The Glory of God

Louis G. HulseyOctober 28, 2012Casa Grande, Arizona

John 17:1-3• 1, “These words spake Jesus, and lifted up

his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:”

• 2, “As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.”

• 3, “And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.”

John 17:4-5• 4, “I have glorified thee on the

earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.

• 5, “And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.”

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What Was the Glory?• What was the glory that Christ had

before the world was?• A. He was the Creator. • He was the Eternal Son, in perfect

harmony and oneness with the Father.

• He was of the same nature and substance as the Father.

• John 1:1-3, KJV, “In the beginning was the Word [λογος], and the Word [λογος] was with God, and the Word [λογος] was God. 2, The same was in the beginning with God. 3, All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.”

Hebrews 1:1-2• 1, “God, who at sundry times and in

divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,”

• 2, “Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;”

Hebrews 1:3-4• 3, “Who being the brightness of his glory,

and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;”

• 4, “Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.”

Hebrews 1:5-7• 5, “For unto which of the angels said he at

any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?”

• 6, “And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.”

• 7, “And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.”

Hebrews 1:8-10• 8, “But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O

God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.”

• 9, “Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.”

• 10, “And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:”

Isaiah 6:1-2, KJV• B. Jesus was the high and exalted Lord of

Holiness.• 1, “In the year that king Uzziah died I saw

also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.”

• 2, “Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.”

Isaiah 6:3-5, KJV• 3, “And one cried unto another, and said,

Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.”

• 4, “And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.”

• 5, “Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.”

Hebrews 6:6-8, KJV• 6, “Then flew one of the seraphims unto

me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:”

• 7, “And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.”

• 8, “Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.”

Daniel 2:31-33, LITV• C. Jesus was the “Stone made without

hands.”• 31, “You, O king, were seeing. And,

behold, a certain great image! That great image stood before you with a brilliant brightness, and its form was dreadful.”

• 32, “The head of this image was of fine gold, its breast and its arms were of silver, its belly and its thighs were of bronze,”

• 33, “its legs were of iron, its feet were partly of iron and partly of clay.”

Daniel 2:34-35, LITV• 34, “You continued until a stone was cut out

without hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them to pieces.”

• 35, “Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were together broken to pieces, and they became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors. And the wind carried them away so that no place was found for them. And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.”

Ezekiel 1:26-27, LITV• D. Jesus was the ruler of the universe.• 26, “And from above the expanse that was over

their heads was an appearance like a stone of lapis lazuli azure blue, the likeness of a throne. And on the likeness of the throne was a likeness in appearance like a man on it from above.”

• 27, “And I saw Him, like the color of polished bronze, looking like fire within it all around. From the appearance of His loins and upward, and from the appearance of His loins and downward, I saw Him looking like fire; and brightness to it all around.”

Ezekiel 1:28, LITV• 28, “As the appearance of the bow

that is in the cloud in the day of the rain, so appeared the brightness all around. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Jehovah. And I saw, and I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of One speaking.”

Exodus 33:17-18, LITV• E. Moses asked to see the glory of

God.• 17, “And Jehovah [יהוה= Yahweh] said

to Moses, This thing which you have spoken I will do. For you have found favor in My eyes, and I know you by name.”

• 18, “And he said, I pray, let me see Your glory.”

Exodus 33:19-20, LITV• 19, “And He said, I will cause all My

goodness to pass before your face. And I will call out the name of Jehovah before your face. And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy.”

• 20, “And He said, You are not able to see My face; for no man can see Me and live.”

Exodus 33:21-23, LITV• 21, “And Jehovah said, Behold, a place

by Me! And you shall stand on a rock.”• 22, “And as My glory is passing it will

be that I will put you in a cleft of the rock; and I will cover My hand over you during My passing.”

• 23, “And I will remove My hand, and you shall see My back; but My face cannot be seen.”

Moses Asked• Moses was not asking for the cloud.• He was saying, “God, I just want to

know what you are really like.” • The psalmist said, “Show me thy

ways, O Lord.”• God’s holiness, God’s moral

character and nature, passed before Moses.

Christ’s Glory• F. Christ’s glory was in the Shekinah. • Exodus 16:10, KJV, “And it came to

pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.”

The Glory• G. The glory of God covered Mt. Sinai.• Exodus 24:16-17, KJV, “And the glory of

the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud. 17, And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.”

The Glory• H. The glory of God sanctified the

tabernacle, the altar, and Aaron and his sons.

• Exodus 29:43-44, KJV. “And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory. 44, And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest's office.”

The Glory of God• Have you seen the glory of God?• Have you received any measure of

the glory of God?• How has it changed your life?