False teachers are likened unto clouds carried about with a tempest ( 2 Peter 2:17 ). Thus in like manner when Christ comes the second time he is described as coming "in the clouds" ( Matthew 17:5 24:30 Acts 1:9 Acts 1:11 ). At the dedication of the temple also the cloud "filled the house of the Lord" ( 1 Kings 8:10 ). Jehovah came down upon Sinai in a cloud ( Exodus 19:9 ) and the cloud filled the court around the tabernacle in the wilderness so that Moses could not enter it ( Exodus 40:34 Exodus 40:35 ). A bright cloud is the symbolical seat of the Divine presence (Ex.29:42,43 1 Kings 8:10 2 Chr 5:14 Ezekiel 43:4 ), and was called the Shechinah (q.v.).
A cloud is the figure of that which is transitory ( Job 30:15 Hosea 6:4 ). A "cloud without rain" is a proverbial saying, denoting a man who does not keep his promise ( Proverbs 16:15 Isaiah 18:4 25:5 Jude 1:12 ). The word is used as a symbol of the Divine presence, as indicating the splendour of that glory which it conceals ( Exodus 16:10 33:9 Numbers 11:25 12:5 Job 22:14 Psalms 18:11 ). The Hebrew so rendered means "a covering," because clouds cover the sky. Bible Dictionaries - Easton's Bible Dictionary - Cloud Cloud
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