Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.
General references
Bible References
Thou shalt
Exodus 33:20
But He answered, “You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.”
Job 11:7 Can you fathom the depths of God
or discover the limits of the Almighty?
or discover the limits of the Almighty?
Job 26:14 These are but the fringes of His ways;
how faint is the word we hear of Him!
Who can understand His mighty thunder?
how faint is the word we hear of Him!
Who can understand His mighty thunder?
John 1:18 No one has ever seen God.
The One and Only Son—
the One who is at the Father’s side—
He has revealed Him.
The One and Only
the One who is at the Father’s
He has revealed Him.
1 Corinthians 13:12 For now we see indistinctly, as in a mirror,
but then face to face.
Now I know in part,
but then I will know fully,
as I am fully known.
but then face to face.
Now I know in part,
but then I will know fully,
as I am fully known.
1 Timothy 6:16 the only One who has immortality,
dwelling in unapproachable light;
no one has seen or can see Him,
to Him be honor and eternal might.
Amen.
dwelling in unapproachable light;
no one has seen or can see Him,
to Him be honor and eternal might.
Amen.
General references
Job 26:9 He obscures the view of His throne,
spreading His cloud over it.
spreading His cloud over it.