What Is the Significance of Clouds in the Bible?
BY NICK BATZIG | The Bible utilizes the imagery of clouds to signal the immediate presence of God in time and space. Here are some ways clouds play a significant role in redemptive history.
Everyone loves a sunny day, and everyone hates a cloudy day, right? After all, we have a singular medical classification for the negative effects of cloudy days on the human psyche. We tend to speak of the beauty of any given day in relation to how much of the sun and sky we are able to see. However, Scripture encourages us to view the clouds in such a way as to think of the glory and presence of God.
The Scriptures everywhere utilize the imagery of clouds to signal the immediate presence of God in time and space. This is one of those biblical-theological themes that has not often been given due consideration. Surprisingly, the Scriptures have much to teach, by way of illustration or allusion, about the symbolic and redemptive-historical significance of clouds.
God placed his bow in the clouds after Noah and his family stepped off the ark.
The first place where clouds play a prominent role in redemptive history is in the flood narrative...