God Himself even provided IMAGERY of Him in many passages in the Bible.
1) the Ancient of Days in his throne…
“His clothing was as white as snow; the hair of his head was white like wool. His throne was flaming with fire, and its wheels were all ablaze”. [Daniel 7:9]
2)The Holy Spirit in the form of a dove [Matt. 3:16; Mark 1:10; Luke 3:22; John 1:32]
3) Holy Spirit in the form of tongues of Fire [Acts 2:1–4]
4) Most importantly when God entered creation He revealed HIMSELF as a man who we can see & remember either through stories or through images. He revealed HIMSELF in the image of Christ:
“He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.” [Colossians 1:15]
1-4 are all images of God. If the Holy Spirit is seen as a dove arent we allowed to translate the word “dove” into the ACTUAL IMAGE OF A DOVE? If God is described as a mighty king in his throne arent we allowed to translate that into the actual image of a king in his throne? When God said he became MAN, arent we allowed to translate that into an IMAGE of Christ?
It is a simple issue actually. False gods are idols and their images are therefore idols because the images point to the one represented. However, not all images are idols for not all images point to a false god.