Thematic Bible: Darkness, of God's inscrutability


Thematic Bible



The Lord said to Moses, Say to Aaron, your brother, that he may not come at all times into the holy place inside the veil, before the cover which is on the ark, for fear that death may overtake him; for I will be seen in the cloud on the cover of the ark. Verse ConceptsCurtainsArk Of The Covenant, DescriptionArk Of The Covenant, FunctionAppearances Of God In OtAtonement, in OTDay Of AtonementDivine ManifestationsClouds, God's PresenceMost Holy PlaceTheophanyArk Of The Covenant, PurposeMercy SeatDesecrationGod's Shekinah GloryCovering The ArkDeath Due To God's PresenceGod AppearingThe Right TimePropitiatory [Mercy Seat]


And the people kept their places far off, but Moses went near to the dark cloud where God was. Verse ConceptsStanding At A Distancedistance

Then Solomon said, O Lord, to the sun you have given the heaven for a living-place, but your living-place was not seen by men; Verse ConceptsGod's Dwelling

He made the dark his secret place; his tent round him was the dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. Verse ConceptsCurtainsCovering

You have not come to a mountain which may be touched, and is burning with fire, and to a black cloud, and a dark smoke, and a violent wind, And to the sound of a horn, and the voice of words, the hearers of which made request that not a word more might be said to them:

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain