How Do You Ride a Horse, a Cloud, and a Throne?

[Aquila]

Originally Posted by TK Burk

Do you think the clouds found with Moses and with Joshua were literal clouds?

A literal cloud by day, and pillar of fire by night. Yes.

What about the clouds Jesus spoke of in these verses?

Luke 21:27
And then shall they see the Son of man COMING IN A CLOUD with POWER and great GLORY.

Matthew 24:30
And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man COMING IN THE CLOUDS of heaven with POWER and great GLORY.

Matthew 26:64
Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of POWER, and COMING IN THE CLOUDS of heaven.

Mark 13:26
And then shall they

see the Son of man COMING IN THE CLOUDS with great POWER and GLORY.

Are they literal or spiritual?

Since Jesus was speaking apocalyptically (symbols of sun darkened, moon turning to blood, stars falling, etc.), I'd say that a strong case can be made that clouds Jesus spoke of depict a spiritual reality, not a physical one.

And since the angels in Acts 1 were prophesying of what was to come, tell me how you determine those clouds were literal and not spiritual?

Since Jesus had just literally ascended, the angels were providing a literal description of His return.

Not every reference to clouds is literal. Nor is every reference to clouds symbolic or spiritual.