Job 20:4-7
King James Version
4 Knowest thou not this of old,
since man was placed upon earth,
5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short,
and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens,
and his head reach unto the clouds;
7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung:
they which have seen him shall say,
Where is he?
GOD wired me for words.
His "secrets" are in His WORD.
He knows I love words, so He gives me TONS of clues.
And we have a wonderful time sifting through the words.
Unraveling the meanings, true meanings, and double meanings.
With earthly words being corrected by heavenly words.
That's why I pay attention to EVERY word the LORD alerts me to.
Today, His SPIRIT led me to this intriguing phrase:
"Protector of the Cloud"
That was the Crowdstrike marketing tag line.
I knew what they were referring to -- cloud storage.
Is it really safe, fool-proof, impenetrable?
Well, the global outage the past days proved otherwise.
But we are not here to feast upon the misfortune of many.
The word "cloud" merely triggered a different thought in me.
That's what we'll explore here.
Thanks to SPIRIT Who always leads me to GOD's WORD.
Which happens to be JESUS.
So I turn to Scripture.
What does the Bible say about "clouds"?
GOD and clouds:
Exodus 13:21-22
King James Version
21 And the Lord went before them
by day in a pillar of a cloud,
to lead them the way;
and by night in a pillar of fire,
to give them light;
to go by day and night:
22 He took not away
the pillar of the cloud by day,
nor the pillar of fire by night,
from before the people.
Right there, I could end this article.
Verses worthy of meditation.
GOD is the TRUE "cloud cover".
The TRUE protection.
The One leading the way.
But we must continue.
For the Bible has much more to say:
Exodus 33:9-10
King James Version
9 And it came to pass,
as Moses entered into the tabernacle,
the cloudy pillar descended,
and stood at the door of the tabernacle,
and the Lord talked with Moses.
10 And all the people saw the cloudy pillar
stand at the tabernacle door:
and all the people rose up and worshipped,
every man in his tent door.
JESUS and clouds:
Daniel 7:13-14
King James Version
13 I saw in the night visions,
and, behold,
one like the Son of man came
with the clouds of heaven,
and came to the Ancient of days,
and they brought him near before him.
14 And there was given him dominion,
and glory, and a kingdom,
that all people, nations, and languages,
should serve him:
his dominion is an everlasting dominion,
which shall not pass away,
and his kingdom that
which shall not be destroyed.
Matthew 17:4-6
King James Version
4 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus,
Lord, it is good for us to be here:
if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles;
one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
5 While he yet spake,
behold,
a bright cloud overshadowed them:
and behold a voice out of the cloud,
which said,
This is my beloved Son,
in whom I am well pleased;
hear ye him.
6 And when the disciples heard it,
they fell on their face,
and were sore afraid.
Matthew 24:29-31
King James Version
29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days
shall the sun be darkened,
and the moon shall not give her light,
and the stars shall fall from heaven,
and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
30 And then shall appear
the sign of the Son of man in heaven:
and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn,
and they shall see the Son of man coming
in the clouds of heaven
with power and great glory.
31 And he shall send his angels
with a great sound of a trumpet,
and they shall gather together his elect
from the four winds,
from one end of heaven to the other.
Acts 1:9-11
King James Version
9 And when he had spoken these things,
while they beheld,
he was taken up;
and a cloud received him out of their sight.
10 And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven
as he went up,
behold,
two men stood by them in white apparel;
11 Which also said,
Ye men of Galilee,
why stand ye gazing up into heaven?
this same Jesus,
which is taken up from you into heaven,
shall so come in like manner
as ye have seen him go into heaven.
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
King James Version
16 For the Lord himself
shall descend from heaven
with a shout,
with the voice of the archangel,
and with the trump of God:
and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive and remain
shall be caught up together with them in the clouds,
to meet the Lord in the air:
and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
Revelation 1:7
King James Version
7 Behold,
he cometh with clouds;
and every eye shall see him,
and they also which pierced him:
and all kindreds of the earth
shall wail because of him.
Even so, Amen.
GOD's cloud never goes wrong.
But ours, does.
Crowdstrike had an update gone wrong.
Affecting 30,ooo customers.
With 300 being from The Fortune 500.
Experts say the update should have been tested first.
I've always wondered why people would want to store data in a "cloud".
That feels so abstract, and it probably is.
But forgive my ignorance; I'm no tech expert.
All I know is nothing man-made could be fool-proof.
We're not GOD. we're humans.
Thus the convenient excuse, "human error".
Whether it be error in design, tech, or judgment.
Let's face it, and accept it.
With man, there will ALWAYS be "glitches".
And it's something we must not take personally.
As they say, "It just is."
At best, we learn from our mistakes.
That's the lesson that sticks most of all.
Remember the Y2K problem?
They had to "manually" fix EACH computer.
Until it became Y2K "compliant".
We learned the same thing about the Crowdstrike issue.
EVERY computer has to be "manually" fixed.
Experts reveal it will take days, and weeks.
Who knows, maybe longer?
Everything has to be tested.
And re-tested.
Imagine the "damage control" measures being undertaken.
Surely, there is not one area of home, business, or government, untouched by the incident.
Of course, the first ones to be fixed are the big clients.
Because their legal teams are perpetually on stand-by.
They say no hacking went on.
Still, hackers came in AFTER the incident.
As is to be expected from vultures who smell "food".
Thus, they went "phishing".
Such is the way of man.
Feeding upon an already weakened system.
Getting the spoils, instead of helping.
Is GOD's judgment upon us?
All that greed, and desire for world domination?
So caught up in ourselves, and not in GOD?
Acting with our head "up in the clouds"?
All that pride and ego will fail, and fall.
Proverbs 18:12
King James Version
12 Before destruction
the heart of man is haughty,
and before honour is humility.
The tech cloud may appear to be man's.
But all clouds -- tech and heavenly -- belong to GOD.
Only through Him, can we have REAL protection.
All our man-made "devices", and "defenses", issue no real protection.
No matter how well-thought-out we think they are.
Only JESUS offers us true SECURITY, PROTECTION, and SALVATION.
John 14:6
King James Version
6 Jesus saith unto him,
I am the way, the truth, and the life:
no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 15:5
King James Version
5 I am the vine, ye are the branches:
He that abideth in me, and I in him,
the same bringeth forth much fruit:
for without me ye can do nothing.
Acts 4:12
King James Version
12 Neither is there salvation in any other:
for there is none other name under heaven
given among men, whereby we must be saved.
It's time for man to acknowledge, and bow down to GOD's power.
Let ALL our creations come from GOD, be of GOD, be for GOD.
That way, we receive GOD's SEAL of APPROVAL.
Ensuring we truly serve our brothers, and sisters, in the world.
Who, we must not mislead, through our false sense of self, and glory.
Let us remember the LORD of ALL.
Hebrews 12:1-2
King James Version
12 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about
with so great a cloud of witnesses,
let us lay aside every weight,
and the sin which doth so easily beset us,
and let us run with patience
the race that is set before us,
2 Looking unto Jesus
the author and finisher of our faith;
who for the joy that was set before him
endured the cross,
despising the shame,
and is set down at the right hand
of the throne of God.
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