The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

territories in which they inhabit. See Mountains. Clefts represent safe places amid one’s dwelling or visitation with their god. Later, man-made niches replaced this concept. See Exodus 33:22. 288. Cloak—Like hood and mantle, a cloak is a type of covering. It too is meant to protect, secure, and conceal. The Bible refers to a cloak as a covering for sin. 289. Clock, Timepiece—In prophetic dreams, clocks represent the Lord’s revelation of His impending times and seasons as they pertain to shifts in His activities in the earth. The time on a prophetic clock can appear as seconds, minutes, and hours but it takes prophetic revelation to determine if these in fact apply to days, weeks, months, and years. Decades, centuries, and millennia could even be meant. Isaiah 38:8. 290. Cloud—Prophetic symbol of celestial spirits and angels; spiritual vehicles upon which, or within, the heavenly citizens ride. Since biblically clouds are revealed as the transportation system of the spiritual citizens of creation, it is not surprising that they provided Christ’s mode of transportation upon which He returned to heaven. Isaiah 19:1 says God rides on a cloud. See also Psalm 68:4. 291. Coasts—Prophetically coasts symbolize the borders, ports of entry, by which returning or alien forces (demonic spirits included) enter a territory. All coast lands were and continue to be merchant centers. Since most travel was done by ships and large imports and exports relied on them, the coasts became known for business, trade, idolatry, and harlotry. Here is why the end-time references to the harlot and trafficking are linked together. Sailors away at sea for long periods were in need of all kinds of refreshing and thus prostitution flourished in such areas as ritual harlots brought their temples and deities much profit by charging sex-starved merchants for their favors. The queen of heaven, lady of kingdoms, and Babylonian whores were all favorite metaphors for coastal brothels spawned by the trafficking of international commerce as well as the pagan and idolatrous customs behind the trafficking itself. In Isaiah 47:5–7, Chaldea, a synonym for Babylon, is dubbed the lady of kingdoms, a consignment that carries through to the apostle John’s apocalypse in Revelation 18:3–23. 292. Cobra—A sacred serpent who was thought to have magical powers, special wisdom, and other occultic and demonic influences. The Egyptians worshipped cobras for these reasons. Cobras often embodied rulers of the