Christian Understanding of Trinity3

TRINITY : M. M. NINAN
5. Old Testament Theophanies
again to Manoah and his wife, Manoah realized that it was the
angel of the LORD."We are doomed to die!" he said to his wife.
"We have seen God!"
KINGDOM PERIOD
Theophanies were rare during the Kingdom Period. Yet when the
temple was dedicated they did see God descending as a glorius
fire.
1 Ki.8: 11 And the priests could not perform their service
because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled his temple.
2 Chr. 7::1 When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from
heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and
the glory of the LORD filled the temple.2 The priests could not
enter the temple of the LORD because the glory of the LORD
filled it. 3 When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and
the glory of the LORD above the temple, they knelt on the
pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and
gave thanks to the LORD, saying, "He is good; his love endures
forever."Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices
before the LORD.
PROPHETS
EZEKIEL
Ezekiel's vision of God id very similar to that of the covenant
ceremony and is reminiscent of the revelation appearance. This
was the figure like that of a man of glowing metal, full of fire
surrounded by brillllinat light
Ez 1: 26 Above the expanse over their heads was what looked
like a throne of sapphire, and high above on the throne was a
figure like that of a man.27 I saw that from what appeared to be
his waist up he looked like glowing metal, as if full of fire, and
that from there down he looked like fire; and brilliant light
surrounded him.28 Like the appearance of a rainbow in the
clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him. This was
the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. When I
saw it, I fell facedown, and I heard the voice of one speaking.
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