Is God a man? Absolutely not. But He can take on the form of a man and indwell a man if He so wills (in fact according to the Scriptures He has and did on multiple occasions). According to the ancient pre-Christian Rabbis (see the Targum Jonathan ben-Uzziel from the mid-1st century) when Yah'hoveh Elohim did this it was the Word of God (the Son...YHVH manifest).
So why was Jesus Christ able to destroy Satan and his armies in Rev. 17:14? Because???
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I would offer. Its is the work of God not seen working in the son of man, Jesus seen .God is not a man neither is he worshiped as one . He can put his Spirit in Man like any beast of the field but that does not make him a creature rather than the one Creator
I would offer first as new creatures those that are given a new born -again spirit that will never die . We do not wrestle against flesh and blood the temporal things seen .But do against wrestle against spirits of lies in high places . Satan the spirit of error is called the god of this world .(the things made)
Christ indwells every believer as a creation called sons of God or children of Light . But as the Spirit of truth God has no beginning of days or end of life and therefore is without mother and father.No genealogy.
Hebrews 7:1-4King James Version For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace; Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
In Hebrew 7 he appeared as a vision (theophany) called a great man. . . in anticipation of the son of man, Jesus our brother in the lord in respect to the one time three days and nights propmised outward demonstration of the Father working in flesh and blood dying mankind .
Literal flesh and blood signified as sinful was needed to demonstrate the work of the invisible father . A vision or theophany vision could not represent flesh typified as sinful. . literal flesh was needed
Note. . .(PURPLE) by personal comment )
Romans 8:3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:...... That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, ((What the eyes see ) but after the Spirit. (The unseen things of God.)
Again a theophany or vision like used with Moses and Elias to represent all things written in the law and prophets (sola scriptura) Is not literal flesh and blood . Flesh and blood was needed to put away sin in the flesh
Matthew 17:3And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.
The same with the "man of sin" is not a literal man but the spirit of error called legion as a antichrist (another teaching authroity ) Because he works in many antichrists, false prophets false apostles .
Like he did with Peter used a one of the may antichrists (false teachers) in Mathew 16 . The one spirit of error Satan as the legion rebuking the Spirit of God forbidding the son of man Jesus from doing the will of the unseen Holy father
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
Lucifer was to guard the glory of the Creation by the Creator but usurped the glory of God as the god of this world. . through the use of a creature The Serpent the most beautiful in the garden before the fall . . In effect saying look at my beauty and live forever. . why believe in a God not seen ?
Satan has no form but is called the "man of sin" the father of lies . . children of darkness ,
God is Spirit of light (God is Light ) and not that he can on lt create it temporally day 4 (Sun and Moon) ,
His light defeats the spirit of darkness (Revelation 17:4 )