Originally Posted by Jay
I am going to stick with what the Bible says. God has many attributes and has revealed Himself in many ways.
God is a Spirit, that is what He is. There are several Scriptures that claim this, and thus His essence is spiritual.
However, He has multiple attributes, as do we. Some of these include love, hate, justice, anger, mercy, wrath, grace, jealousy, joy, justice, and righteousness. However, the greatest attribute in Scripture is His holiness. This one attribute regulates all the others as He deals with man.
There are also many appearances, manifestations as well, such as fire, wings, feathers, etc.
We can finally know approximately what He looks like, because when He came, He came in the form of a man. When we see Him, we will see Him as He would have looked on earth.
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