“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.” John 1:14 ESV
What is it to see the glory of God? His glory is manifested in so many different ways and it is the assumption that it is to look one way or the other that keeps us short sighted or blind to His glory. The laughter of a child, the time spent as a family together around the table, a sunset, a sunrise, the holding of the hand of a loved one who is passing on. Are these all not a manifestation of His glory. How? In short, the glory of God is His love!
The birth, the incarnation of our Lord Jesus the Christ, was the human birth of God the Son. By seeing the Son we have seen the glory of God. One might think that it is the Son Himself that is the glory and they would not be wrong, but it is also not the only way, it is that love came down. The sending of the Son who became flesh is also the glory, the show of this extravagant love. I would propose to you that in fact an attribute or face of God’s glory is whenever we see a display of His magnificent Love!
With this in mind, let us see the cross as a display of His glory. The ultimate display of love in suffering the consequences of all sin, past, present and future for all humanity so that who ever would believe in Jesus the Christ would have the privilege of becoming a child of God. What we see is the Son of God, mercilessly being beaten, mocked and rejected, hung on a cross to die, to give us a way to Him, but why? Simply, for the glory of God, His love for us.
The Love of God is very much the Glory of God. It is the foundation, the reason He has done it all and continues to love and care for us. All for Love.
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