Theme · theological
Glory of God
God's glory fills the tabernacle as a cloud so dense that Moses cannot enter, and later fills Solomon's temple with the same overwhelming presence. Ezekiel watches in horror as the glory departs from Jerusalem before the exile, and the prophets promise its return. The heavens declare God's glory in creation, and the Psalms celebrate it in history. John declares that in the incarnation 'we beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father,' and Paul says the God who said 'Let light shine out of darkness' has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of his glory in the face of Christ.
Passages expressing this theme
- 1Cor 10:31 — Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
- 1Kgs 8:11 — So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.
- 2Cor 3:18 — But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the LORD.
- 2Cor 4:6 — For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
- Acts 7:55 — But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
- Exod 16:10 — And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.
- Exod 24:17 — And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
- Exod 33:18 — And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.
- Exod 40:34 — Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
- Ezek 1:28 — As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I
- Ezek 43:2 — And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory.
- Hab 2:14 — For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
- Isa 6:3 — And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
- Isa 40:5 — 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.
- Isa 60:1 — Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
- Ps 8:1 — O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
- Ps 19:1 — The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
- Ps 24:7 — Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
- Ps 72:19 — And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
- Rev 21:23 — And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
- Rom 11:36 — For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.