Playlist: Clouds (topic)
The Return of the Clouds
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Charles Whitaker (1944-2021)There are unique clouds associated with the Day of the Lord, distinct from ordinary clouds or those tied to human events. These clouds, created by God, serve as a protective canopy over His people in Jerusalem, as depicted in Isaiah 4, echoing the protective cloud of the Exodus. God uses these clouds to both reveal and conceal …
The Fall of Jerusalem and the Coming of the Son of Man
Sermonette byThe formula 'the coming of the Son of Man' is code for 'the Day of the Lord.' The formula does not refer to the fall of Jerusalem in 70 AD, but the days ahead.
From Both Sides Now and the Greatest Day
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Mark SchindlerThe concept of clouds opens with a personal account of a flight through a snowstorm that rose above the clouds into moonlit clarity, setting the stage for a broader meditation on perspective. This experience connects to a film watched during that flight, A Walk in the Clouds , which becomes the bridge to the true story of …
From Both Sides Now and the Feast of Tabernacles
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Mark SchindlerClouds enter this message first as a personal, everyday observation—autumn cloud formations that evoked memories of Joni Mitchell's song "From Both Sides Now," with its imagery of "ice cream castles in the air" and clouds that "block the sun" and "rain and snow on everyone." This song captures the double-minded frustration …
Trumpets and Hope
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughClouds appear in the discussion as a symbol connected to the return of Jesus Christ and the resurrection of the dead. In Matthew 24:30-31, Jesus Himself declares that the Son of Man will be seen "coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory," accompanied by the great sound of a trumpet, at which time His angels will …
Thy Kingdom Come
Sermonette by Ronny H. GrahamMost professing Christians hold to the pagan belief that heaven is the reward of the saved, imagining that they will waft off to heaven at death.
Jesus Christ's Ascension
Sermon by David C. GrabbeThe cloud that received Christ out of the apostles' sight on the fortieth day was the same Greek word used for the divine cloud at the Transfiguration and for the cloud that led the Israelites. Every description of Christ's return states that He will come on the clouds of heaven. This was not an ordinary cloud but one suited to …
Dominion and Glory and a Kingdom
Sermonette byWhen Jesus told the religious leaders they would see Him seated at God's right hand and coming on the clouds, He did not mean they would be alive at His return.
Sovereignty, Election, and Grace (Part One)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughThe concept of clouds appears as a vivid biblical metaphor illustrating God's sovereign, active involvement in human affairs, even in judgment and calamity. Drawing from Lamentations 2:1, the phrase describing how "the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in His anger" is explained as picturing God rendering …
The Pattern of Creation
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Mike FordGod has a pattern that we can use for planet formation, a skill He will teach us after we assume a glorified spirit body following our resurrection.
Lamentations (Part Four; 1989)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughThe prophets and the religious leaders bear the greatest blame for the destruction by providing a quasi-religion and not teaching the Law of God.
Rain
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughWeather disasters expose the moral weaknesses of a nation. We need to patiently and obediently wait for the early and latter rains that God will provide.