Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Darkness » Illustrative of » Greatness and unsearchableness of God
“He made darkness
A mass of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
Clouds and thick darkness surround Him [as at Sinai];
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.
So the people stood at a [safe] distance, but Moses approached the thick cloud where God was.
Then Solomon said,“The Lord has said that He would dwell in the thick darkness [of the cloud].
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Clouds and thick darkness surround Him [as at Sinai];
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.
Then Solomon said,“The Lord has said that He would dwell in the thick darkness [of the cloud].
So it happened on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunder and flashes of lightning, and a thick cloud was on the mountain, and a very loud blast was sounded on a ram’s horn, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled.
He bowed the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under His feet. He rode on a cherub and flew; He was seen upon the wings of the wind. He made darkness His canopy around Him, gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
Then Solomon said,“The Lord has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.
He made darkness His hiding place (covering); His pavilion (canopy) around Him,
The darkness of the waters, the thick clouds of the skies.
For you have not come [as did the Israelites in the wilderness] to a mountain that can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to gloom and darkness and a raging windstorm,