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June 13, 2025 16 mins

The Scriptural God has no representative statue, no temple and no earthly city. As such, he is unique among other deities of the ancient near east; they are made by the hands of men, they reside in temples made of stone, set in fortified cities and governed by a king who, like the statue, is the representative of the deity, his plenipotentiary on earth. By comparison, the Scriptural God seems like an anti-god. He is present among his people exclusively through his word of instruction, his Torah.
The heaviness, the weight of this God is to be found not in a statue, but rather in his statutes.

References
כְּב֣וֹד - ke-bowd - δόξης (Greek) glory; weight, heaviness
ὑποστάσεως - hypostasis - substance; something that stands under or supports something
χαρακτὴρ - charaktēr - a graver, character, imprint, or expression 
Exodus 13:21-22; 16:10
Isaiah 53:6-12
Mark 14:36
Philippians 2:5-10
Hebrews 1:1-4, 13 7:28; 8:1; 10:12; 12:1-2



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