Dr Paul Allen

2 CORINTHIANS 4:17 "This light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison." Scripture places a high value on God 's glory, and it is not hard to figure out why. Since the inherent glory of the Lord is something that He will not share with others (Isa. 42:8), we know that His glory is something that He prizes highly; indeed, He prizes it more highly than anything else. We should, therefore, set the glory of God as the goal and overarching emphasis of our lives. Whatever we lose for the sake of making the Lord's glory known will be worth it when we see the dazzling light and beauty of; the divine glory (28:5; Rev. 21:23). Glory has to do with light and beauty, but those aspects do not sum up what the Bible means when it speaks of the glory of God. Interestingly, the Hebrew word kabod , which is translated into English as "glory," has the root meaning of "weight" or "heaviness....

Moses ’ Encounter with the Glory of God In Exodus 33, we have one of the most remarkable passages in the Old Testament concerning God’s glory, filled with as many enigmas as clarities. The context of the passage is the sin with the golden calf. While Moses has been on the mountain receiving the law, the people, under Aaron’s leadership, have indulged in false worship, either the worship of a false god or the worship of Yahweh in a false way. In either case, they break the first two commandments and deserve God’s judgment. They have broken the covenant (as indicated by Moses’ smashing the tablets of the law ).  The Levites respond to the call to come to “the LORD’s side” (Ex. 32: 26). They execute God’s judgment on their brothers and sisters. In his continuing anger, God also sends a plague on Israel (Ex. 32: 35). In a word, the continuing covenant relationship between God and his people is thrown into question. Will God continue to be with his people as they travel tow...