Where God Lives

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billd89
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Where God Lives

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I suppose the whole 'God-on-the-Mountain' thing originates in awe-inspiring meteorological impressions like this:
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Lenticular clouds are portrayed in a number of Medieval/Renaissance period paintings, as "UFOs" to many viewers:

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billd89 wrote: Fri Oct 06, 2023 12:33 pm I suppose the whole 'God-on-the-Mountain' thing originates in awe-inspiring meteorological impressions like this
That might have some truth to it.

When the children of Israel were in the wilderness fleeing Egypt then the text declares what sounds like a volcano having a pillar of fire at night and a pillar of smoke during the daytime, a volcano as in Exodus 13:20-22
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