jesus veiled his glory

In other words, one cannot have a true, saving knowledge of the Father unless the Son touches his or her soul with spiritual revelation. In Colossians 2:6 Paul says ï¿½As you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him.ï¿½ In other words, we received Him by believing the truth about Who He is and submitting our hearts to let Him be our Lord. Light and life to all He brings, Risen with healing in His Wings. Our modern understanding of the size of our universe leads us to the conclusion that Isaiah was engaging in understatement, rather than poetic exaggeration. What is the Shekinah glory of God? We are not speaking of God the Father, but of God the Eternal Son. He holds visiting professorship rank in five seminaries. Pleased as Man with men to dwell, Jesus, our Emmanuel. 6:1-8). from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, a Th.M. But within its relative simplicity, it makes some revolutionary statements about the nature of reality. He was body (Heb. Then Jesus goes on to explicitly say that no one can know the Father, unless the Son reveals the Father. If no one knows the Son except the Father, it is quite clear that we cannot truly know the Son (that is, know Who He really is, and worship Him) unless the Father reveals Him to us. Hebrews 10:20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; There was glory in Him. The following study is going to be a bit demanding, because I am covering a lot of ground in five pages. Yes, Jesus is a king. But, if there are possibly billions or trillions of other universes, we can (he implies) readily dismiss the evidence for Godï¿½s design in our own universe as just a one-in-a-trillion chance! Glory, in the sense it is used with reference to Jesus, is a divine attribute. Since we have also seen that God’s glory is in one sense the summation of His attributes, anytime Jesus exercised divine attributes, people saw something of the divine glory. When Paul had a similar vision of Christ, he was blinded with light from heaven (Acts 9:3-9). What we see in the transfiguration is what Jesus is really like. Dr. Elmer Towns is a college and seminary professor, an author of popular and scholarly works (the editor of two encyclopedias), a popular seminar lecturer, and dedicated worker in Sunday school, and has developed over 20 resource packets for leadership education.His personal education includes a B.S. It was not a mission He undertook with trepidation or doubt; He did not come to earth as a baby begrudgingly. At present, we only have a veiled glimpse of the weight of glory. Jesus wore a veil to cover his divine glory as the Lord. The kenosis was a self-renunciation, not an emptying Himself of deity. The New Testament clearly teaches that Jesus is the flesh and blood manifestation of God. And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus. Scripture says that as He died on the cross, … Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and yielded up His spirit. The One who arranged your genes at the moment of conception is the One who called the universe into being something like 14 billion years ago. As you engage in this ï¿½soakingï¿½ process, you will discover that you ï¿½seeï¿½ Jesus in every Old Testament book, to say nothing of the New Testament. The glory of God was also the judgment of God; the natural person who saw it died. Nebo. And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. In the incarnation, Jesus’ glory was veiled and He voluntarily limited the use of certain of His divine attributes as He took on the form of a servant and became obedient to death on the cross (Phil. Perhaps John made reference to the glory when Jesus was transfigured (Matt. When Jesus came, His glory was veiled in the flesh. Well the context indicates very clearly that Jesus veiled His glory as a sign of his humility. And, as you see more of Jesus, you will see more of the Father, because the Father and the Son are inseparable. As Moses concealed the fading glory of his face, so even to this day Paul says in verse 14, the true significance of the old covenant is veiled. When Isaiah saw the Lord in the temple, he cried out, “Woe is me…” (Isa. 1:14). Simply put, the most important thing we can discover in the New Testament is who Jesus really is. Moses was given a more direct view, but even then, God's full glory was hidden. So, denying the Son is denying the definition of the Son given in the gospel of John. Sin is universal. Truth is not something that He brings, as it were, to the table. When you go to the Book of Revelation, and you get that description of Jesus, it doesn't sound like anything that you would associate with the earthly Jesus. Moses may have worn his veil until his death forty years later on Mt. But on earth, John could say, We beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father (John 1:14). After his ambiguous comment, What is truth? Jesus hid his glory when he became a man in order to show his Father’s glory. 1:17). After the work of atonement was done, he could pray, “And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was” (John 17:5). “No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him” (John 1:18). The simple answer is pride. 532 Christ's body was glorified at the moment of his Resurrection, as proved by the new and supernatural properties it subsequently and permanently enjoys. Second, He did not use His divine attributes to benefit Himself. Purpose in life flows out of knowing Him and doing His will (And this is eternal life, that they may know You, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. We need to understand how much of His glory as God was veiled, so that men could not see it. He has written over 2,000 reference and/or popular articles and received six honorary doctoral degrees. Jesus Himself claimed to be the ï¿½Yahwehï¿½ of the Old Testament in John 8:58, when he said, Before Abraham was, I am. Hebrews and Colossians agree on one more point. The people could not look upon God and live. Not only has the Son created the universe, but it is the active power of the Son that holds the universe together. Having received “authority over all flesh,” Jesus can offer the benefits of his ransom to all mankind. The apostle wrote his gospel so that men might know and believe that Jesus was their Saviour. Although it is written in a non-mathematical format, I had to struggle to get the gist of much of it, and a good hunk of it went over my head. We're in the gospel of Luke and we're studying the Christmas story. While those who deny his deity believe they are honoring Jesus Christ in calling him a great man, the Bible says he emptied himself voluntarily by accepting the limitations of humanity. All have sinned and come short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California.He is co-founder of Liberty University, with Jerry Falwell, in 1971, and was the only full-time teacher in the first year of Liberty’s existence. The unbelieving scientist always provides himself with an escape hatch, even if that hatch is made of pure speculation and not even one speck of substance. He is the Infinite Mathematician, and He is also the Master Artist and the Writer of Magnificent Stories. Instead, I share with the Father in uncaused, absolute existence.ï¿½. We must set aside time to pursue Him through the word and prayer. Jesus came to grant us access to the Father through the forgiveness of our sins. But we read that there was still a veil also. This glory that belong to Jesus was veiled. Here again Jesus is talking about hidden or veiled glory that will be revealed to those who love Him. God will send an anointed One, the Messiah, who will be both God and man, and Who will in His own death provide the perfect atonement for human sin. Yet, even with the splendor and joy of Christmas all around, you or someone you know may be convinced Jesus was just another man, possibly a prophet, but certainly not the Messiah. Colossians 1:17 says in Him all things consist, and Hebrews 1:3 says that the Son is upholding all things by the word of His power. Jesus' Glory Was Veiled The glory of Jesus was hidden from humanity during His time on the earth - although it was revealed at certain times. A proper understanding of this verse demolishes the claims of the Jehovahï¿½s Witnesses and the Mormons that Jesus is a created son who takes a secondary role next to God the Father. We don’t fully know everything we will experience in heaven. Self-emptying took place also by the voluntary choice not to use certain of his attributes. He voluntarily makes Himself of no reputation. He was obviously immensely impressed with this Man. Yet at all times he remained God. So, even in the Old Testament, there were times when people "saw" God—usually in a veiled, indirect way. So, what is the ultimate purpose of the universe we live in? What is it that hinders so many people from knowing Jesus in this personal, intimate way? Wouldnï¿½t I accomplish a lot more by just trying more diligently to serve the Lord? This is not to suggest that the Father and the Spirit were not vitally involved in the creation process. Hark! fore his birth, heaven was his throne. It's Christmas in July here. But He is much more than a king. “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory” (John 1:14). It was necessary for Christ to hide his glory temporarily as he sought to save the souls of men. Jesus became hungry when he did not eat (Matt. 12:4). "Glory to the newborn King! The following two tabs change content below. Stop and think about it for a minute. Perhaps the best expression of omnipotence is that of the miracles of God. It is an act of the heart, an act of faith in which we submit to God. We grow in him (or walk in Him, as Paul puts it) by continuing to focus our attention upon Him and the glory of Who He is, and continuing to yield our lives to His direction. The mystery of Jesus Christ is that he put on the physical veil of human nature. He walked the dusty roads of Judea and stooped to wash the feet of His disciples. In the light of His full divinity, we begin to see the corruption of our sin. The Son does not simply create the universe ï¿½on assignmentï¿½ and then hand it back to the Father as a task accomplished. As a child he developed as every human must develop. The One who holds the universe together was dying in terrible agony and separation from His Father. It is the glory of God that He refuses to share with any man. Everyone who is of the truth hears my voice. The primary avenue is to soak our hearts in the Word of God and ask the Spirit to give us more understanding of the person and glory of Jesus. Jesus said in Matthew 11:27 that ï¿½all things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father. He is the One who, on the morning of His resurrection, said to Mary Magdalene, ï¿½Go to My brethren and say to them, ï¿½I am ascending to My Father and to your Father, to My God and to your God.ï¿½ï¿½ His Aramaic name was, and is, Yeshua. A few verses later, after noting that He has named all the stars, Almighty God gets down to business: His objective is not to impress His people with His greatness, but to persuade them to trust Him, because He is adequate to the task of watching over them. He can spot a carpet mite or a virus from a distance of one billion light years, and he governs the galaxies without ever breaking into a sweat. It has a profound affect on our behavior, and on the quality of our inner life. But as the lyric points out, Jesus was pleased to dwell with men. Sin has separated mankind from God. Yet while Jesus veiled the light of His glory, He did exercise other divine attributes such as His sovereignty over creation when He calmed the storm (Mark 4:35–41). The third Heaven was veiled off from earthly view no doubt because of sin. Jesus is saying, in effect, ï¿½As dependent upon my Father as I am in these days of my flesh and blood manifestation, I am not dependent upon my Father for my essential, eternal existence. Note also that the universe is not only created by Him but also for Him. “Then answered Jesus, and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise” (John 5:19). The book of Isaiah in the Old Testament breathes with the Presence of an awesome God who created everything, who predicts the future precisely, and who reveals Himself to everyone who has a repentant, humble heart. To really perceive Jesus to be God in human flesh requires an act of submission to Him. He became tired and asked the woman at the well for water to drink (John 4:6). He had the essential elements of human nature. 4:15). NKJV. Jesus tells us that we can have no true knowledge of the Father unless He, Jesus, chooses to make this revelation to us. Paul talks about this wonderful process in II Corinthians 3: 18-- ï¿½But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.ï¿½. Jesus grew in mental, physical, spiritual, and social areas of life (Luke 2:52). As a result of the incarnation, Jesus became the God-man. Jesus had not lost these attributes of God, but rather, in the process of emptying himself, he chose not to use his relative attributes. (1 Corinthians 2:9; 13:12). In the humility and simplicity of His manhood He claimed full equality with His Father. How far do we take this ï¿½beholding His glory?ï¿½ To which I would respond, ï¿½Trying more diligently is not the Biblical way.ï¿½ But something wonderful happens when we ï¿½receive the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him.ï¿½ We are changed without trying to change. The veil conceals the fact that the glory of the old covenant is, and always has been, fading. The typical conservative churchgoer of the last few decades would probably answer, ï¿½to make heaven and miss hell.ï¿½ Todayï¿½s churchgoer would more likely say ï¿½To experience Godï¿½s love and find His purpose for our lives.ï¿½ Of course, both statements are true, but as stand-alone statements they are woefully inadequate. No wonder there was a supernatural darkness during the last three hours Jesus hung on the cross. It is only first step toward saving faith. Jesus’s glory as God was veiled in human flesh but at times His glory, the so-called Shekinah glory, was revealed. Questions about ultimate meaning are beyond the scope of science. Truth emanates from Him, as light and heat from a fire. He was at all times both God and man as he lived on earth. It is so simple that a fourth–grader can read it with pretty good understanding. However, one thing came through indirectly, but loud and clear--Hawking is not going to become a Biblical believer just because he has to acknowledge that our universe began with a ï¿½big bang.ï¿½ Hawking side-steps the implications of the big bang by speculating that there may be any number of big bang ï¿½bubble universesï¿½ like ours. John 17:3). He is simply the Maker and Sustainer of the universe. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness of the truth. Today, the University has over 11,400 students on campus with 39,000 in the Distance Learning Program (now Liberty University Online), and he is the Dean of the School of Religion.Dr. His glory is the sum of all the beauties of love and wisdom and power that he revealed in his earthly life. Father in eternal, uncaused existence. Rather than stay on His throne in heaven, Jesus “made himself nothing” (as the NIV translates Philippians 2:7). During his earthly life and ministry, Jesus was omniscient, but did not know the time of the second coming. The bookï¿½s title is The Universe in a Nutshell. The result was that the universe itself was affected, and something happened to the normal transmission of light. Pilate knew he was dealing with Someone phenomenal — Someone beyond his comprehension. 1:3) upon whom we can depend. Talking to some of His skeptical disciples, He said (in John 6: 62), ï¿½What then if you should see the Son of Man ascend where He was before?ï¿½ In other words, ï¿½If I tell you spiritual truth, and if offends you, what are you going to do when I ascend to my father and My true glory is revealed?ï¿½ And in John 17:24 Jesus says ï¿½Father, I desire that they also whom you gave me may be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory which you have given me; for you loved me before the foundation of the world.ï¿½ Here again Jesus is talking about hidden or veiled glory that will be revealed to those who love Him. The English equivalent of that name is Jesus, and in Arabic it is ï¿½Isa. Texts: John 17: 3, 5; John 6: 62; Ephesians 1: 15-17; Colossians 1: 17, 18. So the issue of purpose is not theoretical at all. In the New Testament, all the authority and tender mercies of God are embodied in the person of Jesus our Lord. And neither the Mormons nor the Witnesses accept that definition. The Apostle John puts it this way in I John 2:23: ï¿½Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.ï¿½ The definition of the Son is spelled out in John chapter 5, where we earlier saw that the Son is fully equal to His Father, and that His existence before time is not dependent on the Father (ï¿½For as the Father his life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himselfï¿½). He is God Incarnate, the fullness of God veiled in flesh. And so does Hebrews 1: 2: Godï¿½.has in these last days spoken to us by His Sonï¿½.through whom also He made the worlds (universe). Four doctoral dissertations have analyzed his contribution to religious education and evangelism. That was in His transfiguration before Peter, James, and John (Mt. There are people who commit suicide because they believe life has no purpose, and even larger numbers who live in depression and despair because they have no meaning--no purpose--in their lives. When Old Testament believers witnessed an appearance of Christ, they were often fearful for their lives. The glory of the light of God upon his countenance may have been the reason why he remained so hale in later years of old age. When John saw Jesus in the full glory that was his from the beginning, John wrote, “And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead” (Rev. 17:1–4; Jn. As you hear His voice more clearly, there will be points of obedience that He orchestrates in your life. His glory is the triumph of every battle he wins over all his personal, global, and universal enemies. Programs are legalistic and burdensome. He was omnipresent, but when he became flesh, he limited himself to being in one place at one time. 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