Over the years we all see many clouds in the skies above us. A white cloud is non-threatening. Earthbound as humanity is, clouds have been beyond our reach until recent years. Almighty God, however, is free to use clouds as his vehicle for travel (Exodus 13:21; Psalm 104:3; Isaiah 19:1). So Jesus upon his ascension was taken into heaven on a cloud (Acts 1:9). Before his ascension, Jesus told his disciples that all people will see him return “on the clouds of heaven” (Matthew 24:30; Matthew 26:64; see also Acts 1:11). In this vision John now sees a cloud transporting a passenger.
14 Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and seated on the cloud one like a son of man, with a golden crown on his head, and a sharp sickle in his hand.