movie aarp clouds semantics of prophetic language
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A.A.R.P.
THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATION FOR
THE RATIONAL STUDY OF
PROPHECY.
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THE SEMANTICS OF PROPHETIC LANGUAGE
A VERY BRIEF
HISTORY OF ‘CLOUDS’ IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.
Morrison Lee
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Clouds in: Exodus 14:13-30
GOD’S POWER SEEN IN CLOUDS AT RED SEA.
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Clouds in: EXODUS 16:8-18
GOD’S BLESSING of BREAD IN GLORY CLOUD at Elim Oasis.
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Clouds in: EXODUS 19
LAW given by God IN A CLOUD
on SINAI.
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Clouds in: Exodus 40:17-38
GODS GLORY CLOUD fills
TABERNACLE.
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Clouds in: 1 KINGS 8:1-13
GOD’S GLORY CLOUD FILLS SOLOMON’S TEMPLE.
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Clouds in: ISAIAH 19:1
GOD RIDES ON CLOUDS.
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Clouds in: NAHUM 1:1-3
CLOUDS ARE THE DUST OF GOD’S FEET.
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Clouds in: DANIEL 7:9-14
DAY OF THE LORD A DAY OF CLOUDS: “AND ONE LIKE SON OF MAN COMING
ON CLOUDS.”
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Clouds in: MATTHEW 17:1-8
GOD SPEAKS TO JESUS IN A CLOUD; “THIS IS MY BELOVED SON...”
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Clouds in: MATTHEW 24.
Jesus came out from the TEMPLE and was going away when His disciples came up to point out the temple buildings to Him. And He said to them..”not one
stone here will be left upon another, which will not be torn down.”
3. “Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of YOUR COMING [IN CLOUDS], and of the END OF AGE?”
30 “And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the SON OF MAN COMING
ON THE CLOUDS OF THE SKY
34 “Truly I say to you, THIS GENERATION will not pass away until all these things take place.”
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Clouds in: MATTHEW 26:64
JESUS; “YOU WILL SEE SON OF MAN COME IN CLOUDS.”
(TO CAIAPHAS)
Clouds in: REVELATION 1:7
“BEHOLD HE IS COMING WITH THE CLOUDS, AND EVERY EYE SHALL SEE
HIM, EVEN THOSE WHO PIERCED HIM.”
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Clouds in: REVELATION 14:14-16
“THEN I LOOKED BEHOLD A WHITE CLOUD, AND SITTING ON THE CLOUDS
WAS ONE LIKE A SON OF MAN... AND EARTH WAS REAPED.”
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REVELATION.
WHO WAS…
THE HOLY CITY?
SODOM?
THE GREAT CITY?
THE GREAT HARLOT?
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JERUSALEM WAS THE HOLY CITY.
Neh 11:1; 18; Is 48:2; 52:1; Dan 9:24; Mtt 4:5; 27:54; Rev 11:2
JERUSALEM WAS THE GREAT CITY.
“Where is now the GREAT CITY that was said to have God dwelling therein? It is now demolished to its foundations.” WARS 7:8:7
‘Jerusalem the GREAT CITY,’ the metropolis of the Jewish nation. WARS 7:8:7
JERUSALEM WAS SODOM.
Is 1:10; 3:9; Jer 23:14; Lam 4:6; Ezek 16:46; Rev 11:8
JERUSALEM WAS ADULTEROUS HARLOT.
Is 1; Jer 2; Ezek ch.16, 23; Hos 4,5,6,9; Mic 1; Mtt 12, Mk 8.
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C.1ST PROPHECY. (REV 16:19)
“ANDTHE GREAT CITY WAS SPLIT INTO THREE PARTS. BABYLON THE GREAT WAS REMEMBERED BEFORE GOD...”
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C.1ST HISTORY. AD 70 (WARS 5:1:4)
JERUSALEM DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS.
“AND NOW THERE WERE THREE TREACHEROUS [DIVISIONS] IN THE CITY…
ELEAZOR KEPT THE SACRED FIRSTFRUITS, THOSE WITH JOHN
PLUNDERED THE POPULACE . SIMON HAD HIS PROVISION FROM THE CITY.”
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C.1ST Judgment on temple and Mosaic age…IN CLOUDS.
MATTHEW 24.
Jesus came out from the TEMPLE and was going away when His disciples came up to point out the temple buildings to Him. And He said to them..”not one stone here
will be left upon another, which will not be torn down.”
3. “Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of YOUR COMING [IN CLOUDS], and of the END OF AGE?”
30 “And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the SON OF MAN COMING ON THE
CLOUDS OF THE SKY
34 “Truly I say to you, THIS GENERATION will not pass away until all these things take place.”
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MANNER OF JESUS COMING (PRESENCE,PAROUSIA) ALWAYS ‘IN CLOUDS.’
• … coming in the cloud of heaven with power Mt 24:30• ... coming in the clouds of heaven with power Mt 26:64
• … coming in the clouds with great power Mk 13:26• … coming in the clouds of heaven Mk 14:62
• … Son of man coming in a cloud with power Lk 21:27• taken up in a cloud…return in the same manner Acts 1:9-11
• …from heaven clothed with a cloud Rev 10:1• …they ascended up to heaven in a cloud 11:12• … And I looked and behold a white cloud 14:14• … upon the cloud sat one like unto the 14:14• … voice to him that sat on the cloud 14:15• … he that sat on a cloud thrust in his sickle 14:16
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Clouds in: FIRST CENTURY JUDGMENT - FULFILLED.
‘The Siege of Jerusalem in 70 AD was the decisive event of the First Jewish–Roman War. The Roman army, led by the future Emperor Titus
… besieged and conquered the city of Jerusalem, which had been occupied by its Jewish defenders in 66 AD.
The siege ended with the sacking of the city and the destruction of its famous Second Temple. The destruction of both the first and second temples is still mourned annually as the Jewish fast Tisha B'Av. The
Arch of Titus, celebrating the Roman sack of Jerusalem and the Temple, still stands in Rome.’
(Source. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Jerusalem_(AD_70)
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CLOUDS SUMMARY.
• God Dwells in clouds• Comes in judgment in clouds• Gives blessing in clouds
• Seen face to face in clouds in tabernacle• His glory in seen in clouds in Temple
• Son of Man comes in clouds• Jesus comes in clouds
• Son of Man Judges the great HARLOT Babylon in clouds – a judgment in the C.1ST.
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MEASURING THEORY and FACT.
A reliable explanation does three things. It-
1. Is suggested by facts
2. Answers more and more facts
3. Predicts new relations in the facts.
A first century (Preterist) explanation of Jesus’ coming in clouds is suggested by facts, answers facts, and
predicts new relations in bible facts in that generation.
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CLOUDS IN THAT GENERATION.VENN.
Destroy Mosaic temple this C.1st
generation. Mtt 24:1-3
Fulfils ALL prophecy in
this C.1st generationMtt 24:34
Jesus prophesied to come in
clouds this C.1st generation. Mtt
24:30
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CONCLUSION.
The uniform biblical use of ‘Clouds’ across both Testaments is ‘The Presence of God.’ Jesus was a prophet of God and said He would ‘return in clouds’ in that generation – a judgment
of God.
Therefore:
(1) Jesus returned in Clouds in that generation in the judgment upon Jerusalem
(2) Jesus kept His promises to that generation
(3) Jesus is Divine to all generations.
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