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God’s Favorite, but Forgotten, Holiday !
Reprinted with permission from John Roy Bohlen and John 5:30
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One of the most interesting subjects one could study in the Bible,
is the Presence or Glory of the Lord, to study out those occasions when
God spoke up or showed up, or otherwise revealed Himself. We encourage
you to go through the entire Bible, and pay special attention to every
reference to God when He reveals Himself. Most of all, to me, the most
fascinating, are those words that relate to God's glory, the Shekinah
glory of God!!!
THE VERY SAME IMAGE!!!
Would you please turn to 2 Corinthians, chapter 3. I will show you where the Apostle Paul proves himself to be verbose and repetitive, loquacious, and wordy. Read verses 7 and 8: “But if the ministry of death, in letters engraved on stones, came with glory, so that the sons of Israel could not look intently at the face of Moses because of the glory of his face, fading as it was, 8 how shall the ministry of the Spirit fail to be even more with glory ?”
Here, you will see that Paul is making a speech and is referring his readers to a portion of Scripture from the Old Testament that he expects his readers to know about. For example, if I mention "The Prodigal Son", or, "David and Goliath", or "The Fiery Furnace", or "The Handwriting on the Wall", most every Christian knows the story, and the details of it. So, also, Paul mentions the time when Moses went up on the Mount, he saw the Glory of God, he came down from the Mount, his face shining like the sun, so brilliantly that no one could look at him, so he had to put a veil over his face so people could stand to talk to him. Then, in verse 8, God, through Paul, makes the point that the glory that was on Moses' face was nothing, by comparison to the glory that is available to us today.
Then, read verse 9: “For if the ministry of condemnation has glory, much more does the ministry of righteousness abound in glory.”
Same thing: Moses went up on the Mount, he saw the Glory of God, he came down from the Mount, his face shining like the sun, so brilliantly that no one could look at him, so he had to put a veil over his face so people could stand to talk to him. Here, in verse 9, God, through Paul, makes the point that the glory that was on Moses' face was nothing, by comparison to the glory that is available to us today.
Then, read verse 10: “For indeed what had glory, in this case has no glory on account of the glory that surpasses it.” Same thing: Moses went up on the Mount, he saw the Glory of God, he came down from the Mount, his face shining like the sun, so brilliantly that no one could look at him, so he had to put a veil over his face so people could stand to talk to him. Here, verse 10, God, through Paul, makes the point that the glory on Moses' face was nothing, "NO GLORY" by comparison to the glory that is available to us today.
Then, read verse 11: “For if that which fades away was with glory, much more that which remains is in glory.” (NAS) Same thing: Moses went up on the Mount, he saw the Glory of God, he came down from the Mount, his face shining like the sun, so brilliantly that no one could look at him, so he had to put a veil over his face so people could stand to talk to him. Here, in verse 11, God, through Paul, makes the point that the glory that was on Moses' face was nothing, by comparison to the glory that is available to us today. Note the words, "Much more! Much more!! MUCH MORE!!!". In other words, God wants your face to shine much more brightly, now, than did the face of Moses, as bright as it was.
The grand conclusion comes in verse 18: "And we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a (looking) glass (or, mirror), the Glory of the LORD, are transformed into the very same image”!!! What image? The image of the Glorified Christ
1 John 2:6 "If any one says that he abides in Him (Jesus), he ought also, himself to walk, even as HE walked!!!" The same walk. No difference.
1 John 4:17b says: "As He (Jesus) is, so are we, in this world!!!"
Who? US!
Where? HERE!!
When? NOW!!!!!
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