Jesus is the image of the invisible God. What does that mean?

That if you want to see the invisible God, if you want to have an empirical experience of who God is, where do you go to Jesus?

The Hebrews calls him the expressed image of his person, the brightness of his glory.

This is an expression of deity.

Keep in mind that icons or idolatry is the fundamental sin of Israel.

Thou shall not make unto me any graven images.

To look at an image and to worship an image of God is the fundamental evil of Israel.

And yet the message of New Testament is that Jesus is an icon.

He is the image of God. That's why all other images are prohibited. Because if you want to see God, you look at Jesus. Jesus deals with his

disciples, and they say to him, you know, at the last days, Jesus, show us the Father, and it suffices us.

That's what we want to see.

We've seen all kinds of fantastic things.

You've walked your walk on the water, feed 5,000 people, you know, raise people from the dead, saw the transfiguration, which was incredible, I'll do the biggie

for us.

Yeah.

Show us the Father.

And what does he say?

Any time that you can detect sarcasm in Jesus' voice, it's there.

There's any time where he really seems to be annoyed with his disciples,

Philip, have I been with you so long?

And you don't know me.

He who has seen me has seen the Father, why do you say to me, show us the Father?

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