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| The *ב* (Bet) symbolizes God’s revelation to humanity. Scripture affirms that it is God who reveals Himself to us through His Word, through His Son, and through His creation. We do not discover God through our own efforts or wisdom; rather, He makes Himself known to us according to His will and purpose. | | The *ב* (Bet) symbolizes God’s revelation to humanity. Scripture affirms that it is God who reveals Himself to us through His Word, through His Son, and through His creation. We do not discover God through our own efforts or wisdom; rather, He makes Himself known to us according to His will and purpose. |
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| Here are Bible verses suggesting that humans can only know God to the extent He chooses to reveal Himself:
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| Deuteronomy 29:29
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| "The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law."
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| This verse highlights that God has secrets known only to Him, and humanity can only understand what He chooses to disclose.
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| Job 11:7-9
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| "Can you fathom the mysteries of God? Can you probe the limits of the Almighty? They are higher than the heavens above—what can you do? They are deeper than the depths below—what can you know?"
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| Job emphasizes that God's nature and works are beyond human comprehension unless revealed by Him.
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| Isaiah 55:8-9
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| "‘For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,’ declares the Lord. ‘As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.’"
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| This verse underscores the vast difference between human understanding and God's, implying that divine knowledge requires revelation.
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| New Testament
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| Matthew 11:27
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| "All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him."
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| Jesus explicitly states that knowledge of God the Father comes only through His revelation.
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| 1 Corinthians 2:10-11
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| "These are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. For who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God."
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| Paul explains that the Spirit of God reveals divine truth to humanity.
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| John 6:44-45
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| "No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day. It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me."
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| Knowledge of God requires His initiative and teaching.
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| Romans 1:19-20
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| "Since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse."
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| While creation reveals certain aspects of God, this general revelation is also dependent on God making it plain.
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