The Biblical Teaching

Recall that in the book of Romans, Paul states, “For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse” (Rom 1:20).

The Creation account is an all-inclusive and straightforward record of all that God did, leaving no ambiguities or room for doubt.

On the sixth day of Creation, at the end of chapter 1, God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness” (Rom 1:26). Man was made to look like, was “made after,” the God “kind.”

Rom 1:25 reveals that animals were made in a different way and that each was made after “his kind.” Notice: “And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creeps upon the earth after his kind…”

Firmly understand! Man is not part of the animal kind. We do not carry the likeness of any “beast of the earth.”

Some sources claim that the Hebrew word translated “image” has a completely different meaning than the word translated “likeness.” However, a closer study shows something altogether different. The Hebrew word for “image” is tselem and it has the following meaning: “image, likeness, resemblance, illusion; a representative figure, an idol.” The Hebrew word translated “likeness” is dhemuth and it means “likeness, resemblance, similitude; image, model, pattern, shape.” Both words have similar meanings. Therefore, we must conclude that if we look like God, then God looks like us! We will see that God has a head, hair, two ears, a mouth, a nose, two eyes, a torso, two arms, two hands, fingers, two legs and two feet.

The book of Genesis plainly reveals to mankind—including all trinitarians who will honestly reassess their belief—what God looks like. But there are other examples throughout God’s Word that tell us more.

Christ Is Proof of God’s Form

As we have seen in this chapter, Jesus Christ is the God of the Old Testament. Thus, if we study Christ, we can be absolutely sure of what God looks like. But is there any proof of what Christ looked like before He became flesh?

Notice the account of Moses asking God to show him what He looks like, and God’s answer: “And He said, You cannot see My face: for there shall no man see Me, and live. And the Lord said, Behold, there is a place by Me, and you shall stand upon a rock: and it shall come to pass, while My glory pass by, that I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and will cover you with My hand while I pass by: and I will take away mine hand, and you shall see My back parts: but My face shall not be seen” (Ex. 33:20-23). If God is formless—as is often asserted by theologians—why, after Moses asked to see exactly what God looks like, did God speak of a face, back and hands? Because God does have a form and shape.

Before being crucified, Jesus Christ prayed to the Father and asked that He restore Him to the glorified condition that He had before He became a human being (John 17:5).

But what does that glorified spirit body look like?

Notice what John records in Revelation 1:13-16: “And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of Man [Christ], clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. His head and His hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and His eyes were as a flame of fire; and His feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and His voice as the sound of many waters…and His countenance was as the sun shines in his strength.”

John was able to see in vision what Moses saw in person! The only difference is that in vision, John was able to see the face of the Eternal. It is obvious that John knew that what he was seeing was a glorified Christ. In his first epistle, John states that when Christ returns, “we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is” (I John 3:2).

There are numerous other verses that describe God as having body parts. Turn to and read each of the following verses: Exodus 15:8, 33:11; Deuteronomy 11:12, 34:10; Job 11:5;Isaiah 30:27-28, 59:1-2; Ezekiel 1:27; Hebrews 1:3.