03/04/2025
John 1:18 does not mean that no one had ever seen God with the physical eye, for many people had seen God before Jesus came. For example,
Genesis 32:30
Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, “For I have seen God face to face..."
John 1:18 is saying that no one had ever seen the nature and character of God before Jesus, because they were seeing Him through the veil of the old testament. We can now see God clearly ONLY when we see Him through the lense of Jesus.