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Daniel was another individual who was privileged to meet with this person who bears the resemblance to the Son of man, yet it is very obvious that He is a heavenly being. Dan. 7:13 The fact that He was accompanied by clouds created an association with the Lord Jesus. For Jesus will come escorted by the clouds of heaven, not the clouds of the heavens, but those which are heavenly and eternal. For instance the cloud of witnesses. Heb. 12:1 The armies of heaven, transported by white steeds, dressed in white linen would certainly appear as a cloud from a distance. It is a cosmic cloud, of cosmic proportions. Rev. 19:14.
Please consider carefully the truth that at His coming (parousia) the resurrected and the living will be caught up together into the same cloud of glory and so will ever be with Him. 1 Thess. 4:15-17 Clouds cannot be disassociated from the resurrection and the rapture. Jesus responded to the question of who He was by simply stating, I am. Then affirmed that they would see the Lord Jesus on the throne of the Lord and also visuably behold Him at His coming. EVERY eye will see His coming with the clouds of glory, even those who pierced Him. In other words the whole of humanity, which have been born into this world from Adam to the last one born prior to His coming will behold Him at the rapture. Rev. 1:7 EVERY eye shall see Him.
The cloud represented the veiled glory of the Lord. When the Lord visited Israel of old He came in the midst of the cloud and it would suddenly light up with the intense glory of the Lord. That cloud would glow, it would shine, radiate, scintillate, blaze and flame with the majestic presence of that Person who is light. Ex. 16:10 Don’t be short changed into taking a casual approach to an understanding of this cloud of glory. It is not to be compared to the clouds of the sky which we see carried by the trade winds of the earth. This is a mighty cloud, and is filled with the might and power of the Lord. Ps. 68:34.
The vision of Ezekiel was that of a great a cloud of noble proportions, a nimbus cloud, covering the sky. Eze. 1:4 A cloud carried and traveling by the means of a whirlwind (ruwach, may also be translated spirit) or a cyclone. Also visible was the fire of the Lord. A very active flame, blazing and creating its own fire storm. The whole was lightened with the brightness of the glory of the Lord. A brilliancy far beyond that which man has seen or can produce. A mighty demonstration of the power of the Lord, in His cloud.