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What does it mean when God rides/arrives on a cloud?


See, the Lord rides on a swift cloud
    and is coming to Egypt.
The idols of Egypt tremble before him,
    and the hearts of the Egyptians melt with fear. Isaiah 19:1
“Look, he is coming with the clouds,”
    
and “every eye will see him,
even those who pierced him”;
    
and all peoples on earth “will mourn because of him.”
So shall it be! Amen. Revelation 1:7
            The term means judgment.  Clouds have an ominous presence about them, signifying a coming storm.  If God comes on a cloud, it’s like saying he’s arriving like a storm.  People will see the signs and then judgment occurs.  That phrase appears in the Old and New Testament.