Jesus is omnipresent

In the beginning of the Gospel of Saint John, we come to a story where Jesus meets a man named Nathaniel. Nathaniel was brought to Jesus by a man named Philip after he was called by Christ to follow him.

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[43] The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.
[44] Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
[45] Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

[46] And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.

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What we must notice is that when reading this story and coming to understand the proper context, we see that this is the first time that Jesus and Nathaniel would meet. Furthermore, there is no sign within John’s gospel that Jesus had ever seen Nathaniel prior to this encounter which was created by Philip. However, when we come to the section where he finally meets Jesus, we read something that is pretty interesting:

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[47] Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!

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Before we come to display that Jesus is omnipresent, let us first view the meaning behind the above saying of Christ. As said before, this is the first time Jesus and Nathaniel come to meet each other. Hence, there is no way that Jesus could have  known anything about him. Also there is no verse within the bible that tells us that Jesus heard of Nathaniel by someone else before this meeting ever took place. Yet despite all this, we see that Jesus knows about Nathaniel, both his character, his nationality, and probably everything else there is to know about him. This would only make sense if Jesus were omniscient. Let us see how Nathaniel responded:

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[48] Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.

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The very fact that Nathaniel said “ how do you know me?” is evidence that they have never met before. Also notice the answer Christ provides to him. He doesn’t say that someone else has told him about Nathaniel like many might come to think. Rather, Jesus displays unto him another quality which he possesses: Omnipresence. According to the gospel, Jesus was nowhere near Nathaniel until Peter called him. Hence this verse would make no sense unless Jesus were so. The fact that this had to be due to his omnipresence is shown by the amazing reaction Nathaniel displayed:

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[49] Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.

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If Jesus were anywhere near Nathaniel prior to this encounter, hence enabling him to see him, then he would not have been this surprised, insomuch that he would go as far as saying that he is the king of Israel and the son of God. Nathaniel’s reaction proves to us that Christ seeing him under the fig tree was due to a supernatural ability.