Dake Bible Discussion Board ⇒ If God does NOT have a body then how did he sit, wear clothes and have hair on His head?

[Ironman]

He believes our adversary.

Patrissimo is an agnostic. He believes the existence of God is unknowable

[Hill Top]

Daniel 7:9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.

Daniel 7:9 (AMP) I kept looking until thrones were placed [for the assessors with the Judge], and the Ancient of Days [God, the eternal Father] took His seat, Whose garment was white as snow and the hair of His head like pure wool. His throne was like the fiery flame; its wheels were burning fire.

Question? If God does NOT have a body:

1) then how did he sit?
2) how did He wear clothes?
3) how did He have hair on His head?

The answer is obvious God does in fact have a body.

Are you certain that the "ancient of days" was God, and not the Word?

[Ironman]

Daniel 7:9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.

Daniel 7:9 (AMP) I kept looking until thrones were placed [for the assessors with the Judge], and the Ancient of Days [God, the eternal Father] took His seat, Whose garment was white as snow and the hair of His head like pure wool. His throne was like the fiery flame; its wheels were burning fire.

Question? If God does NOT have a body:

1) then how did he sit?
2) how did He wear clothes?
3) how did He have hair on His head?

The answer is obvious God does in fact have a body.

Are you certain that the "ancient of days" was God, and not the Word?

Daniel 7:13;
13, I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.

[bibleman]

Daniel 7:9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.

Daniel 7:9 (AMP) I kept looking until thrones were placed [for the assessors with the Judge], and the Ancient of Days [God, the eternal Father] took His seat, Whose garment was white as snow and the hair of His head like pure wool. His throne was like the fiery flame; its wheels were burning fire.

Question? If God does NOT have a body:

1) then how did he sit?
2) how did He wear clothes?
3) how did He have hair on His head?

The answer is obvious God does in fact have a body.

Are you certain that the "ancient of days" was God, and not the Word?

Yes absolutely it was the Father.

Daniel 7:12 As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.
13 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.

If He comes to the Ancient of days, then He is not the Ancient of days. If they bring Him (the Son of man) near before Him (the Ancient of days), then it is confirmed twice in one scripture that these are two separate Persons, each having His own personal body, soul, and spirit.
Finis Jennings Dake, Dake's Annotated Reference Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments of the Authorized or King James Version Text, (Lawrenceville, GA: Dake Bible Sales, Inc., 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: "Chapter 7".

[bibleman]

He believes our adversary.

Patrissimo is an agnostic. He believes the existence of God is unknowable

Sadly many of those who focus on intellect seem to not be able to know God at all.

1 Corinthians 1:26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:

[patrissimo]

He believes our adversary.

Patrissimo is an agnostic. He believes the existence of God is unknowable

Not true.

[luchnia]

He believes our adversary.

Patrissimo is an agnostic. He believes the existence of God is unknowable

I can only imagine how empty a place this must be with an unknowable god. To have a god that is unknowable when the God of the living tells us all we need to know about Himself. How can one ever understand and love a higher being when the higher being is not a being at all?

[patrissimo]

I do not believe in an unknowable God. I pray to God every day. The God I know is not like Zeus, a finite being with a location such as Mt. Olympus or the "planet" heaven. The God I worship is that than which nothing greater can be conceived which is the only kind of God worthy of worship.

[bibleman]

I do not believe in an unknowable God. I pray to God every day. The God I know is not like Zeus, a finite being with a location such as Mt. Olympus or the "planet" heaven. The God I worship is that than which nothing greater can be conceived which is the only kind of God worthy of worship.

Just wondering WHAT is your VIEW of God. I mean do you imagine him as a person? a cloud? a spook? A piece of cold cheese?

If you don't believe what the Bible says about Him having a body... How do you imagine God?

[patrissimo]

I do not believe in an unknowable God. I pray to God every day. The God I know is not like Zeus, a finite being with a location such as Mt. Olympus or the "planet" heaven. The God I worship is that than which nothing greater can be conceived which is the only kind of God worthy of worship.

Just wondering WHAT is your VIEW of God. I mean do you imagine him as a person? a cloud? a spook? A piece of cold cheese?

If you don't believe what the Bible says about Him having a body... How do you imagine God?

Again...I do not imagine God. He cannot be imagined. Your question betrays an Epicurean tendency and presents me with a false dilemma. You clearly think that if even God Himself is not corporeal, then he must be nebulous or even nothing. I reject that false dilemma. God is beyond that. Here is what St. Thomas Aquinas said in response to your question"

"Corporeal parts are attributed to God in Scripture on account of His actions, and this is owing to a certain parallel. For instance the act of the eye is to see; hence the eye attributed to God signifies His power of seeing intellectually, not sensibly; and so on with the other parts."

"Whatever pertains to posture, also, is only attributed to God by some sort of parallel. He is spoken of as sitting, on account of His unchangeableness and dominion; and as standing, on account of His power of overcoming whatever withstands Him." - Summa Theologica I:Q. 2