Glory of God

Glory as an attribute of God

Psalm 24:7–8 NASB95

Lift up your heads, O gates, And be lifted up, O ancient doors, That the King of glory may come in! Who is the King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, The Lord mighty in battle.

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Visible phenomena accompanying God’s glory

The appearance of God’s glory

Habakkuk 3:4 NASB95

His radiance is like the sunlight; He has rays flashing from His hand, And there is the hiding of His power.

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God’s glory as a cloud

Exodus 24:15–16 NASB95

Then Moses went up to the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. The glory of the Lord rested on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days; and on the seventh day He called to Moses from the midst of the cloud.

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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”.

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God’s glory revealed

In Jesus Christ

Hebrews 1:3 NASB95

And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

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In his people

Colossians 1:27 NASB95

to whom God willed to 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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In the whole world

Isaiah 6:3 NASB95

And one called out to another and said, “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of hosts, The whole earth is full of His glory.”

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In heaven

Revelation 21:23 NASB95

And the city has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God has illumined it, and its lamp is the Lamb.

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In his name

Nehemiah 9:5 NASB95

Then the Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah and Pethahiah, said, “Arise, bless the Lord your God forever and ever! O may Your glorious name be blessed And exalted above all blessing and praise!

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In his works

Psalm 111:3 NASB95

Splendid and majestic is His work, And His righteousness endures forever.

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In his kingdom

Psalm 145:11–12 NASB95

They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom And talk of Your power; To make known to the sons of men Your mighty acts And the glory of the majesty of Your kingdom.

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God’s glory cannot be fully seen

1 Timothy 6:15–16 NASB95

which He will bring about at the proper time—He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.

To see God face to face means certain death:

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God’s glory experienced

Acts 7:55 NASB95

But being full of the Holy Spirit, he gazed intently into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God;

See also Moses; Isaiah; the shepherds

The effects of God’s glory

God’s glory is acknowledged

Psalm 72:19 NASB95

And blessed be His glorious name forever; And may the whole earth be filled with His glory. Amen, and Amen.

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God’s glory brings guilt and fear

Romans 3:23 NASB95

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

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