““And when forty years had passed, an Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire in a bush, in the wilderness of Mount Sinai. “This Moses whom they rejected, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’ is the one God sent to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the Angel who appeared to him in the bush.”
Jesus was in the beginning, and all things were made through Him. God became flesh and bone for over 30 some yrs, died, was resurrected from the dead, and is now sitting at the right hand of God the Father.
I believe no man can see God, the Fathers', face at any time and live, it is written. But there are two others who are given that title in scripture. I believe that for these scriptures, no man can see God and live and Moses met God face to face, the only possible answer for both to be true is a Christophany, such as who was with the 3 Hebrew boys in the furnace ( Dan, 3:25), who looked like the Son of(the) God(s)? Christ, the Word, who was and is God , in preincarnate form in the old covenant. That makes sense, THE Angel of the Lord (Ex 3:2-6), He who wrestled with Jacob( Gen 32:24-30), One of the three visitors with Abram ( Gen. 18 ). These encounters were not with mediums but with God Himself. the preincarnate Christ.
Exodus 3:2 says " And" the" Angel of the Lord appeared unto him....." THE angel of the Lord is considered by many to be a Christophany, a preincarnate appearance of the Word, Christ. The second mention of Angel, in Acts, is preceded by "the" and jibes, correctly, with the Exodus account.
Then we better agree to disagree, the only possibility is THEOphany through mediums, that's the case for Abraham's and Jacob's encounters. What you called "Christophany" is a vision of the future Christ, like all other visions of him in other OT prophecies, which foreshadow his future incarnation. I refute you on the solid ground of 1 Jn. 4:1-3, real Christ must come in the flesh, i.e. incarnation, any "preincarnate Christ" is a prophecy, either in visual, audible or written form, that points to the incarnate Christ.
" Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love Me, he will keep My words: and My Father will love him, and MAKE OUR ABODE WITH him." John 14:23. The Father and the Son dwells in me in the Person of the Holy Spirit and has promised that He " will NEVER leave me nor forsake me" Heb. 13:5. He is not a God who is far away. THEY ARE ONE, EQUAL, what can't you understand about that? I believe you are not honoring the Son by referring Him as a medium. " That all men SHOULD HONOUR THE SON, even(just) as they HONOUR THE FATHER. he THAT HONOURETH NOT THE SON HONOURETH NOT THE FATHER which hath sent Him." John 5:23
Define "Christophany" first. Is it a vision of Christ that points to his future incarnation? Yes. Is it his visit in carnal form before his incarnation? No. You're guilty of "retcon" - retroactive continuity, i.e. the act, practice, or result of changing an existing narrative by introducing new information in a later work that recontextualizes previously established events, characters, etc.
I honest believe he's the only way to God, the only legitimate middleman between man and God across the chasm of sin, which used to be the priests's job, and Christ is our high priest. Do you?
100% correct.
1 Corinthians 10: 1-4
He is now seated in heavenly places. Eph 2:6
" For where two or three are gathered in my name, I (the Son) am there among them."
