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The Spirit Lets Us See the Glory of God
(Jn16:13-14; Ac7:52-60)

God is the God of glory (Ac7:2).
All glory comes from Him and returns to Him, and
He brings those who give glory to Him into glory (1Pe5:10).
 
Faith is knowing His glory and
The life of this faith is doing all for the glory of Yeshua Christ (1Co10:31) for
Even in the world people without hesitating
Lay their life down for the glory of their nation or even of their family.
 
The Bible speaks of the glory of God:
God reveals His glory and lets creatures glorify Him for
He does not yield His glory to another (Is42:8).
 
Although he was created for God’s glory (Is43:7),
Adam, a living being, was deceived by the devil and sinned (Ge2:17, 3:4-6), and thus
All men became demoted to being servants of the angel (2Pe2:19) to follow him to hell (Mt25:41).
The devil is Satan, the fallen angel from heaven to Hades (Is14:12-15; 2Pe2:4), who
Challenged the throne prepared for the Son of God (Col1:16; He1:2).
 
To the Israelites, the people in whom God would display His glory (Is49:3),
He displayed His glory in various ways:
Destroying the Egyptian army in the Red Sea (Ex14:4, 15:6-11);
Sending manna in the desert (Ex16:4-7); the fire and the clouds on Mount Sinai (Ex16:10-20);
The radiant face of Moses (Ex34:29-33);
The cloud above the tent of meeting and the atonement cover (Ex40:34-35);
The fire that burned up sacrifice (Lev9:23-24) etc.
In spite of this, those who tested God 10 times fell in the wilderness and died (Nu14:21-23).
 
The sanctuary where the name of Jehovah and the ark of God was (1Sa4:22)
Reminded them of the glory of the LORD and it was the glory of Israel.
 
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection and the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would reveal the Father’s glory with His own glory (Jn17:5) for
He is the glory of the only begotten Son, the incarnate Word (Jn1:1, 14).
 
While the people did not recognize Him, the devil and demons did (Mt4:3; Mk1:24), and so
He displayed His glory through signs (Mt9:8, 15:31; Mk2:12; Lk7:14-16).
However, since He did not seek to be glorified by men but rather only by the Father (Jn12:21-24),
He was put to death by the Jews who considered Him to be blasphemous.
 
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1)     Laid down His life willingly according to the Father’s command and glorified the Father (Jn10:17-18; Php2:6-11);
2)     Judged the devil who tempted to fraud glory (1Jn3:8); and
3)     His death — paid the price of sin for all men and set them free from sin, death and the devil;
His blood — redeemed all men who were slaves, in order to be brought into the glory of the children of God (Rm8:21).
 
He resurrected and received the crown of glory and
Entered eternal glory (Rev21:24-26), where He receives glory for ever and ever (Rev5:11-13).
 
The Holy Spirit who was sent from there
Lets the glory of Yeshua Christ be known (Jn16:14):
That is, Yeshua is God, the Messiah.
 
The man of the Spirit is he who,
For his lowly body to be transformed into a glorious body like that of the Lord
On the day Christ returns (Php3:20-21),
Whatever he does, he does it for the glory of Christ (1Co10:31):
Through prayer (Jn14:13), through his transformed life (Mt5:16; 2Co3:18; 1Pe2:12),
By rejoicing in hardship (1Pe1:7-9) and
Also when insulted because of the name of Yeshua (Ac5:41; 1Pe4:14) for
He longs to sow in dishonor to be raised in glory (1Co15:43).
 
O Lord,
In every moment of our life
Let us live for the glory of Yeshua Christ and
Even as we die whenever or wherever,
Let us give You glory (Ac7:55-60)!  Amen.