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Creation of the Sun and Moon face detail
A drawing of God by Michelangelo c. 1510

In Christianity, one way people think of God is as a being that made everything and lives forever. The Christian Bible speaks of God as one who is, who speaks, who sees, hears, acts, and loves. Christians believe that God has a will and is a kind, all powerful being.

Some Christians believe God to be immanent (with and inside all things). Others believe he will be immanent later. Most believe he is also transcendent (outside space and time, so he is unable to be changed by forces inside the universe).

Trinitarians see the Christian God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. They say that God is one being that lives forever, who is inside and beyond nature. All Christian denominations say that God is personal to humans and to himself. Most of the Christians believe that God is a spirit.

Names for God

In the Bible, God has the personal name Yahweh (or YHWH).

God seen by people

God is not seen often by people in the Bible.

God is seen:

  • By Adam and Eve to give them rules.
  • By Adam and Eve to punish them for breaking the rules.
  • By Moses as a burning bush.
  • By Moses as a pillar of flames.

Referencing

Images for kids

  • P46

    A folio from Papyrus 46 containing a copy of 2 Corinthians 11:33–12:9. This folio dates to between 175 and 225 AD.

  • Jhwh4

    The Tetragrammaton YHWH, the name of God written in Hebrew, old church of Ragunda, Sweden

  • Enluminure Drogon c

    Use of the symbolic Hand of God in the Ascension from the Drogo Sacramentary, c. 850

  • God the Father with His Right Hand Raised in Blessing

    God the Father with His Right Hand Raised in Blessing, with a triangular halo representing the Trinity, Girolamo dai Libri c. 1555

  • Andrea del Verrocchio, Leonardo da Vinci - Baptism of Christ - Uffizi

    Depiction of two hands of God and the Holy Spirit as a dove in The Baptism of Christ by Andrea del Verrocchio and Leonardo da Vinci, 1472

  • RubensLastJudgeDetail

    Rubens' Last Judgment (detail), 1617

  • Gottvater thronend Westfalen 15 Jh

    God the Father on a throne, Westphalia, Germany, late 15th century

  • Langenzenn Stadtkirche - Fenster Wilhelm II 3

    An angel blows the "last trumpet", as in 1 Corinthians 15:52, Langenzenn, Germany, 19th century

  • Dogmatic sarcophagus

    The earliest known depiction of the Trinity, Dogmatic Sarcophagus, 350 AD Vatican Museums.

  • GodInvitingChristDetail

    Depiction of God the Father (detail) offering the right hand throne to Christ, Pieter de Grebber, 1654.

  • Витраж в Петропавловском соборе

    Stained glass window of Christ, Peter and Paul Cathedral, St. Petersburg, Russia.

  • Holy Spirit as Dove (detail)

    Church stained glass representation of the Holy Spirit as a dove, Bernini c. 1660.

See also

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