Ukhona yini umuntu owake wabona uNkulunkulu?

Ibhayibheli lisitshela ukuthi akekho umuntu owake wabona uNkulunkulu (Johane 1:18), ngaphandle kweNkosi uJesu Kristu. Ku-Eksodusi 33: 20, uNkulunkulu uthi: "Awukwazi ukubona ubuso bami, ngoba umuntu akakwazi ukungibona aphile". Lezi izindima zemibhalo zibonakala ziphikisana neminye imibhalo echaza abantu "ababona" ​​uNkulunkulu. Isibonelo, u-Eksodusi 33: 19-23 uchaza uMose ekhuluma noNkulunkulu "ubuso nobuso". UMose wayengakhuluma kanjani noNkulunkulu “ubuso nobuso” uma kungekho muntu ongabubona ubuso bukaNkulunkulu futhi asinde? Kulokhu, ibinzana elithi "ubuso nobuso" lingathekiso elibonisa ukuhlangana okusondele kakhulu. UZimu noMosi bakhulumisana kungathi bangabantu ababili ababandakanyeka engxoxweni esondelana.

KuGenesise 32: 20, uJakobe wabona uNkulunkulu esesimweni sengelosi, kepha akazange ambone uNkulunkulu uqobo. Abazali bakaSamsoni bethuka lapho bebona ukuthi babone uNkulunkulu (abaHluleli 13: 22), kepha babembona nje ngesimo ingelosi. UJesu waba uNkulunkulu waba yinyama (NgokukaJohane 1: 1,14), ngakho lapho abantu bembona, babona uNkulunkulu. Ngakho-ke, uNkulunkulu uyakwazi "ukubonwa" futhi abantu abaningi "bambonile" uNkulunkulu. Kepha ngasikhathi sinye, akekho akakaze ambone uNkulunkulu embula kuyo yonke inkazimulo yakhe. Uma uNkulunkulu emembulela ngokuphelele kithi, esimweni sethu somuntu esonayo, siyodliwa futhi sibhujiswe. Ngakho-ke uNkulunkulu uzemboza ngeveli futhi uvele ngezindlela ezinjengale ezisivumela ukuthi "simbone". Kodwa-ke, lokhu akufani nokubona uNkulunkulu kuyo yonke inkazimulo nobungcwele Bakhe. Abantu bake baba nemibono kaNkulunkulu, izithombe zikaNkulunkulu kanye nama-aparing kaNkulunkulu, kepha akekho noyedwa owake wabona uNkulunkulu ekugcwaleni Kwakhe (U-Eksodusi 33: 20).