God Coming in the Clouds
Have you ever done a search of the word “cloud” or “clouds” in “scripture”? I searched this about twenty years ago, because I kept being told nearly all judgment seens in scripture spoke about God coming in the clouds. Significantly, this is not the case. Yes, there are lots of verses mentioning clouds, but God coming in judgment with clouds is not. In fact, it can be limited to a couple of verses perhaps one.
When one looks for Christ coming with clouds in the Old Testament there is a significant verse, but it isn’t judgment. It is Jesus arriving in heaven following His resurrection. There Jesus recieves power, glory, and the Kingdom.
In the New Testament there are more verses about our savior in the clouds. They are in Acts 1:7-11, I Thessalonians 4:17, Revelation 1:7. Additionally there are two sets of parallel verses from the gospels regarding the messiah and coming on clouds. The first set is Matthew 24:30 and its parallel Mark 13:26. The second set is Matthew 26:64 and Mark 14:62. I highly recommend that the gospel verses be closely examined. All others verse dealing with Jesus and Him coming in clouds have nothing to do with 70 AD.