Their importance, What they meant, Who used them, and Why they were used.
I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14
Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, 16 Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.”
while Aaron was speaking to the whole Israelite community, they looked toward the desert, and there was the glory of the LORD appearing in the cloud.
The LORD said to Moses, “I am going to come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will hear me speaking with you and will always put their trust in you.” Then Moses told the LORD what the people had said.
and the glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered the mountain, and on the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud.
Then the LORD came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the LORD.
“There is no one like the God of Jeshurun, who rides on the heavens to help you and on the clouds in his majesty.
Then Solomon said, “The LORD has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud;
He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under his feet.
Sing to God, sing praise to his name, extol him who rides on the clouds — his name is the LORD— and rejoice before him.
Clouds and thick darkness surround him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept his statutes and the decrees he gave them.
and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters. He makes the clouds his chariot and rides on the wings of the wind.
“Who are these that fly along like clouds, like doves to their nests?
for the day is near; the day of the LORD is near— a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.
“In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence.
The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will not leave the guilty unpunished. His way is in the whirlwind and the storm, and clouds are the dust of his feet.
while he was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!”
“At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory.
“Yes, it is as you say,” Jesus replied. “But I say to all of you: In the future you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
then a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!”
“At that time men will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.
A voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is my Son, whom I have chosen; listen to him.”
At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.
Look, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and all the peoples of the earth will mourn because of him. So shall it be! Amen.
[The Angel and the Little Scroll] Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven. He was robed in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun, and his legs were like fiery pillars.
Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.” And they went up to heaven in a cloud, while their enemies looked on.
I looked, and there before me was a white cloud, and seated on the cloud was one “like a son of man” with a crown of gold on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. 14:15 then another angel came out of the temple and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, “Take your sickle and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.” 14:16 so he who was seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.