 So it is evident that Jesus did not mean that those who saw him were actually and literally looking at the great creator of the universe. What then did Jesus mean? Remember in the passage you read a few moments ago, the apostle Paul said of Jesus that he was the image of the invisible God. He came to earth as a representative of his heavenly father, and everything he said and did was just what his heavenly father would have said and done had he personally visited the earth.