Does God have a physical? This question is very difficult to answer with evidence from research in physics, biology, anthropology, archeology or astrology. This answer can only be inspired from one's spiritual conviction and faith. Based on information from the Bible (Old Testament) or the Torah, humans know that the universe and all its contents as well as living things on this earth were created by God (Allah/Elohim).
If we examine carefully, the information written in the Torah, we can know that God reveals Himself to humans in various ways.
Saint Thomas Aquinas stated that God exists everywhere (Omnipresent) in 3 ways, namely His essence, His presence and His power.
First, God exists by His essence in all things, meaning that God gives existence to everything "from nothing to being". This shows that God is the beginning of all that exists. The essence of God as the Creator of all things, from nothing to being.
Second, God is in all things with His presence, meaning that everything created is known/known perfectly by Him. Therefore, every action and movement of our hearts is known to God more perfectly than we know ourselves. Because God is present in all of His creation, humans must live in holiness. This means that you are not allowed to do things that God forbade (See 10 Laws of the Law) in the Old Testament. And in this final era, humans must live in two laws of love, namely loving God and loving fellow human beings.
The three Gods exist in all things with their power, meaning that everything created is subject to His arrangement and power. The power of God makes all of His creation move and act according to the arrangement of God's Power. For example: This universe and everything in it, namely: galaxies, planets, stars, sun, moon, and other celestial bodies move according to the space and time that God established at the beginning of creation. Likewise, living things grow and reproduce according to the decree of God's power. In particular, humans must submit and obey the commands of God's power, which is to do God's will according to His decrees in order to have eternal life in Heaven with God at the end of life, namely in the final judgment, God's decision to come back to this earth. God's power is manifest especially in God's miracles and supernatural interventions. Luke 1:37 says, "nothing is impossible with the Lord".
God exists and is present in spiritual beings in a special way, the other is by His presence in all things with the three kinds of existence of God above. God is in those who do His will. God exists in a special way in intelligent beings who know and love Him, in real terms.
Humans know the existence of God, because humans try to seek and have met God. However, humans know the existence of God, because God is present and introduces His existence to humans. Humans do not have the ability physically, mentally and logically to know the process of the occurrence of the universe and life on this earth.
The universe and all living things, including humans, prove that there was a beginning of life that had the power to make things that don't exist exist. The beginning of that life, which we know as God. God is the beginning of life, who created all that exists. In Revelation 22:13, "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the First and the Last".
The only references that become references to know the existence of God, are the writings of writers whose lives have been related to God since the beginning of human life. Then the writings about God and His creation were summarized and written in full by Moses because God used Moses to save mankind so that they could worship God.
Can the existence of God show that God has a physical being? From the description of God's existence, it can be seen from the 3 ways above, it can be concluded that God is the Spirit of Life who has the energy and power to show His physique according to His will. The existence and presence of God can be in the form of human physical, physical fire, physical cloud. God can also show His existence in intangible physical forms such as sound, light, and wind. This is what is known that the presence of God is Omnipresent. There are so many writings in the Bible that show that the presence and existence of God can be seen from His power to make everything from nothing into existence. For example the story of the Wedding Feast at Cana (John 2:1-11) where Jesus turned water into wine.
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