If I were to try to explain the glory of God, where would I start? Let’s begin with Exodus 24:17: “The sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.”
This tells us what the glory of the Lord was like—the visible manifestation—a fiery cloud. That would have been impressive—but we didn’t see it. It is descriptive—but, still hard to grasp since we weren’t there.
John Piper likened this to comparing the words basketball and beauty. When I say basketball you can comprehend for you have seen one, likely held one. It is round, weighs about 20 ounces, and can be bounced, passed, and shot. The word beauty is abstract. That is harder to define.
That’s the way it is with glory. Richard DeHaan said, “God’s glory is the total manifestation of all His attributes. His glory is what will make heaven what it will be…. so unsearchable that it will take all eternity to begin to discover.”
To give God glory is to praise Him for all He is. “For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen.” (Rom.11:36).
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