God's Descent in Darkness and Judgment

When the Psalmist declares, "He bowed the heavens also, and came down," he employs the vivid language of tempest to describe Elohim's approach to judgment. As storm clouds descend from the mountains toward the valleys, drawing nearer to earth with each moment, so the heavens themselves bend beneath the weight of the Almighty's presence. Spurgeon notes that "darkness was under his feet"—a detail that amplifies rather than diminishes the terror of the scene.…