The Face of Christ

Sometimes people find themselves in a long distance relationship. They may not see each other for many months. Sometimes such relationships don't last but where there is a true bond of love the couple are able to overcome all the difficulties and stay true to each other until they can be together.

We who believe are in a similar situation but we have this amazing and unparalleled extra. As John puts it here so powerfully No one has ever seen God but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known. (John 1:18) Yes, we cannot see God the Father. We cannot see the Holy Spirit. There is a sense in which we cannot see the Word of God, the one described here as the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father. However, because The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us and We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth then we have seen something more than Jacob or Moses or Isaiah ever saw, as amazing as their visions were. We have been given, in the words of Paul in 2 Corinthians 4:6, the light of the knowledge of God's glory displayed in the face of Christ.