SPECIAL TOPIC: COMING ON THE CLOUDS

SPECIAL TOPIC: COMING ON THE CLOUDS (several Hebrew words, but mostly anan, BDB 777, KB 857)

This coming on the clouds was a very significant eschatological sign. It was used in three distinct ways in the OT.

to show God's physical presence, the Shekinah cloud of Glory (cf. Exod. 13:21; 14:19,20,24; 16:10; 19:9; Num. 11:25; Neh. 9:19)
to cover His Holiness so that man would not see Him and die (cf. Exod. 33:20; Isa. 6:5)
to transport Deity (cf. Ps. 18:9; 104:3; Isa. 19:1; Dan. 7:13; Nah. 1:3; Acts 1:9,11; 1 Thess. 4:17)

In Daniel 7:13 clouds were used as the transportation of the divine (i.e., "rides on clouds"), human (i.e., called "Son of Man") Messiah. This prophecy in Daniel is alluded to over 30 times in the NT. This same connection of the Messiah with the clouds of heaven can be seen in

Jesus' Second Coming, Matt. 24:30; 26:64; Mark 13:26; 14:62; Luke 21:27; Acts 1:9,11; 1 Thess. 4:17; Rev. 1:7
Jesus ascending back to heaven, Acts 1:9
meeting Jesus in the air, 1 Thess. 9:17

SPECIAL TOPIC: THE CLOUD. . .THE PILLAR

SPECIAL TOPIC: CAN HUMANS SEE GOD AND LIVE?

SPECIAL TOPIC: SON OF MAN