# The Corporeal Deity as Spirit and Electricity
## Introduction
Deity is spirit; and to convey our conception to the reader of this substance, we would describe it as corporeal electricity. We behold the lightning's flash; we see its powerful effects upon rocks and trees; and we perceive its universality; yet, of its essence, we remain ignorant. Our words and definitions do not touch this. However, whatever the essence may be, that corporeal essence is God, and the same corporeal and emanating essence is the Spirit of God.
Electricity, or lightning, serves as a biblical symbol for spirit. The prophet Ezekiel provides the most vivid testimony of this reality, and when interpreted in light of both science and scripture, his visions reveal the corporeal substance of the Deity as radiant power.
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## Ezekiel’s Vision of Electrum and Spirit
Ezekiel, son of man, priest, and prophet, had visions of Elohim who are, when manifested, spirit—beings all of them post-resurrectionally begotten and born out of spirit (ἐκ πνεύματος)—and consequently, consubstantial with the Father, who is spirit. In these visions of spirit, Ezekiel saw the Living Ones, or Elohim, emerge from the midst of fire and brightness.
Reading from the Septuagint translation of Ezekiel 1:4:
> *“As I was looking, I saw a tempestuous wind coming from the north, and there was a huge cloud and flashing fire surrounded by a bright light, and from the midst of the fire was something that looked like electrum (ἠλέκτρου).”*
The word *electrum* (ἠλέκτρου) is etymologically connected to the modern word *electricity*. In ancient Greek, ἤλεκτρον (*ēlektron*) referred to amber, a material that, when rubbed, generated static charge. The Greeks observed this phenomenon, and from it, the modern concept of electricity was eventually derived.
In Ezekiel 1:4, however, *electrum* does not describe an alloy of gold and silver, but a radiant, fiery brilliance symbolizing the glory of the Deity manifested collectively. It is not a material alloy, but a visible energy—fire, brightness, and glowing brilliance—that conveys the overwhelming splendor of the corporeal Deity.
Paul’s words resonate with this: *“For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ”* (2 Corinthians 4:6). Ezekiel’s amber brilliance thus parallels Paul’s reference to divine light as both corporeal and transformative.
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## Fire, Brightness, and Living Electricity
Ezekiel’s description corresponds to Paul’s assertion in 1 Timothy 6:16 that God dwells in unapproachable light. What we call electricity—in glowing combustion—he terms “fire and brightness.”
He writes: *“Their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps; it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning. And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.”* (Ezekiel 1:13–14).
Here the corporeal spirit manifests as radiant, flaming electricity. The beings are animated by lightning, their movements instantaneous as a flash. Spirit, then, is not formless, but corporeal and electrical.
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## Spirit as Emission of Corporeal Substance
In scripture, “spirit” is often depicted through metaphors of breathing, blowing, or exhaling. Spirit is not a detached abstraction but an emission from a corporeal source.
This is illustrated by natural analogies:
* **White-hot iron**: When iron is heated, it becomes enveloped in an atmosphere of light and heat. The glow surrounding it is not separate from the iron but a manifestation of its energetic state.
* **Magnetism**: A magnet is a solid substance, yet it radiates an invisible field that exerts force. This field, though not visible, is real and corporeal.
In both cases, the emitted energy is inseparable from the material body. So it is with the Deity: His spirit is the emanating power of His corporeal substance.
The original condition of spirit is corporeal—not an abstract essence that later condensed into form, but always tangible, radiant, and physical.
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## Electricity as Corporeal Analogy of Spirit
Electricity offers one of the most fitting analogies for the spirit of the Deity.
1. **Electricity as Tangible Matter** – Electricity is the flow of electrons, which are subatomic particles with measurable mass. It is therefore as material as marble, only existing in a different form.
2. **Energy-Matter Equivalence** – Einstein’s equation, E = mc², demonstrates that mass and energy are interchangeable. If spirit is energy, then it is also corporeal. It cannot be “immaterial,” for nothing immaterial exists.
3. **Radiance and Presence** – Like light or electric fields, the spirit permeates space, influencing and sustaining all atoms. Scripture declares: *“In him we live, and move, and have our being”* (Acts 17:28).
Spirit is thus not “nothing,” but matter in a refined, energetic state.
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## The Corporeal Deity: Spirit and Substance
To affirm otherwise—that the Deity was once incorporeal—would imply that an abstract intelligence existed before substance. Yet Jesus Christ is declared the *exact representation* of the Father’s hypostasis (Hebrews 1:3). The Father has always been substance; He has never been formless.
* His corporeal spirit is the substratum of all existence.
* His spirit emanates from His substance but does not act independently of His will.
* As Jesus declared: *“The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do”* (John 5:19).
Thus the emanation is subordinate to the originating power, perfectly united in will.
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## Spirit and Matter: Not Opposites but One
Philosophy has long separated “matter” from “spirit,” treating the first as corrupt and the second as immaterial. But scripture denies such dualism.
* The Father is matter, for He is substance.
* The Father is spirit, for that matter of which He consists is spirit.
* Therefore, matter is eternal—not in form, but in substance.
Matter is not inherently evil or corruptible. Nor is spirit immaterial. Electricity, as much matter as stone, proves that refined forms of substance exist.
To say a thing is immortal because it is immaterial is folly, for the immaterial is non-existent. Spirit lives and endures because it is corporeal, incorruptible substance.
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## Electricity as Universal Spirit
Electricity pervades the atoms of all bodies. It binds matter together, animates life, and shines as light. In the same way, the spirit of the Deity pervades the universe, sustaining its order.
* **In creation** – Spirit was the radiant command: *“Let there be light”* (Genesis 1:3).
* **In revelation** – Spirit illuminated prophets, guiding their words as flashes of lightning.
* **In redemption** – Spirit raised Jesus from the dead, transforming Him into a body of incorruptible light.
Electricity, then, is the emblem of spirit, and spirit is the corporeal electricity of the Deity.
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## Conclusion
The Deity is incorruptible and corporeal, made of spirit, which we understand as corporeal electricity. Ezekiel’s vision of electrum, radiant fire, and lightning corresponds to the radiant glory of Yahweh’s substance. Spirit is not an immaterial abstraction, but the tangible emanation of divine power, flowing like electricity from the Father’s body.
Electricity itself, being the flow of electrons, is matter—refined, radiant, and dynamic. So too is the spirit of the Deity: corporeal, substantial, and eternal. As Einstein’s equivalence shows, energy and matter are one; so scripture shows that spirit and matter are one in the Father.
The Deity is thus not formless, but corporeal; not corruptible, but incorruptible; not immaterial, but the radiant substratum of all existence. His spirit is electricity, His body the source, and His glory the unapproachable light. In Him, fire, brightness, and lightning converge into the eternal foundation of the cosmos.
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