There is never a statement, that says God the Father, as the LORD God, appeared to men.
Of course there is;
Ex 33:17-23[/B][/U] And Jehovah said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken; for thou hast found favor in my sight, and I know thee by name.[/COLOR]
18 And he said, Show me, I pray thee, thy glory.
19 And He said, I will make all My goodness pass before thee, and will proclaim the name of Jehovah before thee; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.
20 And He said, Thou canst not see my face; for man shall not see Me and live.
21 and Jehovah said, Behold, there is a place by Me, and thou shalt stand upon the rock:
22 and it shall come to pass, while My glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover thee with My hand until I have passed by:
23 and I will take away My hand, and thou shalt see My back; but My face shall not be seen.
Ex 34:5-7 And Jehovah descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of Jehovah.
6 And Jehovah passed by before him, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth,
7 keeping lovingkindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin; and that will by no means clear (the guilty), visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.
Ex 34:29-30 And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of the testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone by reason of his speaking with Him.
30 And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him.
None of those says "God the Father," nor can they be-no one has seen God, but the Lord Jesus Christ. The above verses you cite, are not referencing God the Father-they are referring to the Lord Jesus Christ-the LORD God. To wit:
1 John 4 KJV
12
No man hath seen God at any time.
This would be God the Father. Why? Per....
Exodus 24 KJV
9 Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel: 10 and
they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness. 11 And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand:
also they saw God, and did eat and drink.
Thus, they saw whom? The God of Israel. Again-whom did they see? Not God the Father:
John 6 KJV
46
Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.
Which clarifies:
John 1 KJV
18
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
So, they, i.e., Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,
saw the God of Israel. But the Lord Jesus Christ in John 6 testifies that no man has seen the Father, except the Son. Whom did Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, see, as identified as "the God of Israel?"
Guess who? Hint...
Who spoke to Moses through "the burning bush?:"
Exodus 3 KJV
4 And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see,
God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. 5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.......13 And Moses said
unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? 14 And God said unto Moses,
I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
Genesis 48 KJV
3 And Jacob said unto Joseph,
God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
Huh? No man has seen God the Father, except the Lord Jesus Christ. And yet Jacob saw "God Almighty"-he appeared unto him.
Whom appeared unto him? It was not God the Father.
Exodus 6 KJV
2 And
God spake unto Moses, and said unto him,
I am the Lord: 3 and
I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
So,
God appeared unto Abraham,unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of "God Almighty." And this same God Almighty, told Moses of a name, never before revealed, until him-JEHOVAH.
What's His name, this
God Almighty that appeared unto Abraham, and Issac, and Jacob?It was not God the Father.
Each one of you needs to decide that. I have, did, 20+ years ago. But I cannot answer for you.