"Man is blinded in this life and therefore we may not see our Father, God, as He is. And what time that He of His goodness willeth to shew Himself to man, He sheweth Himself homely, as man."
Julian of Norwich (Ch. 51)
Living in this mortal existence, humans cannot fully see who God is using our human senses and faculties. We are limited in our understanding, also, and have been confused by false information about God. But God wanted us to know Him for who He truly is, so we could experience deep and meaningful relationship with Him. The second Person of the Trinity, the only-begotten Son, who is God and exists in the bosom of His Father, in closest and equal association to Him, took on flesh and blood and became human. Now we can see God right in front of us in the man Jesus Christ. God has revealed Himself, God is with us, God has spoken to us the final and truest word about Himself, in His Son! Everyone who came before had limited information about God, but the Son is the perfect and exact representation of God. All the thoughts and words that we heard before were incomplete; the Son is the final word about God, the perfect truth about Him. He shows us who God is, and we see that God is unlike some of the older pictures of God that people have had, even pictures found in the Old Testament. We can see now that even though these pictures had merit, they were incomplete pictures. Jesus shows the complete picture, being God in the flesh. Jesus shows us a God who is tender-hearted, gentle, forgiving, compassionate, and kind, who is all love and nothing else. He shows us a God who forgives His enemies, does good to those who rail against Him, and blesses those who hate Him. Every past revelation, every word that was said or written about God before, must cede to the final revelation of God, the Son Jesus Christ. If we don't see a trait in Christ, it is not in God. If we do see a trait in Christ, it is truly in God. He is the face of the Father to us, and we see it is a good, accepting, nonjudging, welcoming, understanding face. It is the face of pure love. God has appeared in human form to walk and talk among us, to show us the true nature of God, to experience what we go through as humans, to meet with us and relate to us in a way we can understand, to call us home to where we belong, home to His Father and our Father, too!
So the word of God became a human being and lived among us. ...It is true that no one has ever seen God at any time. Yet the divine and only Son, who lives in the closest intimacy with the Father, has made him known.
John 1:14,18 (PHILLIPS)
"In these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word."
Hebrews 1:2-3 (NIV)
A Prayer: Jesus, thank You showing me the Father!