Dennis, I think it's possible that The Son (not the Father) has a image, that is in the form of a man, but is not physical flesh and blood. In the OT Ezekiel had an experience and the glorious form of the Lord that he saw looked like a man, that was not physical.
Eze 1:26 And above the firmament over their heads was the likeness of a throne, in appearance like a sapphire stone; on the likeness of the throne was a likeness with the appearance of a man high above it.
v. 27 Also from the appearance of His waist and upward I saw, as it were, the color of amber with the appearance of fire all around within it; and from the appearance of His waist and downward I saw, as it were, the appearance of fire with brightness all around.
v. 28 Like the appearance of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the brightness all around it. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. So when I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of One speaking.
Certainly God does not 'need' or have to be in an image or form of a man, but I think He has one for our sake. When The Son did come into the flesh then He temporarily took on the physical flesh and blood aspect, so He could die. But at resurrection His physical mortal body "was changed" (Paul described it in 1 Cor 15) back into a glorious body capable of anything He wanted it to do. When the disciples saw Him He explained He was not a spirit, yet there He was like a man.
Luke 24:37 But they were terrified and frightened, and supposed they had seen a spirit.
v. 38 And He said to them, "Why are you troubled? And why do doubts arise in your hearts?
v. 39 Behold My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself. Handle Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see I have."
That is the glorious resurrected Christ, He had been changed to immortality, incorruptible, but looked like a man... He was familiar they recognized Him, but He was still glorious, capable of disappearing at will (Luke 24:31).
I do believe we will 'see' Christ for real at our resurrection, as John could see Him in the vision in Revelation, there with all His glory and yet was the appearance of a man, though certainly not a physical flesh and blood man.
Rev 1:13 and in the midst of the seven lampstands One like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band.
v. 14 His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes like a flame of fire;
v. 15 His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many waters;
v. 16 He had in His right hand seven stars, out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and His countenance was like the sun shining in its strength.
Rev 19:11 Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war.
v. 12 His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except Himself.
v. 13 He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God.
Even though these were visions, nonetheless they depicted Christ glorious and He was in the form of a man. I believe that The Father created The Son in the form of a man (not physical flesh and blood until He was born to Mary)... as He was the God we would know and 'see' and hear and relate to, He did it for us.
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And after Jesus Christ came OUT from the Father, ALL ELSE came THROUGH Jesus Christ:
"Who [Jesus Christ] is the Image of the invisible God, Firstborn of every creature, for in Him is ALL CREATED, that in the heavens and that on the earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, or lordships, or sovereignties, or authorities, all is created THROUGH Him and FOR Him, and He is BEFORE all, and all has its cohesion in Him" (Col. 1: 14-17).
Nowhere do we read that God came out from Christ! No, Christ came OUT FROM THE FATHER and all else was created THROUGH Jesus Christ. There is no trinity here!
Jesus Christ is not the SUPREME DEITY. Christ is not the originator of all. Christ is "the Lord." He is the Son of God. He is the IMAGE of the invisible God. He is the Mediator,
For there is ONE God, and ONE Mediator OF God and mankind, a MAN Christ Jesus..." (I Tim. 2:5).
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Yes, God is a family. We can be members (Sons) of His Family, Brothers with Christ. What a marvelous plan God is bring about. Here then is the Gospel to all nations and all peoples everywhere:
"For since, in fact, through a man [Adam] came death,
through a Man [Jesus Christ], also, comes the resurrection of the dead. For even as, in Adam, all are dying, THUS ALSO, in Christ, shall ALL be vivified [given immortal life]. Yet each in his own class: the Firstfruit, Christ; thereupon those who are Christ’s in His presence; thereafter the consummation, whenever He may be giving up the kingdom to HIS GOD AND FATHER, whenever He should be nullifying all sovereignty and all authority and power... The last enemy is being abolished: DEATH... then the Son Himself also shall be subjected to Him Who subjects all to Him, that God may be ALL IN ALL" (I Cor. 15:21-28).
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mercy, peace and love
Kat