Thematic Bible: Darkness, of God's inscrutability


Thematic Bible



The LORD told Moses, "Remind your brother Aaron that at no time is he to enter the sacred place from the room that contains the curtain into the presence of the Mercy Seat on top of the ark. Otherwise, he'll die, because I will appear in a cloud at the Mercy Seat. 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]


Then the people stood at a distance, and Moses approached the thick cloud where God was. Verse ConceptsStanding At A Distancedistance

Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that he lives shrouded in darkness. Verse ConceptsGod's Dwelling

He made darkness his hiding place, his canopy surrounding him was dark waters and thick clouds. Verse ConceptsCurtainsCovering

You have not come to something that can be touched, to a blazing fire, to darkness, to gloom, to a trumpet's blast, or to a voice that made the hearers beg that not another word be spoken to them.

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