John 14:8-12 Philip saith unto Him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known Me, Philip? he that hath seen Me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father? Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of Myself: but the Father that dwelleth in Me, He doeth the works. Believe Me that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me: or else believe Me for the very works' sake. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on Me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto My Father.
14:16-19 And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him: but ye know Him; for He dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world seeth Me no more; but ye see Me: because I live, ye shall live also.
Jesus is come in the flesh...in our flesh! We are His "habitation" where He dwells.
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This is a teaching of the Trinity from The Son. If one has seen Him, the Son, then one has seen the Father. The works of the Father are done in Christ and Christ does these works in us, those that believe. How have we "seen" Him?
From that definition Jesus could be saying, if we see, if we (perceive, experience, clearly discern) Christ, then we also see the Father in that way for Christ is in the Father and the Father is in Christ and...They are IN US.
Seen # 3708 ~ horao; prop. to stare at i.e. by impl ( to discern clearly [phys. or ment]) by extens. to attend to; by Heb. to experience; pass, to appear; - behold, perceive, see, take heed.
From that definition Jesus could be saying, if we see, if we (perceive, experience, clearly discern) Christ, then we also see the Father in that way for Christ is in the Father and the Father is in Christ and...They are IN US.
14:16-19 And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him: but ye know Him; for He dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world seeth Me no more; but ye see Me: because I live, ye shall live also.
There He has shown us the Father, the Son and the Comforter. They are One and they are with us...in us...forever!
"The world seeth Me no more." That caught my eye. The Strong's Concordance has no definition for "world" as used in that verse. The only other place that happens, with that word, is....
"In this world" is shown as "aion...the world age." But, "in the world to come" there is no definition given. Is "the world to come," the same world as "the world seeth Me no more?" Does that phrase mean just what it says....that "the world seeth Me no more?" Will He not be literally seen in the world to come?
Why, or how, does the "world seeth Me no more?" I believe because He is Spirit and His Spirit is in His children.
"The world seeth Me no more." That caught my eye. The Strong's Concordance has no definition for "world" as used in that verse. The only other place that happens, with that word, is....
Matthew 12:32 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
"In this world" is shown as "aion...the world age." But, "in the world to come" there is no definition given. Is "the world to come," the same world as "the world seeth Me no more?" Does that phrase mean just what it says....that "the world seeth Me no more?" Will He not be literally seen in the world to come?
Seeth #2334 ~ theoreo from a der. of 2300 (perh. by add. of 3708); to be a spectator of, i.e. discern (lit., fig. (experience) or ints. (acknowledge) - behold, consider, look on, perceive, see. Comp 3700. #3700 optanomai, which is used for it in certain tenses; and both as alternate of 3708; to gaze (i.e. with wide-open eyes, as at something remarkable; and thus differing from 991, which denotes simply voluntary observation; and from 1492, which expressed merely mechanical, passive or casual vision; while 2300, and still more emphatically its intensive 2334 signifies an earnest but more continued inspection; and 448 a watching from a distance): - appear, look, see, shew self.
Why, or how, does the "world seeth Me no more?" I believe because He is Spirit and His Spirit is in His children.
John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth.
Romans 8:9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His.
Ephesians 2:22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
1 John 4:2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
Romans 8:9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His.
Ephesians 2:22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
1 John 4:2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
Jesus is come in the flesh...in our flesh! We are His "habitation" where He dwells.
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