The consensus of opinion throughout the centuries has strongly favoured the latter explanation for: (a) Scripture is very definite in its statements that there has never been an immediate revelation of the supermundane Deity (see John 1:18 and 1 Tim 6:16), and He has never made a temporary descent into visibility. God has given a mediate revelation of Himself in Christ (Matt. 11:27), and we must therefore assume that every theophany in the Old Testament is in reality a Christophany. (b) After the