I often imagine God as this great big ball of swirling energy, with no real form or substance.
But then I remember that God created us in His own image. That means God looks like us, in some way. So that makes my image inaccurate.
Can you describe what God looks like to you?
2007-10-27 11:19:10 · 15 answers · asked by Zezo Zeze Zadfrack 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This is odd: I just realized that I don't really carry a mental picture of God in my head. I do have an image of Jesus up there, from the countless renderings of Him as a Caucasian guy with a brown beard and blue eyes, I'm sorry to say.
But God the Father -- when I do picture Him, I picture an almost blinding blue-white light that emanates from one small point outward over everything.
Never noticed that before, so thanks for making me think about this.
2007-10-27 11:21:54 · answer #1 · answered by Acorn 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
My Grandma had a picture of an older man sitting at a table, head bowed, saying grace. He had gray/white hair and beard. When I was little I was sure he was God (I do realize now he isn't God - but when you are 3 or 4 years old...). I still picture God as looking like the man in the painting. Some images are hard to shake, I guess.
2007-10-27 11:29:21 · answer #2 · answered by penguin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Indeed we are made in the Image and Likeness of God. We are also made as a vessel to contain and express God. Its like a hand and a glove. The Glove LOOKS like the hand. Its not like the foot or the nose or any other body part but the hand. If this glove is filled with anything else it will not be doing what it was made to do. It can be filled with sand or a pencil or even try to squeeze a foot in there it simply won't work.
Man is like that.. made in God's image and Likeness for God to fill him. Then man is truly satisfied and God is satisfied.
As far as trying to put an image in my mind I don't . Thats a form of idol worship. Satan will try to get us to do that, and has used people to paint and create images that can come up in our minds when they are praying or woshipping or talking to God. This is dangereous. We must all ask the Lord to guard our heart and thoughts from this subtle deception of satan.
One day, as believers we will see Him as He is because we will be just like Him. Until then.. we just love Him and Give Him a way to grow in us and transform us and conform us inwardly into Him day by day.
sandy
2007-10-27 11:35:56 · answer #3 · answered by Broken Alabaster Flask 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If God is indeed an ominpotent, omniscient, supernatural and perfect Spirit whom we've never seen before, the best we can come up with is guesswork. For us finite beings, we can't conceive of how a perfect God looks like.
If God created man in His own image, as the Christian doctrine goes, then that gives us some hint (though by no means an extensive picture).
2007-10-27 11:25:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
When it says we were created in His image according to His likeness it doesn't mean we look like him. He gave us human features that are adaptable to our lives here on earth. God often pictures himself as having feelings, ie; The happy God or feeling saddened. Scripture speaks of him as having a mighty hand, being hurt to his heart, having sight and hearing. He describes himself in this way that we can understand him in human terms. The vision of Daniel 7:9,10 is how I picture him.
2007-10-27 11:56:55 · answer #5 · answered by Marina 1 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God isn't physical. Being created "in his image" has to do with having a mind, not the form in which we are made.
2007-10-27 11:29:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
these days I even have been picturing him as brown dermis almond fashioned brown eyes like corresponding to three people in hawaii and with a grass skirt very skinny of direction long black hair and one or those huge eco-friendly neck issues that hula dancers placed on :)
2016-10-14 05:32:41 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe in a god of unconditional love that created our souls with free will (not humans) in his likeness. many souls could not bear to leave fathers side for the loss of love. many souls went out and returned to share their adventures. Some souls rebeled wanted to be a god themselves. This place (earth system) WAS CREATED FOR THE SOUL TO MAKE ITS FINAL CHOICE. Do they really want to be a "little God and live in dominion=lordship over others. or return to father of love/fellowship/joy/sharing/ab... bliss.
2007-10-27 11:29:56 · answer #8 · answered by happy_kko 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
George Burns
2007-10-27 11:25:45 · answer #9 · answered by Steel Rain 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
My image is much like yours.
2007-10-27 11:25:31 · answer #10 · answered by PROBLEM 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋