{"id":3354,"date":"2016-09-07T09:48:07","date_gmt":"2016-09-07T09:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/?p=3354"},"modified":"2023-08-29T11:20:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T17:20:49","slug":"the-glory-of-god-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baonline.cog7engage.net\/the-glory-of-god-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Glory of God"},"content":{"rendered":"
The term \u201cthe kingdom, the power, and the glory\u201d in biblical Scriptures is best remembered from the prayer Jesus gave in His Sermon on the Mount. In Matthew, the Lord\u2019s Prayer focused on God\u2019s kingdom and repeated these words in the last sentence: \u201cFor Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen\u201d (Matthew 6:13).<\/p>\n
Glory is a recurring theme throughout the Bible that reveals and defines God\u2019s attributes and provides measures to give reverence and praise for the glory of God and His kingdom (see Romans 11:36).<\/p>\n
The Doxology, prayed by Jesus, appears to have been drawn from David\u2019s praise of God, documented in 1 Chronicles:<\/p>\n
\u201cYours, O Lord, is the greatness,
\nThe power and the glory,
\nThe victory and the majesty;
\nFor all that is in heaven and in earth is Yours;
\nYours is the kingdom, O Lord,
\nAnd You are exalted as head over all\u201d (29:11).<\/p><\/blockquote>\nMoses asked the Lord to reveal His glory in the earliest biblical reference to the glory of God (Exodus 33:18; see also 16:7).<\/p>\n
In his prophetic book Daniel observed,<\/p>\n
Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom,
\nThat all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him.
\nHis dominion is an everlasting dominion,
\nWhich shall not pass away,
\nAnd His kingdom the one
\nWhich shall not be destroyed (Daniel 7:14).<\/p><\/blockquote>\nMoses, David, Daniel, and Jesus: Throughout the Bible, God\u2019s glory and power and kingdom are celebrated and hoped for among His people. Let\u2019s take a deeper look at this glory.<\/p>\n
Aspects of glory<\/strong><\/p>\n
Philippe Paul-Luc Viguier\u2019s thesis The Glory of God: A<\/em> Biblical Theology<\/em> draws attention to two books of the Bible that especially contain comprehensive scriptural passages about God\u2019s glory. These passages (Exodus 33:12\u201434:35 and John 1:1-18) address eight aspects of God\u2019s glory:<\/p>\n
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- God\u2019s kingly glory<\/li>\n
- God\u2019s beaming glory<\/li>\n
- God\u2019s essential glory<\/li>\n
- God\u2019s revelatory glory<\/li>\n
- God\u2019s praiseworthy glory<\/li>\n
- God\u2019s messianic glory<\/li>\n
- God\u2019s participatory glory<\/li>\n
- God\u2019s eschatological glory<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
This scriptural analysis shows that God\u2019s glory is knowable and relevant, especially through the revelation of Jesus Christ.1, 2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/sup><\/p>\n
These passages in Exodus and John also reveal that the fundamental content of divine glory is God\u2019s abundant mercy, grace, longsuffering, goodness and truth (Exodus 34:6; John 1:14). Notably, in both John and Exodus, the presence of the glory also signals that God is shaping a kingdom<\/em> people by His power<\/em> (Exodus 19:6; 32:11; John 3:3; 1:12).<\/p>\n
This leads to another important aspect of glory: its universality. \u201cHoly, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts;\u00a0The whole earth is full of His glory!\u201d (Isaiah 6:3).<\/p>\n
Psalm 19:1-4 continues this thought, describing how all of creation recognizes the need to glorify God for who He is and what He has done:<\/p>\n
The heavens declare the glory of God;
\nAnd the firmament shows His handiwork.
\nDay unto day utters speech,
\nAnd night unto night reveals knowledge.
\nThere is no speech nor language
\nWhere their voice is not heard.
\nTheir line has gone out through all the earth,
\nAnd their words to the end of the world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nAttributes of glory<\/strong><\/p>\n
Psalms, the praise book of the Bible, provides a list of God\u2019s attributes. The psalmists pointed out characteristics that exclusively belong to God. These allow us to see who He really is and provide a basis for our ascribing glory and worship of Him.<\/p>\n
Attributes of God3 <\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n