THE GLORY OF GOD

                                                       THE GLORY OF GOD

 

There are many prophets, as well as evangelists, who believe that we are entering in or are in the midst of an Awakening/Revival which will manifest the glory of God throughout the world!

“What is the glory?  God is the glory, and the glory is God.  The glory is God’s fullness.  It’s His manifest presence, His character, His nature, His ability, His provision and the weight and splendor of His majesty.  It is the essence of His beauty.  The glory is all that He is and all that He has.  Everything about God is glorious, and He wants us to know Him in the fullness of His glory because he is the God of Glory.” (“Moving in Glory Realms” Joshua Mills)

 “Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you. See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the Lord rises upon you and his glory appears over you. Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn. Isaiah 60:1-3 NIV

 When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiant, and they were afraid to come near him.  Exodus 34:30 NIV

All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel. Acts 6:15 NIV

 After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. Matthew 17:1-2 NIV

Four Ways to Tap Into The Glory of God (Kenneth Copeland Ministries September 25, 2017)

Look For the Glory:

To the Israelites the glory of the Lord looked like a consuming fire on top of the mountain. Exodus 24:17 NIV The glory is a visible power.  The Israelites could see the manifestation of the glory of God on Mount Sinai with the fire on the mountain.  When the Israelites were in the wilderness they saw a cloud by day and fire by night.

Can we see the glory today?  Yes, there are numerous stories.  Many of the stories are about seeing a “glory cloud” or a fog during a church service.

“There are countless testimonies of individuals and groups of believers having seen visible evidence of God’s glory. During his preaching days, Brother Kenneth E. Hagin compiled a list of every scripture in the Bible about the glory. When he would read them aloud in a service, the glory would appear like a cloud or a wave, and people would fall on the floor under that power, or rush to the altar to get saved. It is tangible and it is powerful! So, start expecting to see the glory of the Lord!”

Pray For the Glory:

We should pray that the glory of God is manifested in us through our lives.  We need to diligently seek and ask for the glory of God to be revealed so that miracles, signs and wonders will happen.

 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.  I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, Ephesians 1:17-18 NIV

The glory of God manifesting in us is part of our inheritance through Jesus Christ.

Prepare for The Glory:

We must walk in love to increase the amount of glory in our lives.  We must have intimacy with the Holy Spirit.  Take time to be with the Lord every day.  Worship Him.  It is God’s love language.

Walk In The Glory:

 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. II Corinthians 3:18 NIV

The glory of God is looking for a dwelling place.  The original house for the glory of God was in a Tabernacle.  In the New Covenant, the Holy Spirit dwells within every believer. Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? I Corinthians 3:16 NIV

The apostles experienced the glory of God at Pentecost and after this experience they were never the same because now they became the walking, talking, preaching manifestations of God’s glory here on earth.  Signs, wonders and miracles followed them wherever they went.  So it is with us.  We need to be the carriers of God’s glory here on earth! (“Four Ways to Tap Into the Glory of God” Kenneth Copeland Ministries)

Miracles Happen in The Glory:

Azusa Street

“One man had his shoulder and arm ripped off. William Seymour prayed and, as people watched, the bone grew out followed by flesh. It took about two seconds for the entire arm to grow out.

Members of the congregation began to pray for each other. In one case a man’s fingers had been cut off. They grew back before everyone’s eyes. Another member held her finger on a man’s gum where a tooth was missing. The entire tooth grew back while she watched. A skinny cancer victim was healed and also gained 40 pounds within three hours.”

The following video depicts some of the miracles at Azusa.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se07jif4J6U

The following is a video about the glory of God.  At 43 minutes Robin D. Bullock, a prophet of God, talks about experiencing the glory at a church and shows a picture of the glory cloud (a mist/fog) during the service and you can see Jesus in the picture!

https://www.facebook.com/ElijahStreamsTV/videos/287616412962213                  

The following video is an interview with Donna Rigney talking about the glory of God.

https://sidroth.org/television/tv-archives/donna-rigney-4/?src=banner_tv

PRAYER ABOUT THE GLORY

Father, in the name of Jesus, Your glory is welcomed here in my life.  May others see You, even as they see me.  Let the glory of Your face rest upon my countenance.  Let the works of Your hands be the works of my hands.  I desire to live, face to face in synchronicity with You.

Let me only speak words that bring edification, encouragement and comfort to those around me.  That others might hear You…see You…know You…and feel You through the atmosphere that surrounds my life.  Thank You for being my closest Friend. (“The Glory” Joshua Mills)

 

GOD'S TEMPLE

                                                                 GOD’S TEMPLE

“The Ark of the Covenant was one of the most instrumental symbols of faith and God’s presence. The contents of which included the tables of the Mosaic law, a pot of manna, and the rod of Aaron. The Ark’s origin stemmed from Exodus 25:10 when Moses was commanded by God to “make an ark of acacia wood.

Unlike the statutes of gods idolized by many of the Israelites, the Ark of the Covenant served as a religious symbol where the people could meet with God. He hovered over the Ark when the priests were present. If the priests were absent, the presence of the law tablets reflected God’s presence. Thus, the Ark of the Covenant was aptly named because of the commandments written on the tablets.”  (What Was the Ark of The Covenant?  Its Meaning and Significance by Chad Napier; Christianity.com/Crosswalk Contributing writer)

Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in your midst?  I Corinthians 3:16 (NIV)

 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.  1 Corinthians 6:19 (NIV)

Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.  In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord.  Ephesians 2:19-21 (NIV)

Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.  Hebrews 10:19-22 (NIV)

“The breaking of Jesus’ body at the crucifixion is the unprecedented means by which believers have access to the presence of God.” (Professor Daniel M. Gurtner) 

 The Ark of the Covenant contained the presence of God.  Moses was told by God to build it.  It contained the Ten Commandments.  It was a reminder to the people of God’s presence.  King Solomon, who was David’s son, built the first Temple. 

The First Temple was totally destroyed in the Siege of Jerusalem by the Neo-Babylonian Empire in 586 BC.  The Romans destroyed the Second Temple in 70 AD.  According to most theologians, a Third Temple will be built during the Tribulation when the anti-christ will declare himself as God. 

We are God’s Temple.  It is He who lives in the Body of Christ.  Remember when God said to Moses, This is the covenant I will establish with the people of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.  Hebrews 8:10 (NIV)

I believe that it was God’s intent all of the time to manifest His presence by showing the people first through the building of the Ark of the Covenant.  It was a visible sign.  Then when Jesus died, we received the full inheritance of Christ as children of God through the Salvation of Jesus on the cross of Calvary.   The renting of the curtain at the Temple when Jesus died signified  that there was no longer a division between man and God because Jesus became the Mediator between man and God Almighty. 

A Temple is a place where God dwells.  When we ask Jesus into our heart, He comes in and dwells in our body and spirit.  We are made in the image and likeness of God.  When we speak God’s Word, He is speaking through us.  When we are compassionate and reach out to others, it is God Himself, through our actions, touching other people’s lives.  St. Theresa of Avila once said, “Christ has no body now on earth but yours, no hands, no feet but yours. Yours are the eyes with which Christ looks out his compassion to the world. Yours are the feet with which he is to go about doing good. Yours are the hands with which he is to bless us now.”

It is overwhelming to me that God would choose, through Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, to dwell in such an imperfect body in which who we are is manifested in our soul which consists of our mind, will and emotions.  So many times our soul can be in conflict with God’s will but that is why the Holy Spirit is there to counsel, help and comfort us.  We are not alone. 

“But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female. ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.^] So they are no longer two, but one flesh.  Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”  Mark 10:6-9 (NIV) We are no longer alone when we ask Jesus into our hearts and lives.  We become one in Him through the Holy Spirit dwelling in us.  His true Presence abides in us.

The following is a quote from Brother Lawrence who was a lay brother and was born in 1614 and wrote the book, “The Practice of The Presence of God.”

“He does not ask much of us, merely a thought of Him from time to time, a little act of adoration, sometimes to ask for His grace, sometimes to offer Him your sufferings, at other times to thank Him for the graces, past and present, He has bestowed on you, in the midst of your troubles to take solace in Him as often as you can. Lift up your heart to Him during your meals and in company; the least little remembrance will always be the most pleasing to Him. One need not cry out very loudly; He is nearer to us than we think.”
― Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God

Yes, God is “nearer to us than we think.”  He is so near that He lives inside us.  We are His Temple so His presence living in us is solace in times of trial but also a joy to know that the God of all creation dwells in us!!  So next time you hear that quiet inner voice, listen because He is speaking to His beloved--------------YOU!!

SALVATION PRAYER

Thank You Jesus for dying on the cross to cleanse me from all my sins.

Forgive me of all my sins as I forgive those who have offended me.

Come into my heart.  Dwell in me.  I surrender my life to You.

Thank you Jesus!!