Can God become a man?

Can God become a man? I will be examining some verses in the Tankah and showing you why I believe, indeed He can.

"And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden." - Genesis 3:8

God walking in the Garden of Eden?! You can't walk without feet! I believe that this is Jesus Christ walking in the Garden of Eden, because where else in the Bible does it say God walked amongst us? In the New Testament, and his name is Jesus. This totally goes against what Islam teaches. You will usually hear Muslims say "god cannot become a man". How dare they tell what there god cannot and can do.


"13 And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?

14 And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my Lord unto his servant?

15 And the captain of the LORD's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so." - Joshua 5:13-15.

This says that Joshua fell to his face and did worship to this person. You don't worship a man and you don't worship an angel. So who was this person? It was Jesus Christ! Also, did you also notice how this person commanded, yeah, commanded Joshua to take of his shoes because the ground he was standing on was holy? Where else in the Bible does it say someone took off there shoes because the ground they were standing on was holy? How about when GOD commanded Moses to? Just like this person (God) is commanding Joshua. When we are in the presence of God, we are surrounded by his holiness, correct? Why was the ground Joshua was standing on holy? Because he was around God! This person that Joshua saw is God incarnate, or best know as Jesus Christ!


"I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him." - Daniel 7:13

Riding on a cloud is something that only God does in the Old Testament. Not only that, but this verse says the son of man. Jesus will also return, riding on a cloud with angels in the glory of his Father.

"The LORD appeared to Abraham by the terebinth of Mamre, as he sat in the entrance of his tent, while the day was growing hot." - Genesis 18:1

God appeared to Abraham? How? It even gives a location, meaning that God psychically and virtually showed himself to Abraham.

"Manoah said to his wife, "We will certainly die, for we have seen God." - Judges 13:22

Manoah and his wife saw God?

Do not think I am speaking blasphemy, because I am aware the Bible says God is not a man and that nobody has seen God. However, I haven't found any Bible verse that says God cannot become a man. And as for nobody has ever seen God, I actually agree. Nobody has seen God, in His full glory, in His full state, if you will. But God has indeed showed himself in some way or another. He does this by becoming a man or even an angel. It's like a mediator. The verses I gave above are good examples. But now, I would like to show you a couple of stories found in the Old Testament that appear to be saying that God literally appeared to people.

If we read Genesis 22, we see God commanding Abraham to sacrifice his son, Isaac. Abraham listens to God and is prepared to slaughter his son on an altar. When Abraham lifts up his slaughtering tool, we see an angel of the Lord coming down from Heaven and stopping him.

"And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me." - Genesis 22:12

This angel, who is speaking to Abraham clearly says "for now I know that you fear God, seeing you haven't withheld your son, your only son from ME." Why did the angel say this? God was the one who commanded Abraham to do this, yet the angel ME?

Let's now look at Exodus chapter 3.

This story is about Moses and the burning bush. We see in Exodus 3:2 that an angel was appeared to Abraham in the bush. In Exodus 3:4 we see God in the midst of the bush speaking to Abraham. Now, I am prepared to accept that an angel simply appeared to Abraham then God came right after that. However, I find it interesting why this stories involkes an angel in the first place. The rest of the story doesn't mention the angel, it is only a conversation between God and Moses. The angel appears, then God speaks. Very interesting.

Last, let's take a look at Genesis chapter 18.

This story says the Lord appeared to Abraham, and then three mysterious men showed up at his tent. First, isn't it interesting how there are three of them? Why not two, or one? Why three? And why does it say God appeared to Abraham in Genesis 18:1 then these mysterious men appear to him? And is God in the midst of Abraham and these three men? Because it doesn't mention God for a while in the story. Something interesting you might want to look at is Genesis 18:9

"And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent." - Genesis 18:9

These three men, are all speaking at once. Isn't that interesting!

Now, Genesis 18:13 is when God is seen in the picture again. For the rest of Genesis chapter 18, God talks about Sarah laughing and Sodom and Gomorrah being destroyed. It's interesting to note that while all of this was being said, these men were preparing to go down in the city. It seems God is speaking through these men, or these men are God. But I have heard much objections to this story. It says that 2 of these men went down to the cities while Abraham was still in the presence of the Lord. Tell me, where is the other one? Two walked away and the other was still with Abraham. The Bible does not say that the other one walked away too.