Kabbalah su Deuteronomio 4:24

The poor man thinks that God is an old man, as it is written, the ancient of days sits, that he has white hair because of His great age, as it is written, the hair of his head like pure wool; and [that] He sits on a marvelous throne of fire which gives off flashes, as it is written, His throne was fiery flames (Dan. 7:9). [He thinks that] His appearance is similar to fire, as it is written, For the Lord your God is a consuming fire (Deut. 4:24, 9:3). There are other, similar fantasies which the fool believes in his mind, so that he anthropomorphizes God and [thus] falls into one of the traps which destroy [one’s] faith. His fear [of God] increases only on account of his imagination.¹Cf. Maimonides, Mishneh Torah, Hilkhot Yesodei ha-Torah 1:9; idem, Guide of the Perplexed 2.13 ff.

But how were these ministers removed? "He drove them through burning fire," as it is written: "for Hashem your Elohim is a devouring fire, a zealous El" (Deut. 4:24). Thus, the 'living substance' of above was driven through fire, while those who were governed by them (i.e. people) were erased by water. This is why "And He destroyed every living substance," and then continues, "man, cattle and creeping things, and the birds of the heaven; they were destroyed from the earth." The word "only" in, "Only Noah was left," signifies that nothing and nobody remained in the world - except Noah and whoever was with him in the ark. Rabbi Yosi said that (not even Noah's body was spared) for he was smitten by a lion and became lame, as was previously explained.

Rabbi Simeon said: In one place it is written, “For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire” {Deut. 4:24}, and elsewhere, “But ye that cleave unto the Lord your God are alive every one of you this day” {Deut. 4:4}. The Companions have already discussed the seeming inconsistency between these texts, but I offer yet another interpretation. It has been affirmed by the Companions that there exists a sort of fire which is stronger than other fire, and the one consumes and annihilates the other.