Friendship with God's Revelation

The Creator's friendship with creation is exemplified in the Old Testament through stories like Exodus 33, where the Lord spoke to Moses face to face as a friend. Being in God's friendship is valued as the most honorable and desirable state by theologians like Gregory of Nessa. People often enter God's family through friendship, feeling beloved, safe, and free to be themselves in God's presence. However, spiritual forces oppose this revelation, aiming to downgrade individuals from being friends of God and making them feel unsafe in God's presence. The enemy targets friendship with God more than doctrine.