Sermon Tone Analysis

‘Glory’ generally represents Heb.

kāḇôḏ, with the root idea of ‘heaviness’ and so of ‘weight’ or ‘worthiness’.

It is used of men to describe their wealth, splendour or reputation (though in the last sense kāḇôḏ is often rendered ‘honour’).

Exodus 24:15

Glory of God

Synopsis

The revelation of God’s power and characteristics, sometimes accompanied by visible phenomena.

Glory as an attribute of God

(KJV 1900) — 7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; And be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; And the King of glory shall come in.

8 Who is this King of glory?

The Lord strong and mighty, The Lord mighty in battle.

(KJV 1900) — 2 And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,

(KJV 1900) — 1 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:

The appearance of God’s glory

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(KJV 1900) — 24 And ye said, Behold, the Lord our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.

(KJV 1900) — 8 Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations of heaven moved And shook, because he was wroth.

9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.

10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And darkness was under his feet.

11 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: And he was seen upon the wings of the wind.

12 And he made darkness pavilions round about him, Dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.

13 Through the brightness before him Were coals of fire kindled.

14 The Lord thundered from heaven, And the most High uttered his voice.

15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; Lightning, and discomfited them.

16 And the channels of the sea appeared, The foundations of the world were discovered, At the rebuking of the Lord, At the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

(KJV 1900) — 1 Bless the Lord, O my soul.

O Lord my God, thou art very great; Thou art clothed with honour and majesty.

(KJV 1900) — 26 And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.

27 And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.

28 As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about.

This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord.

And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.

God’s glory as a cloud

(KJV 1900) — 15 And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.

16 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.

(KJV 1900) — 9 And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the Lord talked with Moses. 10 And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door.

(KJV 1900) — 5 And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, And upon her assemblies, A cloud and smoke by day, And the shining of a flaming fire by night: For upon all the glory shall be a defence.

(KJV 1900) — 5 And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, And upon her assemblies, A cloud and smoke by day, And the shining of a flaming fire by night: For upon all the glory shall be a defence.

(KJV 1900) — 5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

(KJV 1900) — 27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

God’s glory in the tabernacle and the temple

The Jewish term for the outward sign of God’s presence in the temple is “Shekinah”.

(KJV 1900) — 13 It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the Lord, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the Lord; 14 So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God.

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(KJV 1900) — 34 Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

35 And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

(KJV 1900) — 1 Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the Lord filled the house.

2 And the priests could not enter into the house of the Lord, because the glory of the Lord had filled the Lord’s house.

3 And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the Lord upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the Lord, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.

(KJV 1900) — 3 And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house.

And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer’s inkhorn by his side;

(KJV 1900) — 19 And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside them, and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the Lord’s house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.

(KJV 1900) — 1 Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east: 2 And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory.

3 And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face.

4 And the glory of the Lord came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.

5 So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the Lord filled the house.

(KJV 1900) — 8 And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.

God’s glory revealed

In Jesus Christ

(KJV 1900) — 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;

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(KJV 1900) — 3 And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.

(KJV 1900) — 14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

(KJV 1900) — 31 Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.

32 If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him.

(KJV 1900) — 5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

(KJV 1900) — 6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

(KJV 1900) — 17 For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

In his people

(KJV 1900) — 27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

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(KJV 1900) — 19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day; Neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: But the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, And thy God thy glory.

20 Thy sun shall no more go down; Neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: For the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, And the days of thy mourning shall be ended.

21 Thy people also shall be all righteous: They shall inherit the land for ever, The branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.

(KJV 1900) — 3 Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, And a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.

(KJV 1900) — 18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

(KJV 1900) — 21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end.

Amen.

(KJV 1900) — 3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: The whole earth is full of his glory.

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(KJV 1900) — 21 But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord.

(KJV 1900) — 5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; Let thy glory be above all the earth.

(KJV 1900) — 11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: Let thy glory be above all the earth.

(KJV 1900) — 14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, As the waters cover the sea.

(KJV 1900) — 3 God came from Teman, And the Holy One from mount Paran.

Selah.

His glory covered the heavens, And the earth was full of his praise.

In heaven

(KJV 1900) — 23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

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(KJV 1900) — 17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

(KJV 1900) — 9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.

(KJV 1900) — 10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

In his name

(KJV 1900) — 5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the Lord your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

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(KJV 1900) — 58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD;

(KJV 1900) — 13 Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.

(KJV 1900) — 1 O Lord our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth!

Who hast set thy glory above the heavens.