I obviously do not know the Bible as well as you. Anytime you see something I write where you see a connection/relation I would be very interested. For me God has always been very external. Some speak of a feeling from within. For me it has always been a sign before my eyes, so to speak. Does the Bible say anything about this? One reason for this might be my hard headedness and I would explain away any internal feeling as imagined whereas something seen and felt makes one ask the question, "Do I really want to be beat over the head with a stick?"
when Moses first encountered God he saw a burning bush when he was some distance away, when he went closer he heard a voice and felt a presence that identified itself as God..
What was first perceived without became a perception within signifying an altered state of consciousness.