Clouds in the Bible

Clouds in the Bible

The Bible speaks of clouds as an over shadowing of the Lord when he spoke to Moses and others of importance. He was often giving instruction when He spoke through the clouds. He spoke to Moses some of which was when he was given the Ten Commandments. Moses brother, Aaron, and his wife Miriam, were talking bout Moses and the wife he had married who was Ethiopian. This greatly displeased God. He punished them by giving Miriam leprosy and banning her from the city for seven days. He relented because Moses stood in the gap for them. God called Moses the meekest man on the earth.

God seemed to always speak to them while a cloud over shadowed Him. I wondered if it was because of the brightness of the glory of God. We are not supposed to look upon His face as His glory would blind us.

He said in Jude that people who do not believe in God are like clouds without water and autumn trees which are without fruit.

The rain came from a small cloud in Elijah's time. It started out as big as a man;s hand but was full of water so it came a very much needed rain just from that small cloud. Evidently a cloud without water is useless. The morning cloud according to Hosea carries the dew. In another place it says it carries light, darkness, and power.

God will return in a cloud to receive His people to Him.

Why are the clouds so significant to our communication with God about His instructions to us? I realize He spoke before Jesus to us by the cloud overshadowing us and that was taken away by the death and resurrection of Jesus. But He will also return in a cloud.

Written by the churchlady