Seven churches

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M. M. NINAN
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Num 11:25 Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke with him,
However in this passage we have slight change as "with the clouds" - a spiritual
accompaniment is implied it. The same picture is given in Daniel
Dan 7:13 "In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man,
coming with the clouds of heaven.
Heb. 12:1 interprets this for us: Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great
cloud of witnesses,
It indicates the presence of other personalities that accompany Jesus in his second
coming. This cloud is the cloud of believers who are with him. At the time of the second
visible reentry into the planetary orbit of earth, he is coming with all the believers - the
church. Jesus is coming with his wife and his spiritual retinue back to the earth from where
he took his bride.
In contrast there is mourning on the earth.
They mourn:
they that pierced him - i.e. the Jews
and all the Tribes of the earth .
Why?
Because they rejected the King of Glory, and did not accept him, during the period of
grace. Now he come in the clouds with all those who did receive him in joy and triumph.
They all had the opportunity to accept him. The gospel must be preached to every nation
and tribe. He will come only after that, so that no one may complain that they never had a
chance. Now they realize their mistake and they shall mourn.
Zec 12:10 "And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a
spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they
will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one
grieves for a firstborn son. 11 On that day the weeping in Jerusalem will be great, like the
weeping of Hadad Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo. 12 The land will mourn, each clan by
itself, with their wives by themselves: the clan of the house of David and their wives, the