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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(round mass). A prominent feature in Oriental imagery (
Prov. 16:15
15
In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain. (Proverbs 16:15)
;
Isa. 25:5
5
Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low. (Isaiah 25:5)
;
Job 30:15
15
Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud. (Job 30:15)
). A token of
Divine
presence and protection (
Ex. 16:10
10
And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud. (Exodus 16:10)
;
Num. 12:5
5
And the Lord came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth. (Numbers 12:5)
).
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Clouds fill an important
place
both in
the
Old
Testament
and
New
Testament
They
were the celestial
veil
of the presence of
God
—His
chariot
, and the hiding place of His
power
. It pleased God to manifest His presence to
Israel
in a cloud. The
PILLAR
OF CLOUD guided the
children
of Israel through the
wilderness
(
Ex. 40:34-38
34
Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
35
And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.
36
And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys:
37
But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.
38
For the cloud of the Lord was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys. (Exodus 40:34‑38)
). When they constructed
the
tabernacle
Jehovah
promised to appear in the cloud upon the
mercy
seat
(
Lev. 16:2
2
And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat. (Leviticus 16:2)
). On special occasions Jehovah came
down
in a cloud, and spake unto
Moses
(
Num. 11:25
25
And the Lord came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease. (Numbers 11:25)
). At the dedication of
the
temple
“the cloud” filled the
house
so that the
priests
could not
minister
because of the cloud: “
for
the
glory
of Jehovah had filled the house of Jehovah” (
1 Kings 8:10-11
10
And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the Lord,
11
So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord. (1 Kings 8:10‑11)
: Compare
Num. 14:10
10
But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the Lord appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel. (Numbers 14:10)
).
This
visible symbol of God’s glory is
often
called the
SHECHINAH
.
The word
is from the
Aramaic
shakan
, “to
rest
.” The word does not occur in
scripture
, but is often
used
by Jewish and
Christian
writers as signifying the dwelling or resting place of Jehovah.
In the New Testament on the
mount
of
Transfiguration
, a cloud overshadowed those present, and “a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved
Son
: hear
Him
” (
Luke 9:34-35
34
While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they feared as they entered into the cloud.
35
And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him. (Luke 9:34‑35)
). At the
ascension
a cloud received the
Lord
out of their sight (
Acts 1:9
9
And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. (Acts 1:9)
). At the rapture the dead and the living saints will be caught up in the clouds to
meet
the Lord in the
air
(
1 Thess. 4:17
17
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. (1 Thessalonians 4:17)
); and when He comes to the
earth
He will
come
with
clouds (
Luke 21:27
27
And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. (Luke 21:27)
;
Rev. 1:7
7
Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. (Revelation 1:7)
). In the future, one “like unto
the Son
of
man
” will sit upon “a
white
cloud,” and execute judgments upon the earth (
Rev. 14:14-16
14
And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
15
And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
16
And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped. (Revelation 14:14‑16)
). The
mighty
God who dwells in
light
unapproachable by man manifested His presence shrouded by clouds.
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