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# Circular Letter April 2012

## In the New Testament

In the New Testament, the supernatural cloud is also mentioned, as at the transfiguration of Jesus on the mount:

*“While he yet spake, behold, a**bright cloud**overshadowed them: and behold**a voice out of the cloud**, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.”* (Mt. 17:5).

Mark testified of this event as well:  *“And there was**a cloud**that overshadowed them: and**a voice came out of the cloud**, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.”* (9:7).

About His ascension we read in Acts 1:9-11: *“And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and**a cloud received him**out of their sight.”*

Our Redeemer ascended into heaven in a cloud, and according to 1. Ths. 4:17 the Redeemed will be raptured from all continents and be caught up together in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.

When Paul experienced his conversion and calling, a light from heaven suddenly shined round about him and he heard the words: *“Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?”* Paul asked, *“Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.”* Ananias was sent to him because of a vision and said, *“Brother Saul, the Lord, even**Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way**as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.”* (Acts 9:5+17b). *“The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and**see that Just One**, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.”* (Acts 22:14). In 1. Cor. 9:1 he testified: *“Am I not an apostle? am I not free?**have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord**?”* Connected to the heavenly appearance was a divine commission, a sending with a special significance in the Plan of Salvation.

 


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