“All the kings of the earth shall praise You, O LORD, When they hear the words of Your mouth. Yes, they shall sing of the ways of the LORD, For great is the glory of the LORD.” (Psalm 138:4-5)
The Bible is a story of glory. In its opening pages, we find the God of glory fashioning the heavens and the earth—all declaring His glory. He creates man in His image with the capacity of reflecting His glory. Then, when sin comes, that glory is taken away. There follows the narrative of God working to restore that glory—a glory seen in Christ and that we can experience in the cross. Because of that everything is moving to the fullness of glory restored in us and the praise of God’s glory for eternity.
“The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light. And the nations of those who are saved shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it. Its gates shall not be shut at all by day (there shall be no night there). And they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it.” (Rev.21:23-26).
The glory of God is the essence of His being—the outshining of His person. Everything begins and ends with His glory.
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