Some other Bible versions say Crowd of Witnesses.
They are the Saints, that is, Christians who have gone ahead of us to be with
the Lord in His holy habitation – Heaven. Like Jesus Christ, who endured the
cross, despised the shame and is seated with God; these Cloud of Witnesses are
Conquerors and are seated with God; these Cloud of Witnesses are Overcomers and
are seated with Christ in heavenly places. The scriptures say:
“Therefore,
since we are surrounded by so great a Cloud of Witnesses, let us lay aside
every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance
the race that is set before us…(Hebrews 12: 1 – 2, RSV).
While speaking with the Holy Spirit about my
wife, after He has shown me severally that she is with Him; He said: “Yusuf, your
wife has gone ahead to perfect you.” I said, “wait a minute Holy Spirit, I
don’t understand.” Then He explained. The Lord said that apart from Jesus interceding
for us before God, that the Cloud of Witnesses IMPLORES Jesus on our behalf.
The Cloud of Witnesses CHEEER or ENCOURAGE us that are still on the earth. The Cloud
of Witnesses also RECEIVE or WELCOME oncoming saints with the Angels of God at
the pearly gates of heaven (please see John 16: 22, 25 – 27, RSV). For me, this
is very gratifying and enthralling. Anytime you think of a translated loved one
or a great Saint who only changed location, think of the Cloud of Witnesses,
whom God said to me perfect us. Finally, I leave you with the infallible and
apt word of God in Hebrew 12: 22 – 24, CEV:
“You
have now come to Mount Zion and to the heavenly Jerusalem. This is the holy
city of the living God, where thousands and thousands of angels have come to
celebrate. Here you will find all of Gods dearest children, whose names are
written in heaven. And you will find God himself, who judges everyone. Here
also are the spirits of those good people who have been made perfect. And Jesus
is here! He is the one who makes Gods new agreement (covenant) with us, and his
sprinkled blood says much better things than the blood of Abel”Halleluyah!
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