“Not that anyone has seen the Father, except the one who is from God, he has seen the Father.”

But even though such people have heard the Father they have not seen the Father, because no man has seen God at any time (John 1:18). Indeed no one can see God and live (Exodus 33:20). But there is One, and only One, Who has uniquely seen the Father. He is the One Who is from God, and it is Jesus Himself. He alone is such that He can actually look on the Father's glory, (a glory which had once been His and would be His again - John 17:5). Here is One Who is thus truly greater than Moses, for Moses was not allowed to see God face to face (Exodus 3:20); He is greater than Abraham, greater than all the prophets. He is One Who has a unique relationship with the Father, (‘the Word was face to face with God' - John 1:1). Even the holy Seraphim had to hide their faces before God (Isaiah 6:2). Only Jesus out of all who existed could look on Him in all His fullness. It is a stupendous claim.

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