(October 15, 2018 at 11:29 am)MysticKnight Wrote: The tree was the veil, but what was it? That is a debate that has gone on for centuries! Was it a literal tree, or was is the Tree of Tuba the blessed tree, of which Moses then was really being given partial vision of who he himself was, and so it was like a portal mirror to his own soul?
No. Nobody debated what the tree is.
Everybody said that the tree is a tree.
Yes; it was a literal tree.
You are abusing the concept of metaphoric phrases.