5. glory |ˈglôrē|
noun ( pl. -ries)
high renown or honor
won by notable
achievements
magnificence; great
beauty
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6. Evans says,
“Glory is the process of
manifesting, demonstrating
one’s attributes; letting
everyone in the stands see
you strut your stuff; letting
people in on who you are
on what makes you tick.
That’s glory.
“Only God has true glory.
Nothing can ever happen to
dim or diminish his glory.”
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7. 1. God’s glory manifested
in his nature
The glory of God is, “the
visible manifestation of his
attributes, his character, his
perfections”
The OT word for glory
means “to be weighted, to
be heavy”.
Awesome is used of God’s
glory - because that is what
he is!
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8. The glory of God is the composite of
all that he is - the sum of his being,
the comprehensive grouping of all
his qualities, attributes etc.
Evans examines God’s glory further
through Exodus 33:13-23. Moses
makes three requests of God.
1. Verse 13 -If you are pleased with me,
teach me your ways so I may know you
and continue to find favor with you. To
follow God you need to know him,
his ways are different to ours. Aluminum Composite
The LORD replied, “My Presence will go Panel - widely used in
with you...” construction
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9. 2. Then Moses said to him,
“If your Presence does not
go with us, do not send us
up from here.
Important principle - if
God is not with you it is
not worth going
anywhere.
And the LORD said to
Moses, “I will do the very
thing you have asked,
because I am pleased with
you and I know you by
name.”
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10. 3. Then Moses said, “Now show me your glory.”
In other words “I want to see and know
all that you are God, show me
everything”.
...the LORD said, “I will cause all my goodness
to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my
name, the LORD, in your presence. I will have
mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will
have compassion on whom I will have
compassion. But,” he said, “you cannot see my
face, for no one may see me and live.”
When my glory passes by, I will put you in a
cleft in the rock and cover you with my hand
until I have passed by. Then I will remove my
hand and you will see my back; but my face
must not be seen.”
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11. The Hebrew word for goodness
was also used for jewelry, it
means splendour. God has
intrinsic glory - it is part of who
he is.
We try to look or be glorious,
make up, plastic surgery,
possessions etc. - God has it
within himself, and it is there
whether you recognise it or not.
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12. The Hebrew word for goodness
was also used for jewelry, it
means splendour. God has
intrinsic glory - it is part of who
he is.
We try to look or be glorious,
make up, plastic surgery,
possessions etc. - God has it
within himself, and it is there
whether you recognise it or not.
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13. “I am the LORD; that is my name!
I will not yield my glory to another
or my praise to idols.
Isaiah 42:8
Not to us, LORD, not to us but to
your name be the glory, because of
your love and faithfulness.
Psalm 115:1
The glory of God does not depend
on what he does but is about who
he is
Psalm 29:3 - he is the God of glory
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14. 2. God’s glory manifested
in history
God’s internal essence ins shown
by his external actions - the
manifest glory of God, Shekinah
glory - meaning to reside or dwell
with, so men can see it.
Evans says, “The internal essence
of God would be a huge, radiating
light. If God were to come to show
us his inner self, we would see a
big light. Where do I get that...?”
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15. which God will bring about in his own time—God, the
blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of
lords, who alone is immortal and who lives in
unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see.
To him be honor and might forever. Amen.
1 Tim 6:15-16
The sun is 93 million miles from us, yet we feel its
effects and couldn’t get within 1,000,000 miles
without being burnt to bits
God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.
1 John 1:5
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16. which God will bring about in his own time—God, the
blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of
lords, who alone is immortal and who lives in
unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see.
To him be honor and might forever. Amen.
1 Tim 6:15-16
The sun is 93 million miles from us, yet we feel its
effects and couldn’t get within 1,000,000 miles
without being burnt to bits
God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.
1 John 1:5
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17. which God will bring about in his own time—God, the
blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of
lords, who alone is immortal and who lives in
unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see.
To him be honor and might forever. Amen.
1 Tim 6:15-16
The sun is 93 million miles from us, yet we feel its
effects and couldn’t get within 1,000,000 miles
without being burnt to bits
God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.
1 John 1:5
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18. When God shows up in history it is
always in relation to light;
Ezekiel 1:28 Like the appearance of a
rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so
was the radiance around him. This was the
appearance of the likeness of the glory of
the LORD. When I saw it, I fell facedown,
and I heard the voice of one speaking.
Luke 2:9 An angel of the Lord appeared to
them, and the glory of the Lord shone
around them, and they were terrified.
Rev 21:23 The city does not need the sun
or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of
God gives it light, and the Lamb is its
lamp.
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19. 2.a.Revealed in creation
God reveals the light of his glory in a
number of ways:
Psalm 19:1-2, 4-6
We cannot hide from God’s glory as it
is revealed in the world around us. Go
outside and see how glorious God is.
Our galaxy, the Milky way, has over
200 billion stars - and the universes is
thought to have at least 1 million other
such galaxies
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20. 2.a.Revealed in creation
The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies
proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day
God reveals the light speech; night after night they
they pour forth of his glory in a
reveal knowledge. They have no speech, they
number of ways:
use no words; no sound is heard from them. Yet
Psalm 19:1-2, 4-6
We cannot hide from God’s glory allitthe earth, their
their voice goes out into as
is revealed in theends of the world. In the heavens
words to the world around us. Go
outside has see how glorious God is. sun. It is like a
God and pitched a tent for the
Our galaxy, the Milky way, hasof his chamber, like a
bridegroom coming out over
200 billion stars - and the universes is
champion rejoicing1to run other
thought to have at least million
his course. It rises at
such galaxies the heavens and makes its circuit to
one end of
the other; nothing is deprived of its warmth.
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28. 2.b. Revealed in the tabernacle
God revealed his glory in and around the tabernacle,
Exodus 40:34-38
Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the
LORD filled the tabernacle. Moses could not enter the tent of
meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the
LORD filled the tabernacle.
In all the travels of the Israelites, whenever the cloud lifted from
above the tabernacle, they would set out; but if the cloud did not
lift, they did not set out—until the day it lifted. So the cloud of
the LORD was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the
cloud by night, in the sight of all the Israelites during all their
travels.
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29. Why did God appear as a cloud of glory?
Evans suggests this as a principle for
Christian living - don’t move until the glory
cloud moves - if you have a passion for the
glory of God look for it, then it will pull you
forward and move you on at the right time.
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30. 2.c. Revealed in the temple
1 Kings 8:10-11 reveals
God’s glory in the temple,
the permanent dwelling
pace of God.
When the priests withdrew from
the Holy Place, the cloud filled
the temple of the LORD. And
the priests could not perform
their service because of the
cloud, for the glory of the
LORD filled his temple.
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31. 2.c. Revealed in the temple
Because God was present
1 Kings 8:10-11 reveals amongst his people so
God’s glory in the temple, were all of his attributes -
the permanent dwelling power, knowledge, truth,
pace of God. presence, guidance,
When the priests withdrew from revelation - thus we see
the Holy Place, the cloud filled the importance of the
the temple of the LORD. And glory of God residing
the priests could not perform with us.
their service because of the
1 Sam 4:21 - ichabod =
cloud, for the glory of the
the glory has departed =
LORD filled his temple.
no presence = disaster!
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33. Zerubbabel's Temple
The rebuilding of Jerusalem's
temple was done in stages (c. 536–
516 b.c.). First, the altar was built,
so that sacrifices could again be
made (Ezra 3:2–3). The second
phase was the laying of the
foundation of the temple.
The only information given in the
biblical record about the
architecture of the temple is the
dimensions, which were sixty
cubits (90 feet/27 m) high and wide
(Ezra 6:3). As there is no mention
of the length of the building, these
dimensions must refer to the facade
of the temple, i.e., the Porch.
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34. Herod's Temple in
the Time of Jesus
Herod began
construction of this
magnificent temple
in 20/19 b.c., the
main construction
phase was
completed within
about a decade. The
Roman army under
Titus destroyed the
temple during the
capture of
Jerusalem in a.d.
70.
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35. 2.d. Revealed in christ
The ultimate revelation of God’s glory
is Jesus Christ. John 1:1, 14, 18
In the beginning was the Word, and
the Word was with God, and the
Word was God...The Word became
flesh and made his dwelling among
us. We have seen his glory, the glory
of the one and only Son, who came
from the Father, full of grace and
truth...No one has ever seen God, but
the one and only Son, who is himself
God and is in closest relationship
with the Father, has made him
known.
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36. 2.d. Revealed in christ
On earth Jesus was God’s
glory in human flesh -
because of this he could do
the miracles and things
that only God can do.
During the Transfiguration
we see Jesus in a glorified
form - as if there was a
bursting out of the glory of
God from within him - and
even the voice from heaven
made them all hide their
faces. Matt 17:1-8
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37. 2.d. Revealed in the church
Eph 3:20-21 - Now to him who is able
to do immeasurably more than all we
ask or imagine, according to his power
that is at work within us, to him be
glory in the church and in Christ Jesus
throughout all generations, for ever and
ever! Amen.
God’s glory is shown through the
people of God - we reflect and
mirror what God is like
Eph 1:12 -in order that we, who were
the first to put our hope in Christ, might
be for the praise of his glory.
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38. 3. God’s glory: the basis
of blessing and cursing
2 Cor 4:3-4 -And even if our gospel is
veiled, it is veiled to those who are
perishing. The god of this age has blinded
the minds of unbelievers, so that they
cannot see the light of the gospel that
displays the glory of Christ, who is the
image of God.
Rom 3:23 - for all have sinned and fall
short of the glory of God,
We are sinners because we are not
like God - his inner being and ours
are totally different - we have sinned
and don’t match up to his glory
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39. Evans suggests that the glory of God
which proved us sinners now becomes
the basis of our blessing:
2 Cor 4:6-7 - For God, who said, “Let light
shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in
our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge
of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.
But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show
that this all-surpassing power is from God and
not from us.
Where’s the blessing? It is shown in 8-9,
We are hard pressed on every side, but not
crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but
not destroyed.
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40. When you have God’s glory the
problems do not crush you, you
might get confused but you don’t
commit suicide - there maybe
problems all around but God’s
glory surounds you and therefore
means you are not destroyed.
So the glory of God brings his
support, encouragement,
blessing, strength etc. - it does
not mean there will never be
difficulties, simply that God
promises strength for you to go
through it.
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41. God’s glory demands a
response
Only fallen men and fallen
angels don’t voluntarily
glorify God.
Claiming to esteem God has
to be shown - how much
you esteem God is shown
by what you do - how do
you respond to God?
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42. 1. Sing to him
Psalm 96:1-3 - Sing to the LORD
a new song; sing to the LORD, all
the earth. Sing to the LORD, praise
his name; proclaim his salvation
day after day. Declare his glory
among the nations, his marvelous
deeds among all peoples.
According to Evans, cows
mooing, cats meowing and the
rest are all giving glory to God -
verse Psalm 96: 11-13a
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43. Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be
glad; let the sea resound, and all that is
in it. Let the fields be jubilant, and
everything in them; let all the trees of the
forest sing for joy. Let all creation rejoice
before the LORD, for he comes,
And we should be doing the same,
look at verses 7-9;
Ascribe to the LORD, all you families of
nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and
strength. Ascribe to the LORD the glory
due his name; bring an offering and come
into his courts. Worship the LORD in
the splendor of his holiness; tremble
before him, all the earth.
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44. 2. Praise him
We cannot give glory to God -
it is intrinsic to him - but we
can ascribe it to him.
A judge or policeman becomes
glorious by putting on a robe
or uniform and becomes less
glorious by taking it off - God
never takes his glory off - he is
glorious
How much - Ps 113:3 - From
the rising of the sun to the place
where it sets, the name of the LORD
is to be praised. All times, all
places, all events
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45. 3. Glorify Him
Jesus healed 10 lepers and only
one came back to praise him -
Luke 17:13-19
V. 17 “Jesus asked, “Were not all
ten cleansed? Where are the other
nine?”
Where are we when it comes to
glorifying God - in bed, too
tired...God has given us life in
him, our response should be to
glorify him - something that can
be dome in many ways:
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46. 1. Bearing much fruit - Jn 15:8
2. Doing good works - Matt 5:16
3. Being sexually pure - 1 Cor
6:18-20
4. Confessing sins - Josh 7:9
5. Living by faith - Rom 4:19-21
6. Proclaiming his word - 2Thess
3:1 Etc.
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47. And even if non-believers won’t
glorify God, God will still get the
glory
Look at pharaoh - would not let
Israel go - Ex 14:17 - I will harden
the hearts of the Egyptians so that they
will go in after them. And I will gain
glory through Pharaoh and all his
army, through his chariots and his
horsemen.
The question is not whether God
will be glorified but whether we
will give it to him voluntarily!
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48. God’s glory transforms
those who respond
2 Cor 3:18
18 And we all, who with unveiled
faces contemplate the Lord’s glory,
are being transformed into his
image with ever-increasing glory,
which comes from the Lord, who is
the Spirit.
TM -And so we are transfigured
much like the Messiah, our lives
gradually becoming brighter and
more beautiful as God enters our
lives and we become like him.
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49. A Temporary glow
Exodus 34
When Moses came down from Mount
Sinai with the two tablets of the covenant
law in his hands, he was not aware that his
face was radiant because he had spoken
with the LORD. When Aaron and all the
Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiant,
and they were afraid to come near him...
When Moses finished speaking to them, he
put a veil over his face. But whenever he
entered the LORD’s presence to speak
with him, he removed the veil until he
came out.
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50. A permanent glow
Meeting Jesus, becoming a
Christian, puts a glow in our lives. If
we expose ourselves to God’s glory
this remains - if not we need to re-
enter his presence and be
transformed.
David in Ps 16:8-9 said - I keep my
eyes always on the LORD. With him at
my right hand, I will not be shaken.
Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue
rejoices; my body also will rest secure,
The presence of God (eyes fixed on)
produces gladness and rejoicing.
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51. A permanent glow
Meeting Jesus, becoming a
Christian, puts a glow inin lives. If
The bottom line our
we expose God’s glory: 1
seeing ourselves to God’s glory
this remains 31 not we need to re-
Cor 10: - if and be
enter his presence
So whether you eat
transformed.
David in Ps 16:8-9 said - I keep my
or drink or
eyes always on the LORD. With him at
whateverglad and my tongue
you do,
my right hand, I will not be shaken.
Therefore my heart is
rejoices; my bodyall will restthe
do it also for secure,
The presence of God (eyes fixed on)
glory of God.
produces gladness and rejoicing.
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52. Responding to the glory
of God
1. Look at your daily routine
- how much of your time and
energy is focussed around
giving glory to God - how
much is “activity”
2. Have circumstances worn
you down - recommit to God
and to seeking his glory
3. Memorise 2 Cor 3:18 and
1 Cor 10:13
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53. Responding to the glory
of God
And we all, who with
1. Look at your daily routine
unveiled faces
- how much of your time and
contemplate the
energy is focussed around
giving glory to God - are
Lord’s glory, how
much is “activity”
being transformed
2. into his image with
Have circumstances worn
you down - recommit to God
ever-increasing glory,
and to seeking his glory
which comes from the
3. Memorise 2 Cor 3:18 and
1 Cor 10:13 who is the
Lord,
Spirit.
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54. Responding to the glory
of God
And we all, whohas
No temptation with
1. overtaken you except
Look at your daily routine
unveiled faces
- how much of your time and
what is common to
contemplate the
energy is focussed around
giving glory to GodGod is
mankind.glory,- are
Lord’s And how
much is “activity” not let
faithful; he will
being transformed
you becircumstances worn
tempted beyond
2. into his image with
Have
you down - recommit toBut
what you can bear. God
ever-increasing glory,
and to when you glory
seeking his are
which comeswill also
tempted,he fromand the
3. Memorise 2 Cor 3:18
1 Cor 10:13 who is the
Lord,
provide a way out so
that you can endure it.
Spirit.
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