Q.  If no one has seen the Father or heard His voice, what about the voice from heaven that spoke to Yahshua after His baptism?

A.  This “voice from heaven” is found in Matthew 3:16-17: “And Yahshua, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of Elohim descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
            Nothing here ties the voice to Yahweh the Father. It could just have easily been a malach, an angel. Even if it were Yahweh Himself, the Son surely has seen and heard the Father, John 1:18, having been with Him before the world began, John 12.
            Nothing here reveals that anyone else heard the voice. If they did and it was in fact the Father, then we have a conflict with John 5:37: “And the Father himself, which has sent me, has borne witness of me.  You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.”
            Some say that Yahshua was only speaking to Jews in this verse. Verses 24-25 say otherwise. Remember, too, that any time a voice was heard from On High it was always in the Hebrew tongue. So naturally the message would be given to Jews, who spoke Hebrew. Regardless, no human other than Yahshua ever heard Yahweh’s voice or saw His shape.
            The Father is invisible, 1 Timothy 1:17, and no man can approach Him in His glory and live, 1Timothy 6:16: “Who only has immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man has seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and power everlasting.”  That implies that the sound of His pristine voice, as well as His appearance, is overpowering and lethal to sinful humans.

 
                   
         
     
                   
               
                         
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