Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?”
John 11:40
What is The Glory of God?
Glory (from the Latin gloria, “fame, renown”) is used to describe the manifestation of God’s presence as perceived by humans according to the Abrahamic religions.
I have seen so many places the definition of Glory with little perambulation as it should be. One Being, One presence raining down gifted on all who believe!
The Shekhina(h) (also spelled Shekina(h), Schechina(h), or Shechina(h)) (Biblical Hebrew: שכינה) is the English transliteration of a Hebrew word meaning “dwelling” or “settling” and denotes the dwelling or settling of the divine presence of God.
Where He is there is Glory all around. We have shared that looking at the sun, a natural thing for prolonged periods can and will affect the eyes adversely. He who made the sun? He radiates in eternal Glory.
Then Moses said, “Now show me Your Glory.” And The LORD said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim My name, The LORD, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. But,” He said, “you cannot see My face, for no one may see me and live.” Exodus 33: 18-20
Moses did not see The person of God, but rather His “goodness.” Adam and Eve were blessed to experience His presence. This we read on so many occasions; in Job 1:7 it says: “One day the angels came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them. The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from? ”Satan answered the Lord, “From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.”
We can see the difference between the spiritual and the mortal essences. We are all in the spirit give account of our actions. Awesomely it is known that thought will come, actions are what count, Amen
We see in the garden of Eden, we are told that the serpent ‘spoke’, it is much easier to understand that it acted. Our spirit could interpret it as speech. “Do this, do that…” Our minds seem to speak to us! Actually we perceive our thoughts.
“Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Indeed, has God said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?” This could have been herconscience, true it was shared with her by Adam. Why then was it more ‘crafty’ than any beast in the field? It had eaten of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Follow me, if this were/is true, eating of the fruit of the tree of good and evil would have been manifest in the serpent being the ‘craftiest’ of all the beasts that God made.
No words need be spoken! IF the serpent was seen to eat of the tree and not die…along comes thought sans conscience “I can eat of the tree and not die!”
“And the LORD God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.” Geneis 2:16,17
Adam is told that he can eat freely of all the trees in the garden, except for a tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Subsequently, Eve is created from one of Adam’s ribs to be Adam’s companion…. However, a serpent deceives Eve into eating fruit from the forbidden tree, and she gives some of the fruit to Adam (more likely than not saying “I did not die”.)
We can begin to understand. The tree of LIFE was in the garden. Nothing was shared on this. In Heaven there is the tree of life.
Adam and Eve probably could have eaten from the Tree of Life originally (Genesis 2:16), but God gives no decree that they had to eat of it to sustain their life at that point. However, the tree may have been one means by which God used to help support and maintain Adam and Eve—perhaps a type of sustenance. God ultimately sustains all things (Colossians 1:17), and if we look at the Israelites wandering in the desert for 40 years while their feet never swelled and their clothes never wore out (Deuteronomy 29:5), we see a glimpse of what God can do. The fruit or leaves of the Tree of Life were not required for the Israelites in this case.
Also, keep in mind that the Bible gives no hints that they had to eat of this tree until after sin. After they sinned in Genesis 3, God sentenced them to die as per Genesis 2:17 (Genesis 3:19), and this was in part why they were forbidden to take from the Tree of Life. But consider God’s statement here:
Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever” (Genesis 3:22)
This seems to imply that Adam and Eve could have eaten from the Tree of Life after they sinned to live forever. Had they been permitted to eat from the Tree of Life, then they would have been forced to live eternally in a sin-cursed world. But God had a better plan in place—one of redemption in Jesus Christ with a new heavens and new earth that would not be cursed.
God is the only Savior (Psalm 62:6; John 14:6 ), and through Him is the only way to live forever. Thus, God stopped them from trying to attain eternal life in a sin-cursed world. God demonstrated His grace in refusing to allow mankind to live eternally in a world filled with sorrow and suffering. Instead, He has provided the way for us to enjoy eternal life in a place where there is no more death, sorrow, pain, or Curse (Revelation 21:3-4; 22:3).
In faith, we know where we are going and rather than look for shortcuts or excuses, we are blessed to have guidance and plenty in God, The source of ALL. Amen.
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