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HEBREWS 1:1-3 Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

The PERSON of Christ HEIR RADIANCE EXACT IMPRINT

PSALM 2:7-8 I will tell of the decree: The LORD said to me, "You are my Son; today I have begotten you. Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession

MATTHEW 11:27 All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father

EXODUS 33:20-23 But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for man shall not see me and live.” And the LORD said, “Behold, there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock, and while my glory passes by I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with my hand until I have passed by. Then I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back, but my face shall not be seen.”

MATTHEW 17:2 And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light

EXODUS 3:18-20 Moses said, "Please show me your glory." And he said, "I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name 'The LORD.' And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. But," he said, "you cannot see my face, for man shall not see me and live."

1 TIMOTHY 6:16 [God] who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.

JOHN 1:18 No one has ever seen God. The One and Only Son – the One who is at the Father's side – He has revealed Him. (HCSB)

JEWISH RABBI The Divine Glory… is so bright, and so dazzling, that no mortal is able to comprehend it; but should anyone venture to look on it, his whole frame would be dissolved… therefore, we are to understand that light inaccessible before which angels may stand, but which would be so insufferable to mortal eyes, that no man could see it and live

JESUS IS GOD… (Col. 1:19) – …For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell (Col. 2:9) – For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily (Heb. 1:3) – He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature…

COLOSSIANS 1:15-17 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities--all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together

JOHN 1:1-3,10 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. ..He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.

REVELATION 4:10-11 the twenty-four elders fall down before him who is seated on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying, "Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created."

DR ASA GRAY A beginning is wholly beyond the ken and scope of science which is concerned with how things go on and has nothing to say as to how they began

TH HUXLEY It appears that the scientific investigator is wholly incompetent to say anything at all about the first origin of the material universe

SIR OLIVER LODGE Ultimate origins are inscrutable. Let us admit, as scientific men that the real origin, even of the simplest thing, we know nothing , not even a pebble

SCIENCE an enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the world

ROBERT JASTROW At this moment it seems as though science will never be able to raise the curtain on the mystery of creation. For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountain of ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries”

JOHN 3:3 Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

Jeremiah 10:10 But the LORD is the true God; he is the living God and the everlasting King…