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The Glory Of The Latter House
Contributed by Dr. Jerry Hulse on Nov 16, 2022 (message contributor)
Summary: This message explores the many hurdles one may encounter in life especially those that are called to be leaders in the coming end-time revival which shall be a revival that will experience God’s majestic glory which is his way of life.
SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES
(Haggai 2:9) “The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of hosts.”
(Haggai 2:3) “Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? And how do you see it now? Is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing?”
(Isaiah 42:8) “I am the Lord, that is my name, I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to graven images.”
(Ezra 3:12-13) “But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers’ who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice, and many shouted aloud for joy:” (13) “ So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people, for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.”
(Psalms 29:1-3) “Give unto the Lord, O ye mighty, give unto the Lord glory and strength.” (2) Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.” (3) “The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the Lord is upon many waters.”
(Psalms 72:18-19) “Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel who only doeth wondrous things. (19) “And blessed be his glorious name forever: and let the whole Earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.”
(Psalms 19:1) “The Heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.”
(Galatians 6:9) “Let us not be weary in well doing, for in due season we shall reap if we faint not.”
PREFACE SUMMARY
Dear reader, it has been on my heart now for several days to write a message about how to experience the glory of God and the main phrase that comes to my mind is “When everything fails such as positions, fame or money in which man may glory, the foundational stones of truth, love and God's mercy will still be standing.”
Beloved we all know that one of God’s attributes besides mercy is love and we discover in (1 John 3:14) “We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.”
Saints, if we do a study on the word glory, we will discover that there is a glory of man and there is a glory of God, therefore beloved, what is the correct description that we can use to define the glory of God, and beloved, to answer that question, we need to seek him for ourselves, for the word states that "Christ's presence in us is the hope of Glory," because once his Spirit enters our life, our conscience is purged from dead works to serve the living God. (Colossians 1:27-28) (Hebrews 9:14)
(Isaiah 42:8) “I am the Lord, that is my name, I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to graven images.”
Beloved, we can safely say that God's glory is his honor, his splendor and dignity which defined is his way of life.
Beloved reader, to catch a glimpse of God's glory, we could use our imagination and see a young girl sitting in a church workshop drawing a photo of Jesus and somebody walking by would notice her photo as it starts to take shape. They would ask her young lady, what are you attempting to draw and her innocent reply would be, “I’m drawing a picture of Jesus.” They would then respond without thinking that they were speaking to a young child who has feelings but respond anyway with, “You can’t draw a picture of Jesus because no one has ever seen him or even know what he actually looks like.” The young little innocent girl would the reply, “It don’t matter if anybody has ever seen him, when I get finished with my picture, everybody is going to know what Jesus looks like.”
Beloved, I like to look at that illustration as “seeing Jesus through the eyes of a child and Saints, we can learn from that situation that our whole life as a Christian is being lived in front of others and my sincere prayer is that when God get’s through with using my mind, my heart and the words which shall be embedded in this message, everybody is going to experience the glory of God and realize how important it is to our Christian life.
Saints, did you know there are books out about the 1906 Azusa street revival that started under William Seymour, by authors that viewed eyewitnesses speaking of the glory cloud that would fill the church so thick that the children would actually play in it?
