Glory!

Here's something cool I discovered this morning while reading Nancy Guthrie's Discovering Jesus in the Old Testament. Take a look at all of these verses on God's glory.

Exodus 34:29--When Moses came down from Mount Sinai . . . He did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God.

Matthew 17:2--And he [Jesus] was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun . . . .

Revelation 1:16-- . . . and his face was like the sun shining in full strength.

This is God's glory. When Christ peels the veil of his humanity back (Nancy's words, not mine), his true self is revealed, and we behold God's glory in the face of Christ. And that brings us to this amazing verse in 2 Corinthians 4: For God who said, Let light shine out of darkness, has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. Literally, in His face. Isn't that praiseworthy?

And I'll finish with this from a few verses earlier: And we all, with unveiled face [only through Christ is it taken away re: verse 3:14], beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image [!!] from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

Because of what Christ did at the cross for you and me, we will one day share His glory in all its fullness, and twinklings of it begin now. Today. Behold the glory of God, and be transformed.