He Came as a Thief in the Night

 Revelation 19:15 - King James Version (KJV) <15> And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. Luke 2:35 - King James Version (KJV) <35> (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed. These swords are one, the Word in person in the form of the text and the Word made flesh and Divine Human Jesus Christ, our Father, Lord and God. The soul is the will that chooses between fire and fire, good and evil, love and hate. The thoughts are the kind that choose between truth and falsehood, water and water.  The trial by fire and the trial by water are the sword of the Word in action, the process whereby God purifies your sun and moon, gold and silver, heart and mind. It is these we bake and seethe in the desert forty years. Psalms 66:12 Psalm 66:12 - King James Version (KJV

There are numerous explanations of glory, spiritual information shining from within the Word, and cloud, the outer or literal sense within which glory sits, throughout the Writings for the simple reason that God carefully writes cloud and glory into the Word precisely so and often; and He wants us to know why.  Exodus 24:16 - King James Version (KJV) <16> And the glory of the Lord abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud. The experience of glory cannot be distinguished from being informed by that glory. The goal is to get you to the point where you see the connection between His glory and spiritual information for yourself with spiritual eyes. The goal is for you to know power and glory within yourself with a clear connection between this awareness and the sections of the Word concerning it. 2 Kings 6:17 - King James Version (KJV) <17> And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, ope