[Mickiel]

In Exodus 33:20, is where God told a human that we cannot see him and Live, for those of you who want to examine that further. Whatever the experience of seeing God is, it would just be too much for us to experience. God allowed Moses to see his Back, but not his face. Really God just allowed Moses to see the back side " Of his Glory." So God is withdrawn, but really only to " Protect us" in one sense. His Glory is just too much for a human to experience outhand. So God deals with humanity from a distance. He uses terms that we can understand. And he cares enough about us, to NOT REVEAL himself! Or it would just kill us all.

So were talking about a being, not some kind of Medusa freak, but a being of such " Great Glory", and glory is also " Goodness", that he is just way far beyond our realm of existance. Gods level of exiatence is so powerful, that it can wipe out our existence. And he knows this, so God has to be careful with how he exposes himself.

So one of the reasons God is " Withdrawn from humanity", is because he has to be, or he would place us in grave danger. Read Isaian 42:14, and 1:15, God will keep silent for very long periods of time. And this is personality. He knows hes very powerful, he knows he waits on nobody and everything serves him. He knows he has all of eternity to even get around to doing , anything that he wants to do. He knows there is no power to stop or challange him, he knows that he gets everything that he wants. And these are reasons why God takes his time doing anything. God is very, VERY patient. I mean hes in no rush to do anything. And if you consider it, why should he?

So we can reconize personality IN God, by considering HIS ways and means of behavior. And I want to open that up some more.

Peace.