Daniel 7:9 If God is a Spirit, why is there a form described for the Ancient of Days in this verse?
What Daniel saw in his vision was only a visible representation of God, also known as a theophany. God was not always represented by the same form. E.g. when he called Moses He was represented by a burning bush (Exodus 3); To Ezekiel, He was represented as a man riding on a divine chariot. Thus there is no fixed form of God, and each form is only meant to teach us certain truths about God. E.g. He appeared as the Ancient of days to Daniel to teach that unlike worldly rulers and kingdoms that last only for a short time, God has always been ruling from eternity past. These visible representations of God are only a similitude of Him. Numbers 12:8 With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold Jesus said in John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. In Colossians 1:15 and 1 Timothy 1:17 He is called the invisible God. Hence it is wrong for anyone to represent
