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Clouds » Illustrative » Of unsearchableness of God
As I looked, I saw a stormy wind coming out of the north, a great cloud with fire flashing continually from it; and a brightness was around it, and in its core [there was] something like glowing [amber-colored] metal in the midst of the fire.
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“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.
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.
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“He bowed the heavens also, and came down
With thick darkness under His feet.
Then Solomon said,“The Lord has said that He would dwell in the thick darkness [of the cloud].
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Darkness » Figurative » See also the following scriptures
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].
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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.
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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,
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God » Remember » Righteousness of
Clouds and thick darkness surround Him [as at Sinai];
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.
The Lord is [unwaveringly] righteous in all His ways
And gracious and kind in all His works.
O Lord God of Israel, You are [uncompromisingly] just (righteous), for we have been left as survivors, as it is this day. Behold, we are before You in our guilt, for no one can stand before You because of this.”
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As is Your name, O God,
So is Your praise to the ends of the earth;
Your right hand is full of righteousness (rightness, justice).
By awesome and wondrous things You answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation,
You who are the trust and hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest sea;
“In His days Judah will be saved,
And Israel will dwell safely;
Now this is His name by which He will be called;
‘The Lord Our Righteousness.’
If you know that He is absolutely righteous, you know [for certain] that everyone who practices righteousness [doing what is right and conforming to God’s will] has been born of Him.
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Righteousness » Of God
Clouds and thick darkness surround Him [as at Sinai];
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.
The Lord is [unwaveringly] righteous in all His ways
And gracious and kind in all His works.
O Lord God of Israel, You are [uncompromisingly] just (righteous), for we have been left as survivors, as it is this day. Behold, we are before You in our guilt, for no one can stand before You because of this.”
Verse Concepts
As is Your name, O God,
So is Your praise to the ends of the earth;
Your right hand is full of righteousness (rightness, justice).
By awesome and wondrous things You answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation,
You who are the trust and hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest sea;
“In His days Judah will be saved,
And Israel will dwell safely;
Now this is His name by which He will be called;
‘The Lord Our Righteousness.’
If you know that He is absolutely righteous, you know [for certain] that everyone who practices righteousness [doing what is right and conforming to God’s will] has been born of Him.
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God, Righteousness Of » Described as » The habitation of his throne
Clouds and thick darkness surround Him [as at Sinai];
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.
Symbols and similitudes » Darkness, of God's inscrutability
The Lord said to Moses,
“Tell Aaron your brother that hemust not enter at any time into the Holy Place inside the veil (the Holy of Holies), before the mercy seat which is on the ark, or he will die, for I will appear in the cloud over the mercy seat.
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“Tell Aaron your brother that he
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.
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Then Solomon said,“The Lord has said that He would dwell in the thick darkness [of the cloud].
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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 [material] mountain that can be touched, [a mountain] that is ablaze with fire, and to gloom and darkness and a raging storm, And to the blast of a trumpet and a voice whose words make the listeners beg that nothing more be said to them.
Throne » Figurative » Anthropomorphic » Of God
And they sang a new song before the throne [of God] and before the four living creatures and the elders; and no one could learn the song except the hundred and forty-four thousand who had been purchased (ransomed, redeemed) from the earth.
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This is what the Lord says,
“Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool.
Where, then, is a house that you could build for Me?
And where will My resting place be?
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Where, then, is a house that you could build for Me?
And where will My resting place be?
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw [in a vision] the Lord sitting on a throne, high and exalted, with the train of His royal robe filling the [most holy part of the] temple.
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[looking away from all that will distract us and] focusing our eyes on Jesus, who is the Author and Perfecter of faith [the first incentive for our belief and the One who brings our faith to maturity], who for the joy [of accomplishing the goal] set before Him endured the cross, disregarding the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God [revealing His deity, His authority, and the completion of His work].
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Now the main point of what we have to say is this: we have such a High Priest, [the Christ] who is seated [in the place of honor] at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty (God) in heaven,
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The Lord is in His holy temple; the Lord’s throne is in heaven.
His eyes see, His eyelids test the children of men.
The Lord has established His throne in the heavens,
And His sovereignty rules over all [the universe].
Clouds and thick darkness surround Him [as at Sinai];
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.
No lie was found in their mouth, for they are blameless (spotless, untainted, beyond reproach).
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But the Lord will remain and sit enthroned forever;
He has prepared and established His throne for judgment.
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God reigns over the nations;
God sits on His holy throne.
But I say to you, do not make an oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God;
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For You have maintained my right and my cause;
You have sat on the throne judging righteously.
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;
Lovingkindness and truth go before You.
And whoever swears [an oath] by heaven, swears both by the throne of God and by Him who sits upon it.
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God reigns over the nations;
God sits on His holy throne.
For You have maintained my right and my cause;
You have sat on the throne judging righteously.
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;
Lovingkindness and truth go before You.
So Micaiah said, “Therefore, hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on His throne, and all the host (army) of heaven standing on His right and on His left.
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