The Cloud of God

One of the threads throughout Scripture is when there is a major shift in history, God shows up and manifests His glory in the form of a cloud. Starting in Exodus, then at the beginning of the ministry of Jesus, when Jesus left earth and when He returns, God uses a cloud. It was His way of letting His invisible presence be seen, to let people know He’s intervening and that He is not far away. I believe God still cares for each of us and shows up in major transitions. He doesn’t leave us wandering and His presence assures us that He is there with us, walking through the wilderness, giving peace in impossible situations, and marking transitions now and in the future. The next time life has you down, look up and know you’re not on your own. God’s presence is with you.

Here are some Bible verses where God showed up in a cloud:

1. Whenever Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the doorway of the tent; and the Lord would speak with Moses. When all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the tent door, all the people would rise and worship, each at his tent door.

Exodus 33:9-10 AMP

2. Whenever the cloud lifted from over the sacred tent, the people of Israel would break camp and follow it. And wherever the cloud settled, the people of Israel would set up camp.

Numbers 9:17 NLT

3. Then a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my dearly loved Son. Listen to him.”

Mark 9:7 NLT

4. Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.

Acts 1:9 NKJV

5. Then the Son of Man will appear, coming in a cloud with great power and glory. When these things begin to happen, stand up and raise your heads, because your salvation is near.

Luke 21:27-28 GNT

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