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Jul 2, 2025 6 min

A roll cloud

from Daily Picture Hosted by Stephanie Hawkins

Today I was reminded of a rare natural phenomenon referred to as a "roll cloud" or a "shelf cloud" which is a thick dense cloud on the horizon which rolls across the sea like a tsunami but is instead vapour. This occurred in Portugal a few days ago, triggered off by the recent searingly hot temperatures. In the Old Testament we read that God lead the 600,00 Israelite men, besides women and children, through the desert for 40 years, in a vertical pillar of cloud during the day and a pillar of fire at night (Exodus 12:37; 13:21). That was super-natural. We can now also have that constant leading in the form of the Holy Spirit residing in us. "...your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit..".(1 Corinthians 6:19). That is the wonderful privilege of all who choose to receive Jesus and to belong to Him. We are then taken so well care of and given eternal life. "If the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead, dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who lives in you". (Romans 8:11).

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