Some verses report that the Israelites demanded to see God openly and were severely reproached. The opposing argument treats this rebuke as proof that vision itself is impossible.
The reply distinguishes the object of a request from the arrogance, insistence, demand for immediate worldly manifestation, or conditioning of faith that may accompany it. Condemning an improper demand does not necessarily mean that its object is rationally impossible under every condition. Each verse must be assessed in its own context.