiven, past present and future for all christians (of course not all believe such) but so God would not reveal sin which is already forgiven to make me feel condemnaton, but maybe He showed me what was in my heart, which all our hearts, though we have a new heart are full of sin and as was nightmare or tortuous dream don't know what more to say on it.
and dreampt of Jesus and believe was a dream from God, was awesome, as was in tune with the bible..i knew i was wholly loved, lasted long time and was a love I never experienced, and as we danced i saw while wholly loved and felt no jealousy, i saw the longing and sadness, of Jesus for his brothers (the Jews.)
and then he said follow me, surrounded by tall hedges narrow path and we went around a corner.
as God gave me a special love for Jews due mainly I would think to the church I came to chirst at, which had Jewish people come and did skits and song with the skits, like a play, and taught through them, and the pastor often spoke of Jewish people, and i always sensed the pastor was trying to help those in the church who hate jews, was just an awareness, all new to me, as never any exposure to any of this, never knew of anti semitism, nor did he speak of it, so see this in retrospect, so dream was not something that wouldn't be in my heart, such knowledge i mean as is clear God longs for His brothers who will come to believe later.
one other time very early on in christ had a dream that i think was a vision, tho a dream, which i did not like and like jonah if im to do that, do not ever want to..
i live in usa, no ethnicity ties but a few generations back, no close family, in dream went to checkslovokia, which i've never thought of, and was apparent was in a place of government run churches..meaning no christ, and in office with 3 men also christians there for same reason i was though they were not warm to me, i was there to teach perhaps about or reveal christ as we do as christians..and is all i recall, and how i appeared, my weight, and slovenly dress which was how i was at time of dream., and if more i've forgotten, but i don't ever want to go there, dont' ever want to leave america and don't want to be around government churches or didn't then. but worried some years over that as seemed to be something i was going to do regardless.
if ever go, I believe I will want to, even tho jonah didnt wnt to do as God asked, I don't God would ever pursue a man to do something which one doesn't wish to do, but did with jonah, and with us, if did so, would do so by conforming our will to his, but is only by us allowing it can such occur.
when came to christ was by answering two questions..would i commit my life to christ and would i die for christ and upon reply i was born again, i knew it, can't explain it, i came like paul, is all pastor said and i left.
so the death bit creeps up here n there as to me is possibly prophetic, for never hear of those led to the Lord in such a manner as I was, except for those in persecuted countries...they know they may or will die if believe..
we shall see
sorry got off track but is describing God; that sums up a dream like vision of christ, which though i doubt christ truly looks as I saw, I've no doubt was christ with me, and i've certainly strayed from the narrow path, but i follow christ, nonetheless, the nightmare can't sort out, but did believe was from God, and tho can't account as there is no fear in Christ so can't get that all straight in my head, and the going overseas and instantly saying no way... all 3 to me are from God, and so is in my mind reaching us in some things we can recall and reaching us in ways we are wholly unaware of, possibly in dreams we don't recall, which is biblical, in dreams i mean..
one sermon again at beginning was a guest speaker who said how neat (was not term he used) but like deep a teaching, it is when you really see the depravity of sin in you.. or perhaps just the depravity of sin. have had such occur in like a flash of seconds where God was right there and aware of my sinfulness i was overwhelmed.. i was aware that i was in the presence of Holiness and in that presence, well it was more a revelation of Gods holiness than the sin n me, and so have expeienced a few seconds of what it might be like to always be in his presence; its overwhelming, as the one seeing an angel in the bible,
this happened within last 7 years as well, the sense.. i have lived here 7 year is how i know as occured in this room.
i'm not really helpng in answering but is helping me recalling all this as i don't ponder such and you've made me think about God in attempting to describe in tangible terms something that can not be explained.. same as when christ called paul..and paul said who are you Lord? and same as john gave symbolism, either at that time it all made sense to john being relative to his time, or he could not describe in human terms or do anything but give symbolism in revelation most part.
paul said he knew of a man, commonly is said was paul who he is speaking of, himself, caught up in paradise and heard things inexpresible, said things man are not permitted to tell.
so your queston is sort of like asking to make someone inexpressible in tangible terms at least as far as i can grasp.. and after all this writing, appears i can't do it.
one last bit, worked in a computer room, mainframe operator, and was bent down in back of printer and had a second of an overwhelming love which was as if heaven open up as i recall and i had a second of God overwhelming love for me..
anyway, sorry for long read, thanks for question.
take care,
tapero
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