1. Matthew 24:30 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What does it mean for the Son of Man to come on the clouds?

Matthew 24:30 (ESV)

30 Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

Daniel 7:13–14 serves as the basis of what Jesus is teaching. Coming on the clouds, the return of Christ is connected with the coming of the Lord himself (see Exodus 13:21–22; Exodus 14:24; Psalm 68:4; Isaiah 19:1; Psalm 104:3; Jeremiah 4:13).1