When Rabbi Michael Graetz felt divine protection during the Yom Kippur War, his experience raised a fundamental question: How do religious metaphors like "the hand of God" bridge personal spiritual encounters with theological understanding? Through philosophical analysis of religious language and its epistemological foundations, this investigation reveals that theological discourse requires multiple, complementary metaphors to capture the complexity of spiritual experience. Drawing upon Ronald Giere's theoretical framework from philosophy of science, the analysis explores parallels between scientific and theological methodologies, establishing definitional boundaries for theories, models, and metaphors in religious expression. While both scientific and theological models emerge from creative imagination, theology lacks the experimental verification methods available to empirical science. The research demonstrates that theological validity derives from two intersecting sources: the authenticity of religious experience and the theoretical coherence of God as an explanatory principle for existence and meaning. These pathways - experiential and rational - provide complementary approaches to understanding divine reality, suggesting that no single metaphorical framework can adequately represent the full scope of spiritual encounter.