Did Moses speak to God “face to face?” If so, did he see God?
To make sense of it, “face to face” should be understood as an idiom of intimacy. It has the same meaning as when I say I had a “heart to heart” talk with my son. That Moses spoke with God “face to face,” does not necessarily follow that He saw God. That would contradict the clear statement of John 1:18, “No one has ever seen God; the only God…”
To make sense of it, “face to face” should be understood as an idiom of intimacy. It has the same meaning as when I say I had a “heart to heart” talk with my son. That Moses spoke with God “face to face,” does not necessarily follow that He saw God. That would contradict the clear statement of John 1:18, “No one has ever seen God; the only God…”
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