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Originally Posted by Praxeas
I disagree. It's "seen" with the eyes. God was "percieved" by men in the OT. In fact even Jesus confirms this
oh 4:22 You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.
Horao can just as easily mean "to see with the eyes".
However the real "key" is to understand John in the context of John's Jewishness. The Logos is the Greek representative of the Aramaic Memra.
Jesus being made flesh and "tabernacled among us" represents the Hebrew concept of the Shekinah (dwelling of God with men).
In Jewish thought on the OT, God Himself is invisible ( Col 1:15. 1Tim 1:17) and is only revealed through His Memra and His Glory. They distinguished between God without any visible form in heaven and God revealed audibly and visually hear on earth in Theophanies/Anthropomorphisms
I do agree Horao can sometimes refer to perception but I don't believe that is what John is saying. The Son was made flesh/Visible is being contrasted with God Invisible |
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