Jesus described God as a spirit. A spirit has no
form. The Holy Spirit has no form. Only Jesus took the form of a man.
When Genesis says God created man in His own
image or likeness, it was talking about giving man something that no other
animal has—His traits. Like God, we can think, rationalize, plan, create, love,
care, speak. We can get jealous, hate, feel empathy, bless and curse. Animals react because of instinct. Man reacts
because of thought.
God created his characteristics in us, but that
does not mean he looks like us.
The Bible speaks of God with physical attributes
to help us understand Him. The hand of God. The face of God. God seated on the
throne. God walked in the garden. So does God have hands, face, a rear end and
feet?
No. These are flesh and blood characteristics
describing our human bodies. We have
hands to bring food to our mouths. We
have feet to take us places. God does not
need food and he’s already every where.
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Ephesians 6:12
When God is described as “seated on the throne,”
it means He was in a place of honor. God does not have a hip bone and three
inner ear bones and fingernails that He must clip every couple weeks.
Other descriptions of God always included light,
a magnificent brilliance that gave Moses a sun tan and caused Isaiah to fall on
His knees.
So the best descriptions of God are spirit and
light.
I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. Revelation 21:22-23