tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4155367343849395740.post2654672083285643081..comments2023-05-22T00:49:33.419-07:00Comments on Pronaos: Ezekiel’s Vision 3: The Storm TheophanyGrandpa Enochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15843964313015704177noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4155367343849395740.post-53132436069433499752008-10-23T10:47:00.000-07:002008-10-23T10:47:00.000-07:00I offer as another possibility what my professor i...I offer as another possibility what my professor in a Western Civilization class in college suggested (if I remember correctly): the "cloud" might have been something like an after-image on the eye caused by the brightness of the presence of the Lord, similar to what happens when we look at something bright and then look away and can't really see anything else because of the after-image.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4155367343849395740.post-29001199172504550422008-10-23T10:33:00.000-07:002008-10-23T10:33:00.000-07:00That's exactly right. It's a very nice fit. Note...That's exactly right. It's a very nice fit. Note also the "the hand of the LORD was on" Ezekiel when he has his vision (1:3), just as Jared sees the hand of the Lord. I'll engage this topic in more detail in relation to hand of the Lord in a cloud representations in Jewish and early medieval Christian art.Grandpa Enochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15843964313015704177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4155367343849395740.post-70891187389954213642008-10-23T08:24:00.000-07:002008-10-23T08:24:00.000-07:00Grandpa Enoch,Thank you for this.I notice that in ...Grandpa Enoch,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for this.<BR/><BR/>I notice that in the Book of Mormon which Latter-day Saints accept as scripture that there is this:<BR/><BR/>"The Lord came down and talked with the brother of Jared; and he was in a cloud, and the brother of Jared saw him not" (Ether 2:4)<BR/><BR/>"And it came to pass that the Lord did go before them, and did talk with them as he stood in a cloud, and gave directions wither they should travel" (Ether 2:5)<BR/><BR/>"The Lord came again unto the brother of Jared, and stood in a cloud and talked with him. And for the space of three hours did the Lord talk with the brother of Jared, and chastened him because he remembered not to call upon the name of the Lord" (Ether 2:14).<BR/><BR/>I had never thought of the "cloud" in these passages as a possible storm theophany, before, but it would make sense in light of what you are discussing.<BR/><BR/>Thanks again for the insights.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com