[today20201014]

God is a being in Genesis. He walks through the Garden.

[joshuacc]

And 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]

> 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]

I 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]

Some Christian commentaries interpret this as God in the person of Jesus Christ: https://www.blueletterbible.org/Comm/guzik_david/StudyGuide2...