jewscout said:
examples of haShem taking finite form in the Tanach if you please...
"You will not be able to see My face, for no human can see my face and live"
(Exodus 33:18-20).
"You did not see any form on the day G-d spoke to you at Horeb from the midst of fire"
(Deuteronomy 4:15)
and this, as i pointed out, is one of the INconsitancies between Judaism and Christianity...
just like the question of the Messiahship and the Laws of the Torah
Though christianity can claim a connection to Judaism it's theology is very different from Judaism
With respect to Exodus 33.18-20, Christians do not confess to have seen God's shekina glory in Jesus Christ, as I have said before, the orthodox understanding of Christ is that the invisible glory of God and God's divine attributes flow through His body in a manner in which His body is the flesh of God. So God's awesome glory is sheilded from us, invisible and unapproachable, just like He is invisible now, all powerful and everywhere, unseen in majesty (Christians do confess that the historical Body of Christ is glorified, and he still lives on in glory, and we await his return).
I did find one example of God in an "image" in Exodus 3. Assuming that angels are created beings that exist, the angel of the Lord speaks as the Lord God out of the burning bush to Moses and claims to be the I AM. So at least one interpretation is that the glory of God appears, vieled (Angel of the Lord) so that Moses does not die, and God retains all of His majesty.
Some attributes of God found in Tanach which lead to a group of first century Jews accepting Jesus as God:
1) The ability of God to be specially located in one place and yet retain his divine qualities (or interact with nature in a special way) - like the Angel of the Lord, God speaking to Moses in his tent like 'man speaks to another man', God being specially located in the temple on the judgement seat in the Holy of Holies and yet His power flows wherever He wills
2) The requirement of revelation. Humanity cannot know the creator by means of science or philosophy, because both of them can only address nature, and God is Creator. Therefore, God had to tell us of His existence and His qualities. Christians did not deify Christ, we believe because of the miracle of the resurrection that Jesus is who He claims to be. If the resurrection occured, then Chrisitanity is a part of Salvation History, and God truly did continue in His revelation.