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Psalm 91:1 The Greek Septuagint/LXX and AOB says “shelter” rather than shadow.
Psalm 121:5 The Greek Septuagint/LXX and AOB says shelter rather than shadow.
Why?
Because of this:
1 John 1:5-7 God is light. In him is no darkness.
James 1:17 ""
Matthew 17:5 OVERSHADOWED = ENGULFED (Must see Luke 9:34 to prove this.)
Add reference at end of verse to Exo. 40:34-35
Highlight BRIGHT. The cloud didn’t cast a shadow, but rather emitted light.
Luke 9:34 OVERSHADOWED = ENGULFED because notice that Luke says that they entered the cloud. The cloud didn’t just stay overhead.
Mark 9:7 OVERSHADOWED = ENGULFED
Luke 1:35 OVERSHADOW = ENGULF
God didn't impregnate Mary only by floating over above her, No. But rather He would had engulfed her.
Isaiah 49:2 SHADOW = SHELTER (CORRECTION)
Isaiah 51:16 SHADOW OF MY HAND = CANOPY/COVERING
He did appear in the cloud to the Egyptians. And He did also lead the Israelites by both fire and cloud.
But that’s not the same as casting a shadow.
Perhaps the cloud did cast a shadow to shelter the Israelites from the hot desert sun in the daytime, but that’s only a theory that some people have. We don’t have any bible verse that says that happened. Instead, it says that the cloud went ahead of them, leading the way.
At first, there was over a million people. So if the cloud covered them, it would had been a cloudy day, every day over a large area. We don’t read of any such appearance of the days being cloudy every day, as in God covering a huge area of land with the cloud.
And it wouldn’t make sense for him to do so with fire in all of the entire sky every night either.
So it’s most likely that the pillar/column of fire and cloud were limited to only in front of Moses and the crowd. Not covering them.
And it does say that it was a column/pillar of fire/cloud, not an overcast sky or a burning sky.
Thus, no need for a shade to be cast from the cloud.
God is Light. He is the Light of the world.
Revelation 22:5 “night will be no more” and there will be no need of “lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light.“
The Alpha & Omega Bible (AOB) is based primarily on the Greek Septuagint. The Greek Septuagint doesn’t allow for the symbolism of a shadow of God, as other bibles do in Ps. 91 and 121 and other verses.
We continue to update and perfect the AOB, including in the last few days, examining more and more of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Will be updating the AOB with these improvements in the next few days.
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