A New Creation covenant understanding puts what is said here in what I have quoted below about tzaddikim traveling instantly through "clouds" into better perspective.
It is said that Moshe traveled on Mt. Sinai in this way. When Kabbalah teachings are brought forth that do not recognize the New Creation form of the one eternal covenant they can have the potential to lead to the misunderstanding that sinners can make themselves through certain knowledge and practices into righteous and powerful people who are able to do supernatural things. No one should think this. In truth, Moshe did ascend Mt. Sinai through the Shekinah but it was through the power of the new creation that would come. That power came through the eternal service which Yehoshua, Israel's Mashiach provided to Israel and through the power of his resurrection, which extended in both directions in time.
Though many do not accept the record that Yehoshua gave himself for Israel and that the Creator brought forth the new creation in raising him from the dead, the full radiance of the all-transforming light of this glorious power will not be graciously hidden from the world forever.
The shadow of concealment allows for "preparation of the body" of this world for redemption. That preparation will not take forever. The fear of the God of Israel, the God of Yehoshua the Mashiach of Israel, is the beginning of wisdom.
Here is the very helpful quote from the Daily Zohar site:
"On the morning of the day the Torah was revaled on Mount Sinai, the people got out to see the mountain covered with voices, lightnings, clouds and the sound of Shofar.
As we explained previously, the sounds came from Binah. The lightnings are the aspect of the righteous who channel and reveal the light in this world. The seven types of clouds of glory are the aspect of the Shechina and they let the voices and the lightnings be revealed.
Exodus 19:9 “וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל-מֹשֶׁה, הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי בָּא אֵלֶיךָ בְּעַב הֶעָנָן”
“And YHVH said to Moses: ‘Lo, I come unto you in a thick cloud”
“And YHVH said to Moses: ‘Lo, I come unto you in a thick cloud”
The cloud is the aspect of Right column and the aspect of Chessed and Mercy.
Exodus 20:17
“וַיַּעֲמֹד הָעָם, מֵרָחֹק; וּמֹשֶׁה נִגַּשׁ אֶל-הָעֲרָפֶל, אֲשֶׁר-שָׁם הָאֱלֹהִים”
“And the people stood afar off, and Moses approached the ‘fog’ where Elokim is there.”
The ‘Fog’, which is a ‘heavy’ cloud hovering closer to earth is the aspect of Left Column and Gevurah.
Moses needed to come to God, the right, through the left, in order to come closer to YHVH.
“וַיַּעֲמֹד הָעָם, מֵרָחֹק; וּמֹשֶׁה נִגַּשׁ אֶל-הָעֲרָפֶל, אֲשֶׁר-שָׁם הָאֱלֹהִים”
“And the people stood afar off, and Moses approached the ‘fog’ where Elokim is there.”
The ‘Fog’, which is a ‘heavy’ cloud hovering closer to earth is the aspect of Left Column and Gevurah.
Moses needed to come to God, the right, through the left, in order to come closer to YHVH.
Air and Water represent Chessed. When we are able to create a mix of water and air with the power of our minds we will be able to move between dimensions and in space as we like. That’s what Moses did to ascend to the top of the Mountain and speak to God face to face."
What is in truth being said here is that no one approaches God without the conditions of strict justice being met. They cannot be met by our own efforts at self-defence or self-justification. If we try to do so we will be consumed by the "fires" of God's justice. Only God Himself can provide a way for the conditions of strict justice to be met in a manner that can lead through this 'heavy cloud' to the aspect of the 'transporting cloud' of transfiguration and mercy. It was in this way that Moshe was able to ascend the mountain.
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