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GLORY!
The old Pentecostal hollers "Ohhhhh, glowww-ry!", when he or she is excited. They talk about having a "glory spell", and say that it's better felt than tel't. They recommend being "under the spout-ta, where the glowrah comes out-ta."
A West African Yoruba Christian raises both fists and shouts, "Ogooooooooo!" (glory).
Hollywood made a movie about the blacks' heroic participation in the muddy, bloody Civil War in the United States , and called it "Glory."
An old nickname for the flag of the United States is: "Old Glory."
We sing the song, "His Truth is marching on.", and the line, "There’s a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me."
There is a food called "glorified rice", consisting of rice, poison sugar and whipped cream, etc.
The word "glory", in the Bible, is impossible to adequately define or describe. But we, God and I, will try. When Moses asked Yahweh to show him His glory, God responded that it would be impossible for someone to see very much of God's glory, and live.
So, God prepared a special safety seat, and showed Moses just a little bit of His Glory. In Genesis 16:14, the lady exclaims, "I have seen Yahweh, and yet I am alive!", and referred to the God that sees , as, "El Roi", like the middle name of our oldest grandson, Zoe El Roi.
Can you imagine someone's face shining brighter than the sun? That's why Moses had to put a cloth over his face, so he could talk to people without blinding them. You know how dangerous it is to look at the sun for even a few seconds, even during an eclipse! The Bible tells us that's how our faces are to look, and can look, in the here and now. Here's how!
Can you imagine a fire large enough in the sky at night that is bright enough for 2 1/2 to 6 million people to see where they are going and what they are doing? That's how large the fire of Glory was to the Children of Israel, God's people, in the dessert. Can you imagine that same fire being hot enough to keep that many people warm, on a cold wilderness night?
The Christmas story from the Bible reads, “And the glory of the Lord shone round about them, and they were sore afraid!” from Luke 2:9 KJV and ASV both say ‘sore afraid’, but the NIV says that they were terrified. I believe that they were so scared that they were hurting sore.
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