I reviewed your verses. I do believe that the Old Testament had pre-incarnate appearances of the Messiah. But no man has seen God in all His glory face to face and lived. Moses asked if he could and the LORD answered, “I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee... Thou canst not see my face: for there shall NO MAN SEE ME, AND LIVE. And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock: And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by: And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt SEE MY BACK PARTS: BUT MY FACE SHALL NOT BE SEEN.” (Ex. 33:19-23).

“God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth” (John 4:24). When the “Word became flesh and dwelt among us…” (John 1:14) our Messiah “who, existing in the form of God, counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men; and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, becoming obedient even unto death, yea, the death of the cross” (Phil. 2:6-8). Hagar saw the angel of the Lord in man form. Jacob wrestled with a man form. Abraham entertained a man form. Samson’s parents saw the angel of the Lord in man form. The angel of the Lord at the burning bush spoke in man form.

To my knowledge I know of no example in the Bible were man has seen God in all His glory like one of our “good ole buddies.” Forms and glimpses yes, but not God, Himself. This will not happen until judgment day “…when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is (1 John 3:2).

Humbly submitted,

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BVidlar

“What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him” (Psalm 8:4)?