What did the cloud do to the Egyptians and to the Israelites at the Red Sea?
The cloud protected the Israelites from the Egyptian onslaught at the Red Sea. To the Egyptians it became black darkness, while to the Israelites it was His protection; at night it became the pillar of fire. This was the same cloud that later rested over the tabernacle.
Les teaches that this cloud was the very presence and glory of God, the Shekinah glory, which first appeared when Israel came out of Goshen and encamped by the Red Sea. There it was the only thing that protected them from the onslaught of the Egyptians. To the Egyptians the cloud became black darkness, but to the Israelites it was His protection, and at night it became the pillar of fire. That same cloud later came and rested over the Holy of Holies in the tabernacle, filling that back room where the Ark of the Covenant was.
And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:
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Was the cloud over the tabernacle the same as the cloud at the Red Sea?
The cloud that came and rested over the tabernacle was the same cloud that first appeared when Israel came out of Goshen and encamped by the Red Sea.