The problem with this idea, is that it opens a "Pandora's box".
In other words, if The Holy Spirit (the third person
of the Trinity, according to Christianity) could come unto
the world as a dove, who is to say that He can't return again as a sheep, or as a goat? How can we rule out
that He won't come back as a Bull? How then can we condemn those who (like ancient Egyptians) still
worship animals? If God could manifest himself in Jesus, how can we rule out that He didn't manifest
Himself in someone else? How can we rule out that Vissarion (the modern Russian Messiah) isn't God
manifesting in the flesh again?
How can we rule out that Alan John Miller (the Australian Jesus), Sun Myung Moon (the Korean Jesus), or
Vissarion (the Russian Jesus) aren't God manifesting Himself in the flesh again? And, where does it stops???
How can we ever have any
certainty as to who is, and who isn't, God manifesting Himself in the flesh again?
As we can see, this idea of God manifesting Himself in a physical body, is a road that leads to nowhere; an
idea that only generates uncertainty, anxiety, frustration, anger, and depression.
Interestingly enough, this “confusion of spirit” is one of the curses prescribed for those who would refuse to
obey God’s commandments (salvation only by faith?): “BUT IF YOU won’t listen to the voice of
the Eternal
your God, if you don’t CAREFULLY OBEY THE COMMANDS and regulations I’m giving
you today, then
YOU’LL EXPERIENCE all of -- in fact, they’ll come after you!... THE ETERNAL WILL AFFLICT YOU
WITH MADNESS AND BLINDNESS AND CONFUSION. As you try to figure out which way to go in life,
you’ll be groping around the way a blind person gropes in the darkness, even in the middle of the day” (Deut.
28:15, 28&29 – the VOICE Bible version).
God commandments forbid us from making (either with our hands or with our mind) any graven image (or
“picture”) of Him: “YOU ARE NOT TO MAKE ANY idol or image of other gods. In fact, you are not to
make an IMAGE OF ANYTHING IN THE HEAVENS ABOVE, ON THE EARTH BELOW, OR IN THE
WATERS BENEATH. YOU ARE NOT TO BOW DOWN AND SERVE ANY IMAGE, for I, the Eternal
your God, am a jealous God” (Exodus 20:4-5, the VOICE Bible version).
Therefore, If we “picture” God as a dove, we are violating God’s commandment; if we “picture” God as a
man (like Jesus) we are violating God’s commandment; if we picture God as a mountain, as a cloud, as fire,
as an angel, as a bull, as a lamb, or as anything else we can see (or perceive) with our human eyes, we are
violating God’s Law, and are thus liable to the consequences. That's why Reformed
Samaritanism teaches
that God has chosen never to manifest Himself in flesh and blood, in order to prevent us from ever falling
under the aforementioned curses.
But, what should a believer in Jesus (peace be upon him) do? Should he abandom his faith in the Nazarene?
Not at all! Instead, he should recognize that Jesus wasn’t a Christian believer, but rather a Samaritan one. The
Christian believer should start acknowledging that Jesus himself recognized that he wasn’t God: “... but go to
my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and TO MY GOD, AND YOUR
GOD”- John 20:17.
In truth, Jesus wasn’t God, but only a mortal man who heard a [prophetic] message from the one true God-
“But now ye go
about to kill ME, A MAN that have told you the truth, which I HAVE HEARD OF GOD”
(John 8:40, Geneva Bible). The Christian believer must start acknowledging that Salvation isn’t the product
of blind faith, but rather of sincere repentance [“I tell you, Nay: but, EXCEPT YE REPENT, YE SHALL
ALL LIKEWISE PERISH”- Luke 13:3, King James Bible).
He should also recognize that salvation isn’t the reward for those who believe Jesus is the Messiah, but rather
for those who follow Moses (keeping God’s ten commandments): “But IF THOU WILT ENTER INTO
LIFE, KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS. He said unto him, Which? And
Jesus said, These, THOU SHALT
NOT KILL: THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTERY: THOU SHALT NOT STEAL: THOU SHALT
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