Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live. So if God has no body, then who were the elders looking at? All statements in the Hebrew Bible and in rabbinic literature which use anthropomorphism are held to be linguistic conceits or metaphors, as it would otherwise have been impossible to talk about God at all. A corollary belief is that God is utterly unlike man, and can in no way be considered anthropomorphic, as stated in Maimonides’ Thirteen Principles of Faith. God is non-physical, non- corporeal, and eternal. The statement par excellence in terms of defining God is the Shema Yisrael, originally appearing in the Hebrew Bible : "Hear O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One", also translated as "Hear O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is unique/alone". The worship of multiple gods ( polytheism ) and the concept of a Singular God having multiple persons (as in the doctrine of Trinity ) are equally unimaginable in Judaism. This doctrine expresses the belief in one indivisible God. They seemed comfortable, as they looked at their God, and then ate and drank. So, if no man has seen God at any time, then who were the elders that came with Moses up Mt Sinai looking at? No man hath seen God at any time the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. It says that the elders that came up the Sinai mountain with Moses actually saw their God. Ex 24:10Īnd upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink. They saw the God of Israel, and He had feet.Īnd 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.
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