21. Romans Chapter 5 Verse 2- Messages In Romans - Glory In The Scriptures – How Does It Affect Us? - Message 21 Series

21. ROMANS CHAPTER 5 VERSE 2- MESSAGES IN ROMANS - GLORY IN THE SCRIPTURES – HOW DOES IT AFFECT US? - MESSAGE 21

{{Romans 5:2 through whom also WE HAVE OBTAINED our introduction by FAITH into this GRACE in which we stand, and we exult in HOPE of the GLORY of God.”}}

GLORY

GLORY – THE INTRODUCTION

The last of the 4 words from Romans 5:2 we are studying is “glory” and it is the one we can’t properly appreciate. On the Mount of Transfiguration the disciples caught a glimpse of that glory. {{Mark 9:2-3 “Six days later Jesus took with Him Peter and James and John, and brought them up to a high mountain by themselves and He was transfigured before them, and His garments became radiant and exceedingly white as no launderer on earth can whiten them.”}}

However, they only glimpsed partial glory because it is too much for any of us in our earthly bodies to be in the full glory of God. Even to be in the partial presence/glory of God has an effect on us as this next verse implies – {{Exodus 34:29 “It came about when Moses was coming down from Mount Sinai (and the two tablets of the testimony were in Moses’ hand as he was coming down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because of his speaking with Him.”}}

THE REQUEST OF MOSES

Moses requested he see the glory of God and this is the whole incident – {{Exodus 33:18-23 Then Moses said, “I pray You, SHOW ME YOUR GLORY!” He said, “I Myself will make all My goodness pass before you, and will proclaim the name of the LORD before you and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show compassion on whom I will show compassion,” but He said, “You cannot see My face, for NO MAN CAN SEE ME AND LIVE!” Then the LORD said, “Behold, there is a place by Me, and you shall stand there on the rock, and it will come about, while My glory is passing by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock AND COVER YOU WITH MY HAND UNTIL I HAVE PASSED BY. Then I will take My hand away and you shall see My back, but My face shall not be seen.”}}

“NO MAN CAN SEE ME AND LIVE”. That is literal and makes me question all these alleged stories of people being taken to heaven and walking around talking to Jesus. We live in times of deception. Regarding these verses here about Moses, Crossway has said - [[ “Whatever the details, Moses saw a theophany of God, and yet one that was less than the fullest possible exposure to the presence of God. The allusion to human-like features builds on the fact that man was made in the image of God. And of course, along with all theophanies, this one also foreshadows the appearance of God in Christ, who is the permanent and climactic theophany. In him, and through his atonement, we can see God’s face and not die.” ]]

THE GLORY OF HEAVEN

There is a scene though in heaven where I don’t think (possibly) the glory of God is blazing in the pure Shekinah glory of God in just one small focus. I refer to this verse – {{Revelation 5:6 “and I saw between the throne (with the four living creatures) and the elders, A LAMB STANDING AS IF SLAIN, having seven horns and seven eyes which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.”}} That is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. Perfect God and perfect Man. Perfect God in all His uncreated brilliant glory, and perfect Man in His taking on flesh, now in a glorified body. Perfect God as God Almighty, and perfect Man as the Lamb of God. That is our blessed, wonderful Saviour.

I wrote a poem relating to Jesus, the Light of the world in His glory.

THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD

Combine the glories of the suns,

And mass in whole the blazing ones;

The black of night they’d have to own,

When set against His splendid throne.

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He came, Creator, to the earth.

The reason - to impart new birth.

No beauty then attended Him -

His dazzling face was veiled and dim.

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Forgiving light was His to give -

He freely gave that man might live.

Thus, in man’s soul His touch revealed

The brilliance, then, in time concealed.

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In purity and visage fair,

The Lord descends and cleaves the air.

In resurrection energy,

In brilliant light, He comes for me.

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Glorious burning of a star,

projecting brilliance from afar,