CLOUDS
CLOUDS
In the summer season of Palestine, were an unlooked-for phenomenon, 1Sa 12:17,18, and rising from off the Mediterranean, betokened rain, 1Ki 18:44 Luk 12:54 . Clouds are the symbol of armies and multitudes, probably by their grand and majestic movements, Isa 60:8 Jer 4:13 Heb 12:1 . They betokened the presence of Jehovah, as on mount Sinai,Exo 19:9 24:12-18; in the temple, Exo 40:34 1Ki 8:10 ; in the cloudy pillar, and on the mount of Transfiguration. They are found in many representations of the majesty of God, Psa 18:11,12 97:2; and of Christ, Mat 24:30 Jer 14:14-16 .