And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, a cloud filled the house of the LORD, so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD. 1 Kings 8:10-11
These verses were written at the dedication of the temple that king Solomon built for the Lord. Two items stand out in this chapter: Atonement through massive sacrifice (1 Kings 8:5, 63), and much prayer. In this atmosphere of blood atonement and prayer, we find God drawing near to His people—His glory—as a cloud—filling the temple.
Christ was the temple of God in whom all the fullness of God dwelt in bodily form (Col 2:9) even as His body offered the blood atonement that we needed for God to draw near (Heb 10:19-20). And so as Scripture says: God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 2 Corth 4:6