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God is a being in Genesis. He walks through the Garden.
by today20201014 6y ago
God is a being in Genesis. He walks through the Garden.
- joshuacc 6y agoAnd when someone is in love we say they "walk on clouds." That doesn't mean we're literally ascribing the power of levitation to them.
- today20201014 6y ago> That doesn't mean we're literally ascribing the power of levitation to them. Exactly, it's figurative language. My point is that when we read in scripture that > Moses asked God what his name was, God replies something like "I am who am". the notion of Moses asking God may also be figurative.
- Smoosh 6y agoI always assumed that the "God/Heaven in the clouds" meme came from the same source as Greek gods dwelling atop Mt Olympus being obscured by clouds.
- rbp 6y agoSome Christian commentaries interpret this as God in the person of Jesus Christ: https://www.blueletterbible.org/Comm/guzik_david/StudyGuide2017-Gen/Gen-3.cfm https://www.blueletterbible.org/Comm/guzik_david/StudyGuide2...