God in Christianity facts for kids
In Christianity, people believe in God as the being who created everything. They believe God lives forever and is all-powerful. The Christian Bible describes God as someone who speaks, sees, hears, acts, and loves. Christians believe God is kind and has a plan for the world.
Some Christians think God is always present with and inside all things. Others believe God is also beyond space and time. This means God is not limited or changed by anything in the universe.
Many Christians believe in the Trinity. This means God is one being, but also seen as the Father, the Son (Jesus), and the Holy Spirit. They believe God is both close to people and greater than nature. Most Christians also believe God is a spirit.
God's Names in the Bible
In the Bible, God has a special name. This name is Yahweh, also written as YHWH.
How People Saw God in the Bible
The Bible tells us that people did not often see God directly. But there are a few times when God appeared to people:
- Adam and Eve saw God when He gave them rules.
- Adam and Eve also saw God when He punished them for breaking those rules.
- Moses saw God as a burning bush that did not burn up.
- Moses also saw God as a pillar of flames.
Images for kids
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A page from Papyrus 46 with a copy of 2 Corinthians 11:33–12:9. This page is from about 175 to 225 AD.
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The Tetragrammaton YHWH, the name of God written in Hebrew, from an old church in Ragunda, Sweden.
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A symbolic Hand of God in the Ascension from the Drogo Sacramentary, around 850 AD.
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God the Father with His Right Hand Raised in Blessing, showing a triangle around His head for the Trinity, by Girolamo dai Libri around 1555.
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Two hands of God and the Holy Spirit as a dove in The Baptism of Christ by Andrea del Verrocchio and Leonardo da Vinci, 1472.
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A part of Rubens' Last Judgment, painted in 1617.
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God the Father on a throne, from Westphalia, Germany, late 1400s.
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An angel blowing the "last trumpet," as mentioned in 1 Corinthians 15:52, from Langenzenn, Germany, 1800s.
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The earliest known picture of the Trinity, from the Dogmatic Sarcophagus, 350 AD, at the Vatican Museums.
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A picture of God the Father offering the right hand throne to Christ, by Pieter de Grebber, 1654.
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Stained glass window of Christ, from the Peter and Paul Cathedral, St. Petersburg, Russia.
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A church stained glass picture of the Holy Spirit as a dove, by Bernini around 1660.
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