"Then the Lord appeared to him by the terebinth trees of Mamre,[a] as he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day. 2 So he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing by him; and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the ground," vv.1-2
Read chapter 18.
Sometimes people ask the question "I wonder what God looks like?" We know from scripture that Jesus is the image f the invisible God (Colossians 1:15), there's no other image of God- it's Christ in the flesh. Here in Genesis we see the Lord (Jehovah) appeared to Abraham. So was this Jesus? YES! Jesus didn't just start as a babe, He always was and is. Jesus is Jehovah as we see Old Testament prophesies fulfilled by Jesus in the New Testament. Also, Abraham bows down to Him, knowing it was God and how we also see in later veers saying "the Lord said..." Why there are three men, I don't know. Who are these other two? The angels that go to Sodom and Gomorrah?
Where else have you noticed Jesus in the Old Testament and how do you grasp Jesus being in the form of man before His earthly ministry coming as a babe?
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