No form

I finished off Numbers and started Deuteronomy. Deut starts with Moses giving a review of what has gone on with the Israelites during his lifetime (I think he'll die at the end of the review!)

A sentence that stuck out to me was in Deut. 4

11 You came near and stood at the foot of the mountain while it blazed with fire to the very heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness. 12 Then the LORD spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of words but saw no form; there was only a voice.

(emphasis mine)

It seems God is very careful to show them no form. Why? Because we humans get stuck in that. He didn't want them to make a idol out of what He looked like. The Israelites seemed to get stuck in idols quite a bit. While in our society today we probably don't have so much problem with wooden idols of different gods, there are many other options to distract us from God.