The Concealing Cloud
J. Cameron. Leviticus 16:2-3 And the LORD said to Moses, Speak to Aaron your brother… I once visited an invalid woman. She had been confined to bed for a long time, and when I spoke to her, she said: "I think the Lord has forgotten me altogether." The eye of faith had grown dim through bodily weakness, and I replied to her, "Did you ever go down the river and see the lighthouse?" She said she had. "Well, suppose you lived on the opposite side from it, and one day the mist came down, and it grew so thick that you could not see the lighthouse on the other side; would you believe it was there?" "Oh, yes," she said, "because I had seen it before." "And there is another thing would make you believe, I said; "you would hear the shrill whistle coming from the lighthouse warning mariners of the danger that was near. In the same way you should believe that the Lord is still near you; that He has not forgotten you, although a cloud has come between you and God; if you will but listen, you will hear His voice speaking to you; the mist will soon roll away if you look right at Him with the eye of faith." She did look, and beheld Jesus as precious to her as ever. (J. Cameron.) Parallel Verses KJV: And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat. WEB: and Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron your brother, not to come at all times into the Most Holy Place within the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark; lest he die: for I will appear in the cloud on the mercy seat.