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Christians, Believers in Christ, I've found myself in another rabbit hole.
So I've been researching the answer to a scriptural question/contradiction relating to John 1:18 and John 6:46. The gist of it is, if no one has seen the Father except the Son, what about YHVH appearing to Abraham in Genesis 17:1. The answer I've found is that YHVH in Gen 17:1 is actually pre-incarnate Jesus. I'm trying to figure out if this makes sense, or is it just the best answer people could come up with.
Question #1: is this how you would resolve the conflict? YHVH isn't the Father it's the Son?
Question #2: if YHVH is the Son then did Abraham, Isaac, Jacob ever know the Father? if so, Jesus must have chosen to reveal it ( Matthew 11:27 ); is there any indication of this in scripture? if not, then the Father is an "other god which you didn't know" ( Deuteronomy 13:1-3 )?
Question #3: if YHVH is the Son, then all the dreadful things done by YHVH and the harsh laws come from the Son? Doesn't this diminish what a lot of people like about Christianity compared to Judaism. The Son in Christianity is supposed to be kind and gentle? If the Son is YHVH then the flood, the plagues, the death of the first born, death penalty for violating the Sabbath, etc... all become attributed to the Son?
So I've been researching the answer to a scriptural question/contradiction relating to John 1:18 and John 6:46. The gist of it is, if no one has seen the Father except the Son, what about YHVH appearing to Abraham in Genesis 17:1. The answer I've found is that YHVH in Gen 17:1 is actually pre-incarnate Jesus. I'm trying to figure out if this makes sense, or is it just the best answer people could come up with.
Question #1: is this how you would resolve the conflict? YHVH isn't the Father it's the Son?
Question #2: if YHVH is the Son then did Abraham, Isaac, Jacob ever know the Father? if so, Jesus must have chosen to reveal it ( Matthew 11:27 ); is there any indication of this in scripture? if not, then the Father is an "other god which you didn't know" ( Deuteronomy 13:1-3 )?
Question #3: if YHVH is the Son, then all the dreadful things done by YHVH and the harsh laws come from the Son? Doesn't this diminish what a lot of people like about Christianity compared to Judaism. The Son in Christianity is supposed to be kind and gentle? If the Son is YHVH then the flood, the plagues, the death of the first born, death penalty for violating the Sabbath, etc... all become attributed to the Son?