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17And the Lord said to Moses, “I will do the very thing you have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name.”
18Then Moses said, “Now show me your glory.”
19And the Lord said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the Lord, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. 20But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live.”
21Then the Lord said, “There is a place near me where you may stand on a rock. 22When my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by. 23Then I will remove my hand and you will see my back; but my face must not be seen.”
Just wanted to make a small correction from the Christian perspective on the end of the podcast. Within Christianity (Catholicism, Protestantism, Eastern Orthodox) Jesus is God, he is one aspect of the Trinity. I think to answer the gentleman’s objections, it doesn’t mean the physical appearance of Jesus is the ‘face’ of God. That is the physical manifestation through which God acted, it isn’t as if there were some underlying, latent ‘look’ God had.
Just for a quick evidentiary follow up: https://www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/jesus-is-god
Again, a very interesting link. Thanks so much!