The expansion of the Iron Dome procurement had been planned before
Operation Pillar of Cloud as part of the multiyear multitier defense systems program.
The fifth Iron Dome battery, upgraded and capable of dealing with the latest threats from Gaza, was deployed last Saturday, at the height of the fighting of the fourth day of Operation
Pillar of Cloud, to protect Tel Aviv and neighboring cities in the Dan region.
A few days before Operation
Pillar of Cloud, Druker was sitting in his offices at Rafael in the center of Israel, calm and relaxed.
One can only guess how Operation
Pillar of Cloud and all the previous bouts of fighting in the past eighteen months in the south would have looked if not for Iron Dome.
The disciples were speaking of a God who protects God's people from enemies and anxieties by leading them as
a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.
An IDF spokesman explained that most Israelis would recognize «
Pillar of Cloud» as a biblical reference.
In Hebrew, the Israel Defense Forces have branded their recently launched anti-Hamas effort as «Operation
Pillar of Cloud.»
Father's told their children how there was a pillar of fire by night, and
a pillar of cloud by day.
They were «baptized into Moses» (Paul's reading of the Red Sea and
the pillar of cloud).
Exodus 33:9: «Whenever Moses entered the tent,
the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent; and THE LORD WOULD SPEAK WITH MOSES.»
God protected the people of Israel by use of
the pillar of cloud and fire, and God helped them escape through the sea to escape the Egyptian army.
Through the use of
the pillar of cloud and fire and by causing confusion among the army ranks when the chariot wheels fell off, God continued to try to keep the army out of the danger of drowning in the Red Sea.
The God who, the ancient story tells us, led the people of Israel with
a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night can lead us by the clouds of the subconscious and the fires of imagination as truly as by consciously studied thought.
It is expressed by that symbol of the divine presence,
the pillar of cloud by day and of fire by night, which accompanies the people on their way through the desert.
God led his people throughout their wilderness journeys by
a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.
Steve, God is hidden in the same way the wind is hidden and as far as obeying Him if he took His finger and wrote in the sky; that sounds similar to
a pillar of cloud by day and fire by night and they (we) didn't obey.
In the wilderness, the Israelites were led by
a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.
Again, he compares the crossing of the sea and the guidance by
a pillar of cloud with Christian baptism, and finds prefigurations of the Lord's Supper in the gift of manna and the water from the rock.
Towards the top of
the pillar of cloud, I added a little of the light red, very light red, cream and muted yellow to create further layers.
Their works show us how
the Pillar of Cloud is transformed into the smoke of war and shelling, and how nature becomes an absent quality.
Ronchini Gallery artist Berndnaut Smilde will feature in the group exhibition «
Pillar of Cloud» at the Hermann Struck museum in Haifa, Israel curated by Svetlana Reingold.
They have been moving by faith and following the leading of God, just like the Israelites did with
the pillars of cloud and fire in the desert.