What Does God Look Like

To understand the Bible in the most practical way, one must be able to relate to God relative to the world we live in. In other words, see Him, hear Him, smell Him, taste and touch Him. We interact with the material world through these five senses. Have you ever discussed someone you have never seen before with a friend? You may ask, what does she look like? Your friend responds with, she looks like our friend Julia. Immediately you have an image you can relate to. There is a perception that God's characteristics are a mystery that no man can comprehend. This perception is not true if men are created in the image of God. “There are things about God that people cannot see—his eternal power and all that makes him God. But since the beginning of the world, those things have been easy for people to understand. They are made clear in what God has made.”(Rom. 1:20) If we accept the following verse for what it clearly states then we have an idea of what God looks like. “So God created humans in his image. He created them to be like himself. He created them male and female.” Gen. 1:27) Another word for image is a reflection when you look into a mirror you see a reflection of yourself. Common reasoning would suggest that God looks something like you. Since men, both male and female are a reflection of God, created in His image. And, since men are born with three separate components: body, soul, and spirit; we can reasonably accept that God has similar characteristics. “We pray that your whole self—spirit, soul, and body—will be kept safe and be blameless when our Lord Jesus Christ comes.” (1 Thess. 5:23) God, lives, works, and runs the business of the universe from the 5th dimension. Whereas, man is limited to the 3rd-dimensional material world.  Numerous scripture verses speak to these questions regarding body components and dimensions for both natural and spiritual beings. The idea that God fills all space as air fills a void is not true and makes God impersonal and impossible to relate to. God speaks with a mouth, has a head full of hair, He sits, has hands, He stands, walks, and does many more bodily functions similar to man.“They heard the voice of the Lord God, walking in the garden in the cool of the day.” “The Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool.” “And I saw in the right hand of Him that sat on the throne a book written.” “And they shall see His face, and His name shall be in their foreheads.”(Gen. 3 Dan.7 Rev 22) These verses and many more give evidence of the same human-like characteristics of man.

 God is a spirit man that lives in the spirit dimension, all personal experience in the presence of God by mortals has been in similitude. God can change and function in all dimensions. So what does a spiritual body look like? As is clearly stated above, it looks a lot like a physical body. Paul the Apostle confirmed this truth in his exposition on the resurrection of the dead, when human bodies change from earthly composition to spiritual composition.“There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is one, and the glory of the earthly is another. So also is the resurrection of the dead: It is sown a perishable body; it is raised an imperishable body. It is sown as a natural body; it is raised as a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.” (1Corinthians 15:40) Through medical examination, we know what a physical body is composed of. Spiritual bodies remain a mystery although there is ample Biblical evidence that spiritual bodies function quite proficiently in the material world. This would suggest that physical bodies have limits, whereas spiritual bodies are limitless. The soul and spirit of men seem more difficult to understand since neither can be examined with a scalpel but the Bible provides sufficient information about both. A simple explanation for the soul could be defined as awareness, often linked to emotions, intellect, comprehension, and the like. It would be fair to say that the soul is that part of the person, which relates to their surroundings. Therefore, whatever dimension you reside in you will relate to. The spirit is that part of the person that connects directly to God regardless of the dimension. God communicates with men individually as well as corporately through the spirit. “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.”(Mark 12:30) Is it reasonable to conclude using just a few scriptures we’ve examined that God could possess some of the same characteristics your father or brother, sister, or mother might have? Yes! But is the creation greater than the Creator as non-believers testify? No! We have two choices, Evolution where our ancestors could have been lizards or creation where God the Father created us in His image.

When you consider the world around you and the majesty of it all, it is only reasonable to accept that a power far beyond man’s ability to comprehend sparked the outcome.“God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist, as though they did.” (Romans 4:17) Whether you choose to believe in creation or evolution, the benefits are far more rewarding if your faith is applied to God's creation rather than some precarious theory on the way to nowhere.  For more about your relationship with God read “ Beam me up Commander” it's free.