Fundamental Beliefs of Seventh-day Adventists

19:22; Dan. 9:21; Luke 1:11-38; Acts 12:5-10).
Could it be that a spiritual being may have a
"spiritual body" with a form and features (cf. 1
Cor. 15:44)?
The Bible indicates that some people have seen
parts of God's person. Moses, Aaron, Nadab,
Abihu, and the seventy elders saw His feet (Ex.
24:9-11). Although He refused to show His face,
after covering Moses with His hands God revealed
His back to him as He passed by (Ex. 33:20-23).
God appeared to Daniel in a judgment-scene vision
as the Ancient of Days seated on a throne (Dan.
7:9, 10). Christ is described as "the image of the
invisible God" (Col. 1:15) and "the express image
of His person" (Heb. 1:3). These passages seem to
indicate that God is a personal being and has a
personal form. This should come as no surprise, for
man was created in the image of God.
Man was created a "little lower than the angels"
(Heb. 2:7), an indication that he must have been
endowed with mental and spiritual gifts. Although
Adam lacked experience, insight, and character
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