Thematic Bible: Darkness, of God's inscrutability


Thematic Bible



and the Lord said to Moses: "Tell Aaron your brother that he must not enter at any time into the holy place inside the veil-canopy in front of the atonement plate that is on the ark so that he may not die, for I will appear in the cloud over the atonement plate. 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]


The people kept their distance, but Moses drew near the thick darkness where God was. Verse ConceptsStanding At A Distancedistance

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

He shrouded himself in darkness, in thick rain clouds. Verse ConceptsCurtainsCovering

For you have not come to something that can be touched, to a burning fire and darkness and gloom and a whirlwind and the blast of a trumpet and a voice uttering words such that those who heard begged to hear no more.

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