God's Favorite but Forgotten Holiday - “CLOUD”

“CLOUD”

 

(Unless otherwise indicated, all verses are taken from the NAS)

Gen 9:13  “I set My bow in the CLOUD, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between Me and the earth.”

Gen 9:14  “And it shall come about, when I bring a CLOUD over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the CLOUD”

Gen 9:16  “When the bow is in the CLOUD, then I will look upon it, to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.” 

Exod 13:21  “And Yahweh was going before them in a pillar of CLOUD by day to lead them on the way, and in a pillar of fire by night to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night.  

Exod 13:22  “He did not take away the pillar of CLOUD by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.”  

Exod 14:19  “And the angel of God, who had been going before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of CLOUD moved from before them and stood behind them.”  

Exod 14:20  “So it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the CLOUD along with the darkness, yet it gave light at night.  Thus the one did not come near the other all night.”  

Exod 14:24  “And it came about at the morning watch, that Yahweh looked down on the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and CLOUD and brought the army of the Egyptians into confusion.”  

Exod 16:10  “And it came about as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the sons of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of Yahweh appeared in the CLOUD.”  

Exod 19:9  “And Yahweh said to Moses, 'Behold, I shall come to you in a thick CLOUD, in order that the people may hear when I speak with you, and may also believe in you forever.' Then Moses told the words of the people to Yahweh.”

Exod 19:16   “So it came about on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunder and lightning flashes and a thick CLOUD upon the mountain and a very loud trumpet sound, so that all the people who {were} in the camp trembled.”

Exod 20:21  “So the people stood at a distance, while Moses approached the thick CLOUD where God {was.}”

Exod 24:15  “Then Moses went up to the mountain, and the CLOUD covered the mountain.”

Exod 24:16  “And the glory of Yahweh rested on Mount Sinai, and the CLOUD covered it for six days; and on the seventh day He called to Moses from the midst of the CLOUD.”

Exod 24:18  “And Moses entered the midst of the CLOUD as he went up to the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.”

Exod 33:9  “And it came about, whenever Moses entered the tent, the pillar of CLOUD would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent; and Yahweh would speak with Moses.”

Exod 33:10  “When all the people saw the pillar of CLOUD standing at the entrance of the tent, all the people would arise and worship, each at the entrance of his tent.”

Exod 34:5  “And Yahweh descended in the CLOUD and stood there with him as he called upon the Name of Yahweh.”  

Exod 40:34  “Then the CLOUD covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of Yahweh filled the tabernacle.”

Exod 40:35  “And Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the CLOUD had settled on it, and the glory of Yahweh filled the tabernacle.”

Exod 40:36  “And throughout all their journeys whenever the CLOUD was taken up from over the tabernacle, the sons of Israel would set out.”

Exod 40:37  “But if the CLOUD was not taken up, then they did not set out until the day when it was taken up.”

Exod 40:38  “For throughout all their journeys, the CLOUD of Yahweh was on the tabernacle by day, and there was fire in it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel.”

Lev 16:2  “And Yahweh said to Moses, ‘Tell your brother Aaron that he shall not enter at any time into the holy place inside the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark, lest he die; for I will appear in the CLOUD over the mercy seat.’ ”

Lev 16:13  “And he shall put the incense on the fire before Yahweh, that the CLOUD of incense may cover the mercy seat that is on {the ark of} the testimony, lest he die.”

Num 9:15  “Now on the day that the tabernacle was erected, the CLOUD covered the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony, and in the evening it was like the appearance of fire over the tabernacle, until morning.”

Num 9:16  “So it was continuously; the CLOUD would cover it {by day,} and the appearance of fire by night.”

Num 9:17  “And whenever the CLOUD was lifted from over the tent, afterward the sons of Israel would then set out; and in the place where the CLOUD settled down, there the sons of Israel would camp.”

Num 9:18  “At the command of Yahweh, the sons of Israel would set out, and at the command of Yahweh they would camp; as long as the CLOUD settled over the tabernacle, they remained camped.”

Num 9:19  “Even when the CLOUD lingered over the tabernacle for many days, the sons of Israel would keep Yahweh's charge and not set out.”

Num 9:20  “If sometimes the CLOUD remained a few days over the tabernacle, according to the command of Yahweh they remained camped. Then according to the command of Yahweh they set out.”

Num 9:21  “If sometimes the CLOUD remained from evening until morning, when the CLOUD was lifted in the morning, they would move out; or {if it remained} in the daytime and at night, whenever the CLOUD was lifted, they would set out.”

Num 9:22  “Whether it was two days or a month or a year that the CLOUD lingered over the tabernacle, staying above it, the sons of Israel remained camped and did not set out; but when it was lifted, they did set out.”

Num 10:11  “Now it came about in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth of the month, that the CLOUD was lifted from over the tabernacle of the testimony;   12  And the sons of Israel set out on their journeys from the wilderness of Sinai. Then the CLOUD settled down in the wilderness of Paran.”

Num 10:34  “And the CLOUD of Yahweh was over them by day, when they set out from the camp.”

Num 11:25  “Then Yahweh came down in the CLOUD and spoke to him; and He took of the Spirit Who was upon him and placed {Him} upon the seventy elders. And it came about that when the Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied. But they did not do {it} again.”

Num 12:5  “Then Yahweh came down in a pillar of CLOUD and stood at the doorway of the tent, and He called Aaron and Miriam. When they had both come forward - - .”

Num 12:10  “But when the CLOUD had withdrawn from over the tent, behold, Miriam {was} leprous, as {white as} snow. As Aaron turned toward Miriam, behold, she {was} leprous.”

Num 14:14  “And they will tell {it} to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that Thou, O Yahweh, art in the midst of this people, for Thou, O Yahweh, art seen eye to eye, while Thy CLOUD stands over them; and Thou dost go before them in a pillar of CLOUD by day and in a pillar of fire by night.”

Num 16:42  “It came about, however, when the congregation had assembled against Moses and Aaron, that they turned toward the tent of meeting, and behold, the CLOUD covered it and the glory of Yahweh appeared.”

Deut 1:33  “Who goes before you on {your} way, to seek out a place for you to encamp, in fire by night and CLOUD by day, to show you the way in which you should go.”

Deut 4:11  “And you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the {very} heart of the heavens: darkness, CLOUD and thick gloom.”

Deut 5:22  “These words Yahweh spoke to all your assembly at the mountain from the midst of the fire, {of} the CLOUD and {of} the thick gloom, with a great voice, and He added no more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.”

Deut 31:15  “And Yahweh appeared in the tent in a pillar of CLOUD, and the pillar of CLOUD stood at the doorway of the tent.”

I King 8:10  “And it came about when the priests came from the holy place, that the CLOUD filled the house of Yahweh.”

I King 8:11  “So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the CLOUD, for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of Yahweh.”

I King 8:12  “Then Solomon said, ‘Yahweh has said that He would dwell in the thick CLOUD.’ ”

I King 18:44  “And it came about at the seventh {time,} that he said, ‘Behold, a CLOUD as small as a man's hand is coming up from the sea.’  And he said, ‘Go up, say to Ahab, “Prepare {your chariot} and go down, so that the {heavy} shower does not stop you.” ’ ”  

2 Chr 5:13  “In unison when the trumpeters and the singers were to make themselves heard with one voice to praise and to glorify Yahweh, and when they lifted up their voice accompanied by trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and when they praised Yahweh {saying,} ‘{He} indeed is good for His lovingkindness is everlasting,’ then the house, the house of Yahweh, was filled with a CLOUD.”  2 Chr 5:14  “So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the CLOUD, for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of God.”

2 Chr 6:1  “Then Solomon said, ‘Yahweh has said that He would dwell in the thick CLOUD.’ ”

Neh 9:12  “And with a pillar of CLOUD Thou didst lead them by day, and with a pillar of fire by night to light for them the way in which they were to go.”

Neh 9:19  “Thou, in Thy great compassion, didst not forsake them in the wilderness; the pillar of CLOUD did not leave them by day, to guide them on their way, nor the pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they were to go.”

Job 37:15  “Do you know how God establishes them, and makes the lightning of His CLOUD to shine?”

Job 38:9  “When I made a CLOUD its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band.”

Ps 78:14  “Then He led them with the CLOUD by day, and all the night with a light of fire.”

Ps 99:7  “He spoke to them in the pillar of CLOUD; they kept His testimonies, and the statute that He gave them.”

Ps 105:39  “He spread a CLOUD for a covering, and fire to illumine by night.”

Isa 4:5  “Then Yahweh will create over the whole area of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a CLOUD by day, even smoke, and the brightness of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory will be a canopy.”  (This speaks of a future time!)

Isa 18:4  “For thus Yahweh has told me, ‘I will look from My dwelling place quietly like dazzling heat in the sunshine, like a CLOUD of dew in the heat of harvest.’ ”  (Wouldn't it be lovely, if this would happen NOW?!!)

Isa 19:1  “The oracle concerning Egypt. Behold, Yahweh is riding on a swift CLOUD, and is about to come to Egypt; the idols of Egypt will tremble at His presence, and the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.”

Lam 3:44  “Thou hast covered thyself with a CLOUD so that no prayer can pass through.”

Ezek 1:4  “And as I looked, behold, a storm wind was coming from the north, a great CLOUD with fire flashing forth continually and a bright light around it, and in its midst something like glowing metal in the midst of the fire.”

Ezek 8:11  “And standing in front of them were seventy elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan standing among them, each man with his censer in his hand, and the fragrance of the CLOUD of incense rising.”

Ezek 10:3  “Now the cherubim were standing on the right side of the temple when the man entered, and the CLOUD filled the inner court.”

Ezek 10:4  “Then the glory of Yahweh went up from the cherub to the threshold of the temple, and the temple was filled with the CLOUD, and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of Yahweh.”

Matt 17:5  “While he was still speaking, behold, a bright CLOUD overshadowed them; and behold, a voice out of the CLOUD, saying, ‘This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased; listen to Him!’

Mark 9:7  “Then a CLOUD formed, overshadowing them, and a Voice came out of the CLOUD, ‘This is My beloved Son, listen to Him!’ ’

Luke 9:34  “And while he was saying this, a CLOUD formed and {began} to overshadow them; and they were afraid as they entered the CLOUD.”

Luke 9:35  “And a Voice came out of the CLOUD, saying, ‘This is My Son, {My} Chosen One; listen to Him!’ ’

Luke 21:27  “And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a CLOUD with power and great glory.”

Acts 1:9  “And after He had said these things, He was lifted up while they were looking on, and a CLOUD received Him out of their sight.”

1 Cor 10:1  “For I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that our fathers were all under the CLOUD, and all passed through the sea.”

1 Cor 10:2  “And all were baptized into Moses in the CLOUD and in the sea.”

Rev 10:1  “And I saw another strong angel coming down out of Heaven, clothed with a CLOUD; and the rainbow was upon his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire.”

Rev 11:12  “And they heard a loud voice from Heaven saying to them, ‘Come up here.’ And they went up into Heaven in the CLOUD, and their enemies beheld them.”

Rev 14:14  “And I looked, and behold, a white CLOUD, and sitting on the CLOUD {was} one like a son of man, having a golden crown on His head, and a sharp sickle in His hand.” 

Rev 14:15  “And another angel came out of the temple, crying out with a loud voice to him who sat on the CLOUD, ‘Put in your sickle and reap, because the hour to reap has come, because the harvest of the earth is ripe.’ ”

Rev 14:16  “And he who sat on the CLOUD swung His sickle over the earth; and the earth was reaped.”

 

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Outline: GLORY NOW - HERE'S HOW!!!

The Promises of God: "The Greater Works", "Whatever You Ask", "Whatever You Bind", "No Difference", "If We Ask Anything According To His Will", "Exceedingly Abundantly Above All",

Verses Pertaining to Glory:

The Feast of Glory - Zech. 14

How To Shine Like The Son - 2 Cor. 3  Lay a foundation.

How to walk like the Son - I John 2.

How to be like the Son - I John 4:17b.

How He is.  Rev. 1.

John did cultic heresy: Rev. 19:10.  But he won't do it again. Rev. 22:8.

Don't allow people to worship you.  Acts 14.

Herod went fishing anyway.  Acts 12.

The Future - Revelation 12, Joel 2.

The Manifested Son of God, in the sons of God.  Ro.8

Coming to Be Admired in the Sons, All Creation Groans.  Ro.8.

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