The answer
Commonly people say:
“God has not been seen by anyone,
but people knew Him with their minds.”
This means that man, in his present capacity, is incapable of beholding the Divinity of God as He truly is. However, he can perceive mentally that God exists, and that He brought the world into being, creating it from nothing. He can perceive that God is spirit, and is not subject to the realm of the material senses.
We cannot see God now, but will delight in being eternally with Him when we set this body aside, with its limited physical and temporal faculties. If we are unable to see things that are very distant, or hear noises that faraway because of the incapability of our eyes and ears, it is not surprising that we cannot perceive God through sight.
If we wish to behold God in this world, we can do so in His handiwork and creation. We can observe Him in:
1. The Existence of Life:
The existence of life gives proof to the existence of God. It has been determined scientifically that there was a time when there was no form of life on the earth-whether human, animal, or plant-and that the earth was ablaze, as if it were a piece of fire, when it was torn from the solar group. This did not allow for the existence of human or animal life, so how was life formed?
The question remains without answer, because the mystery of life remains until now an elusive enigma. We cannot fathom an answer, save for a power that transcends the rational faculty that must have established it. This power we call “God.”
2. The Existence of Matter:
How did matter develop, and by whom was it wrought? Undoubtedly, it was God (Job 12:7-10).
3. The Existence of Order:
Coincidence is not order. To the one who studies the marvellous order of the universe and its laws that cannot be disrupted, it is apparent that beyond this sphere is a Structurist. To the one who studies the science of medicine, it can be observed that every system in the body works in an amazing order, and that there must be a Structionist. Wherever there is order, there is a Structionist, Who is God.
His Holiness Pope Tawadros II
Pope Tawadros II, My Faith: A Series of Dialogues on the Creed (Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, 2014), 18–19.
The pages in the book (18–19)
