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Deuteronomy 32: 3 Metaphors Of God

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There are thousands of ways to describe God, how He is, or more so how we like to think He is, since we do not in fact know exactly how to describe Him. There are of course some characteristics of God that we know to be true such as; He is loving, forgiving, powerful, and sovereign. Because we do not know how to describe God to His full potential, metaphors have been placed throughout the bible to help us begin to wrap our head around the true God. The three metaphors that I have chose to talk about are John 6:35, John 8:12, and Deuteronomy 32:4.
Isaiah points to the inability of images to describe or represent God accurately: “To whom can you compare God? What image can you contrive of Him?” (Is 40:18) Although we are not able to fully understand
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