The Hope of Christmas
Read the Bible through:
AM – Joel 1-3 : PM – Revelation 2
The Glory of God
Romans 5:1-2
2 “Through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God"
Read the Bible through:
AM – Joel 1-3 : PM – Revelation 2
The Glory of God
Romans 5:1-2
2 “Through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God"
“But ‘glory’ doesn’t mean ‘a nice knockdown argument,’” Alice told Humpty Dumpty in a scene from Lewis Carroll’s children’s classic Through the Looking Glass.
“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty replied scornfully, “it means just what I choose it to mean.”
What does it mean, this word “glory”? We use it in sermon and song, sometimes even in exclamations. (Glory, be!”) The Old Testament word kabod, refers to “heaviness.” Contemporary slang reflects the meaning. Confronted by overwhelming circumstances, teenagers are likely to exclaim, “Man, that’s heavy!”
Figuratively speaking, that’s what Paul meant by “the glory of God” – God’s heaviness, the weight of glory (2 Cor. 4:17), a divine grandeur so awesome we can’t begin to comprehend it. But we shall someday. The very thing forfeited through sin (Rom. 3:23) has become our hope through the grace of our Lord Jesus.
Lord, increase my yearning to taste Your glory.
