Faith Bible Study Guide
Jesus with His physical body now in heaven is not more real than the Holy Spirit or God the Father is real. God is a Spirit. Some people think God is some sort of an impersonal influence. No, God is a Spirit. That does not mean that He doesn’t have a shape or a form in the spiritual realm because He does. For example, the Bible says that angels are spirits, or spirit beings, and yet angels have a form or a spirit body. For example, there was an incident in the Old Testament in which a man’s eyes were opened to behold the angels of God and the chariots of fire round about.
The king of Syria warred against Israel, and in his bedchamber he would tell his servants the battle plan. But God would reveal the battle plan to Elisha, and he would warn the king of Israel. The king of Syria found out about it, and besieged the city where Elisha was. Elisha’s servant was afraid and said to Elisha, “… Alas, my master! how shall we do?” (2 Kings 6:15). Elisha answered his servant, “. . . Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them” (2 Kings 6:16). And Elisha prayed and asked God to open the eyes of his servant (2 Kings 6:17).
Elisha wasn’t talking about his physical eyes but his spiritual eyes. When the eyes of his spirit were opened he saw angels of fire, horsemen of fire, and chariots of fire all around about the city (2 Kings 6:14,17). And sometimes, as God wills, angels have the ability to take a form or appearance in the natural realm where you can see them, but not always. The Bible says, “. . . the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend …” (Exod. 33:11), indicating what kind of relationship they had. So we know God has a face, although Moses didn’t actually see God’s face, for God said to
Moses, “… Thou canst not see MY FACE: for there shall no man see me, and live” (Exod. 33:20). God said, “… I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by: And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen” (Exod. 33:22,23).
I’m saying this to show you that God is a Spirit; yet He is no less real because He is a Spirit than He would be if He had a physical body. Jesus with His physical body is now in heaven (Heb. 1:3), but He is not more real than the Holy Spirit or the Father is real. Spiritual things are just as real, even more real than material things. That is what I’m trying to get over to you.