What a request! The brother of Jared has seen something that was so contrary to his expectation (that he shouldn’t see – not that God had a body) that he fell to the ground. Nevertheless, once recovered from that initial reaction he asks to see more. What has changed? How has the brother of Jared gone from apparent fear of the Lord to a rather personal request?
In a very real sense, the change has been one in which the brother of Jared understand that there may be a personal request of God. He has realized that as a person, God may have an intimate relationship with man on earth. The brother of Jared has also heard the Lord react with praise for his faith rather than react as would a pagan god, where the expectation would be that such an impertinent man should die. In this instant, the entire nature of the relationship between God and man has been redefined for the brother of Jared, and through his experience, for his friends and relatives, and others who follow.