Exodus 14: 19 – 20: 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: And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.
The appearing of the Cloud in the Arizona skies on February 28, 1963 was a momentous supernatural event, for not only did It fulfil Revelation 10: 1 and Luke 21: 27 – 28, but It became a target of great attack by scoffers and mockers according to 2 Peter 3: 3 – 4. The Cloud is so often scorned and is an object of great controversy by those without the Holy Ghost. However, in the Old Testament, when God was bringing Israel out bondage, it was the Cloud that separated the camp of Israel from the camp of the Egyptians, and was Light to one and darkness to the other.
The Cloud in these last days and Its wonderful meaning to the Bride of Jesus Christ is really what separates us from denominations, organizations, and the rest of the world. The Cloud revealed King Theophany Jesus to us, that is, Jesus the Word, and in the great unfolding of the Word by the message of the seventh angel (Malachi 4: 5; Revelation 10: 7), we have a tremendous Light to walk in, a Light that leads us and guides us in this hour of gross darkness. To mock, to scorn and to scoff at the Cloud is to make fun of the Pillar of Fire, for God who was seen as the Cloud by day, He was also that great Pillar of Fire by night.
When the Cloud came down in the time of the exodus, God was identifying Himself with Israel, and in doing so, He gave them Light to walk in by night. But the same Cloud that was Light to Israel, It was darkness to the Egyptians. So all the church systems and the entire world are living in darkness when the Cloud has come down in these last days, because God is not identifying Himself with the church systems and the world, but is identifying Himself with His Bride, and the Light of Revelation from the Great Pillar of Fire is for Her alone.