Seeing the Glory of God

God allowed Moses to see his glory so that he might be changed by the sight of it, and the same is true for us today. God reveals his glory to us so that by seeing it, we might be changed into his very own image.

Today, Jesus Christ is the express image of who God is. When our Lord became flesh, it was as a full revelation of the heavenly Father's mercy, grace, goodness, and readiness to forgive. God wrapped up everything of his nature and character in Jesus. Any revelation of his glory to us now is meant to change us into an expression of Christ.

The apostle Paul understood well the purpose and effect of seeing the glory of God. He saw it as power to change the beholder, to revolutionize the life of every follower of Christ. “But 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”(2 Corinthians 3:18, NKJV).

Paul is telling us, “Once you get this revelation of God’s glory—of his love, mercy, grace, long-suffering, and readiness to forgive—the Holy Spirit will continually open your eyes to more of these aspects of his nature and character. You’ll have an ever-increasing revelation of God in the way he wants to be known to you.”

Paul then says in an even stronger tone, “…That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints.”(Ephesians 1:17-18).

Beloved, God wants to tell us, “Moses understood my glory, and now I want you to understand it. I want to open your eyes by my Spirit to show you who I am. I’m not just a God of wrath and judgment. My nature is love!”

“…That Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height—to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God”(Ephesians 3:17-19).