The Glory Of God Revealed

And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. - Isaiah 40:5

    This passage of Scripture is prophetic. It is concerning the coming of our great God and Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, the Messiah. It also concerns the Gospel dispensation from the incarnation of Christ until the end of all things.

    The glory of the Lord is none other than the Lord Jesus Christ, and the salvation of his elect in and by Him. This glory we now see and enjoy by faith, as he is revealed by his Spirit through the preaching of the Gospel, is the same glory in which we will rejoice in heaven, throughout eternity.

    The infinite God resides everlastingly in the Lord Jesus Christ, in all his glorious attributes—For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily (Col 2:9). Although the effect of his attributes are seen in innumerable ways, his full glory is personified and revealed only in the Lord Jesus Christ—I and my Father are one (Jn 10:30). He that hath seen me hath seen the Father (Jn 14:9).

    In infinite grace and mercy, God the Father is pleased to reveal himself to his people in the person of his glorious Son. We see his glory in his being made flesh—And the word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth (Jn 1:14). We behold his glory in his fulfillment of the law and establishing an everlasting righteousness for us—to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness (Dn 9:24); and in his death, as our substitute and sacrifice—I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do (Jn 17:4). We see his glory in his exalted position as our Prophet, Priest and King. The Lord Jesus Christ, having glorified the Father here on this earth, is now seated on the throne of his glory in majesty and splendor, upholding all things by the word of his power.

    This is he of whom the prophets spoke. This is he who did indeed appear to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. This is he who is even now our Great High Priest and intercessor. This is he whom we preach in all his glory!