Even that image, which we call the sefira of Malkhut, does not exist in the place of Malkhut relative to herself, God forbid, but only when the light of Malkhut descends upon people and expands over them.43This is a similar point to that mentioned in the previous sections. There is no objective image of Malkhut. Instead, the recipient created beings perceive Malkhut in some subjective way relative to their own predilections.
This subjective perception within the mind of the created being is the meaning of the image of God that is "beholden" in the Biblical text. It then appears to them, to each and every one, according to their own perception, vision, and imagination, i.e., only with respect to the recipients and not at all in the sefira of Malkhut herself. This is the meaning of “and by the ministry of the prophets have I used symbols.”44Hosea 12:11.