Seeing God Through Cloud and Fire

God appeared to children of Israel in the wilderness and went before them as a Pillar of Cloud by Day and a Pillar of Fire by Night. Understanding the nature of cloud and fire helps us to understand the nature of God himself.
Cloud Hides, Fire Reveals - God protects as a mother hen protects her chicks, God also reveals His plans concerning your future----more----
Cloud Cools, Fire Heats - God comforts you like a mother, but at the same time he rebukes and instructs us to correct ourselves
Cloud Produces, Fire Consumes - When we obey God, He gives us everything, but when we disobey Him, He destroys what is given.
The same God who protects also reveals, same God who comforts also rebukes, the same God who grows also destroys.