CLOUDS
In the summer season of Palestine, were an unlooked-for phenomenon, 1 Samuel 12:17, 1 Samuel 1:12, and rising from off the Mediterranean, betokened rain, 1 Kings 18:44; Luke 12:54. Clouds are the symbol of armies and multitudes, probably by their grand and majestic movements, Isaiah 60:8; Jeremiah 4:13; Hebrews 12:1. They betokened the presence of Jehovah, as on mount Sinai,
Exodus 19:9; Exodus 1:24; in the temple, Exodus 40:34; 1 Kings 8:10; in the cloudy pillar, and on the mount of Transfiguration. They are found in many representations of the majesty of God, Psalms 18:11, Psalms 1:18; Psalms 1:97; and of Christ, Matthew 24:30; Revelation 1:14-16.