I keep hearing from Unitarians that God is not a man Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that He would lie, Nor a son of man, that He would change His mind; Has He said, and will He not do it?And 1 Samuel 15:29
Also the Glory of Israel will not lie nor change His mind; for He is not a man, that He would change His mind.”
Both of these verses get divided into two components rather than one continuous thought
A. God is not a man
B. that He should change His mind
instead of
1.God is not a man that He would change His mind.
That A/B break is important because it inadvertently creates a contradiction in scripture when we look at Jacob wrestling with God Almighty.
Gen 48:3Then Jacob said to Joseph, “God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me
Ex 6:3
and I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name, LORD, I did not make Myself known to them.
Gen 32
24 Then Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. 25 When the man saw that he had not prevailed against him, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip; and the socket of Jacob’s hip was dislocated while he wrestled with him. 26 Then he said, “Let me go, for the dawn is breaking.” But he said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” 27 So he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” 28 Then he said, “Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel; for you have contended with God and with men, and have prevailed.” 29 And Jacob asked him and said, “Please tell me your name.” But he said, “Why is it that you ask my name?” And he blessed him there. 30 So Jacob named the place Peniel, for he said, “I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been spared.
Gen 35
Then God appeared to Jacob again when he came from Paddan-aram, and He blessed him. 10 God said to him,
“Your name is Jacob; you shall no longer be called Jacob,
But Israel shall be your name.”
So He called him Israel. 11 God also said to him,
“I am God Almighty;
Be fruitful and multiply;
A nation and a multitude of nations shall come from you,
And kings shall come from you.
12 And the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac,
I will give to you,
And I will give the land to your descendants after you.”
So either (The Father)YHVH has a physical body and wrestled with Jacob, OR as Exodus states, Yeshua is in Genesis as God Almighty- called YHVH- and He wrestled Jacob in the flesh
Ex 6:3
and I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name, LORD, I did not make Myself known to them.
