1 Kings 19:9-14

He came thither unto a cave, &c.— Elijah being now come to the same place where God had delivered the law to his servant Moses, God was inclined to communicate the like favour to his prophet; namely, to unveil his glory to him, and to give him some signal of his actual presence. Various are the speculations which this appearance of the Deity has suggested to interpreters. The greater part have considered it as a figure of the Gospel dispensation, which came not in such a terrible manner as the law did, with thunders and lightnings and earthquakes, but with great lenity and sweetness; wherein he speaks to us by his Son, who makes use of no other than gentle arts and soft persuasions.