I agree 100% on the first part.Legatus wrote:My take on this is this, because angels have SEEN God, they cannot be saved. They have SEEN God in all his power, and directly experienced his nature, including his love, they have FELT it. For them to sin after THAT, they have to REALLY WANT to sin. Thus, they are simply too far gone to ever be saved.
If people see God, it is stated in the bible that this would kill them. The reason for this may be because if they did, and still sinned, they would be as bad off as the angels. Thus, no one hasd ever seen God, at least not experienced him directly, his totality, as the angels have, but only seen what God wants them to see, some small part of him.
On the second, it is mine understanding that we can only see God and Christ in their divine form when we are in the spirit.
Paul was struck blind because when he saw Christ he was NOT in the spirit, whereas John of Patmos and Daniel were in the spirit and as such were able to see them ( in a limited way for their understanding), same goes for Peter, John and James on the mount during Christ's transfiguration.
Although those guys saw God and Christ, they were still limited to see them in a "certian" way and not in their full spiritual glory.
Moses himself, as his spirit became more and more revealed, had to hide his face from the Israelites.