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The Pillar of Fire by Paul Hardy, The Art Bible (1896) The pillars of cloud and fire are first mentioned in Exodus 13, shortly after Moses leads the Israelites out of their captivity in Egypt. The narrative states that the pillar of cloud went ahead of them by day to guide their way, and the pillar of fire by night, to give them light. [1]
The Crossing of the Red Sea, by Nicolas Poussin (1633–34). The Crossing of the Red Sea or Parting of the Red Sea (Hebrew: קריעת ים סוף, romanized: Kriat Yam Suph, lit. "parting of the sea of reeds") [1] is an episode in The Exodus, a foundational story in the Hebrew Bible.
This might be a reference to the pillar of cloud that guide the Israelites through the wilderness. [1] Fortnas notes that the astronomical theory of the time thought of the stars a points of light moving along a fixed heavenly dome. This made it far easier to imagine a star stopping its motion. [2]
The Flagellation of Christ, in art sometimes known as Christ at the Column or the Scourging at the Pillar, is an episode from the Passion of Jesus as presented in the Gospels. As such, it is frequently shown in Christian art , in cycles of the Passion or the larger subject of the Life of Christ .
Boring notes that where is the first word spoken aloud in the Gospel.Where will also be the first word spoken by Herod in Matthew 2:4.Throughout the early part of the gospel geography will be a central concern of Matthew, covered in far greater detail than in the other gospels.
Ellen White wrote of Jesus as the believer's leader. According to White, Jesus was the leader of the Israelites in the Wilderness "enshrouded in the pillar of cloud." [41] She presented leadership concepts in connection with Biblical leaders: e.g. Moses, [42] Joshua, [43] Nehemiah [44] See also Ellen White on Leadership by Cindy Tutsch. [45]
"Lead, Kindly Light, Amid the encircling gloom" is a hymn with words written in 1833 by John Henry Newman as a poem titled "the Pillar of the Cloud", which was first published in the British Magazine in 1834, and republished in Lyra Apostolica in 1836.
This parable compares building one's life on the teachings and example of Jesus to a flood-resistant building founded on solid rock. The Parable of the Wise and the Foolish Builders (also known as the House on the Rock), is a parable of Jesus from the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew as well as in the Sermon on the Plain in the Gospel of Luke ().