First of all why are you changing the subject? John 8:56 has nothing to do with the two questions I ask you. So let me try it this way for the sake of simplicity. We already know God the Father cannot be seen according to Jesus Christ Himself at John 5:37 and at John 6:46.
Since that is true and Jesus would not lie, who appeared (physically) to Abraham at Genesis 17:1-2 claiming to be the Lord God Almighty? Second question is from Genesis 18:1. It says the Lord appeared to Abraham in the heat of the day, so who appeared to him?
Remember, it cannot be God the Father because He cannot be scene, and the Holy Spirit cannot be seen either. So who was it that appeared to him? Let me give you a hint? Of the three persons of the Trinity, and two of them cannot be seen, what person is left? Btw, your aloud to use personal thoughts because God gave us a mind to think and reason.
IN GOD THE SON,
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Your questions are here as follows
So here's a question for you from the OT. At Genesis 17:1, "Now when Abraham was ninety-nine years old, the Lord APPEARED to Abram and said to him, (this was a physical appearance of God) I, am God Almighty; Walk before Me, and be blameless.
Who appeared to Abraham claiming to be the Lord God Almighty?
Secondly, at Genesis 18:1, "
Now the Lord appeared to him/Abraham by the oaks of Mamre, while he was sitting at the tent door in the heat of the day." Who appeared to Abraham here?
My answer which I didn't believe is changing subject but answering said questions.
Joh 8:56
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see
my (Jesus Christ) day: and he saw it, and was glad.
The text does not tell us that Abraham had any distinct foresight of the manner of Christ’s birth. That was a mystery which remained locked up in the secret chambers of God’s counsels, until it seemed good to the Holy Ghost to reveal it to the prophet Isaiah. But the meaning of the words
My day in the text must clearly be the day or season of Christ’s coming, and dwelling upon earth, the day or season of that earthly life into which He entered. This, then, is the day which our father Abraham rejoiced that he was to see, the day of the coming of Him in whom all the nations of the earth were to be blessed, the day of Christ’s coming to dwell upon earth, in order that He might deliver mankind from their sins.
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad. And the Jews said unto him, You’re not even fifty years old yet, and have you seen Abraham? And Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily I say unto you, before Abraham was, I am (Joh_8:56-58).
This is it. This is His open plain declaration of His divinity. Using now that name of the eternal God. When Moses said, "Whom shall I say sent me?" "Say I Am that I Am hath sent thee." The name that expresses the eternal nature of God. "You’re not fifty years old. You mean that Abraham saw You?" And Jesus said, "Before Abraham was, I am."
Now they understood what He said because,
They took up stones to throw at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so he passed by (Joh_8:59).
The preincarnate Christ stood before Abraham in the verses you quoted? All the fullness of the Godhead is found bodily in Christ. So when you see Jesus Christ you are looking at the face of God. At least as fully as we will see it this side of heaven. I take that Scripture no other way. Please help me understand if my answers are wrong.