
The Glory of God
The Glory is the Manifestation of God's
Presence!
The Beginning
In the Beginning, God' glory in the
Garden was the first manifestation of
God's presence on man. God crowned man
with his Glory! Adam and Eve in the
garden were perfect...no sin in
them...they not only knew God, but they
walked daily with Him in the garden.
They had that Glory on them that allowed
them to walk in divine communion with
God. Talk face to face with him.
Psalm 8:3-9
3 Look at the splendor of your skies,
your creative genius glowing in the
heavens. When I gaze at your moon and
your stars, mounted like jewels in their
settings, I know you are the fascinating
artist who fashioned it all! But when I
look up and see such wonder and
workmanship above, I have to ask you
this question: Compared to all this
cosmic glory, why would you bother with
puny, mortal man or be infatuated with
Adam’s sons? 5 Yet what honor you have
given to men, created only a little
lower than Elohim, crowned like kings
and queens with glory and magnificence.
6 You have delegated to them mastery
over all you have made, making
everything subservient to their
authority, placing earth itself under
the feet of your image-bearers. 7–8 All
the created order and every living thing
of the earth, sky, and sea—the wildest
beasts and all the sea
creatures—everything is in submission to
Adam’s sons. 9 Lord, your name is so
great and powerful. People everywhere
see your majesty! What glory streams
from the heavens, filling the earth with
the fame of your name!
This is an Angel asking God this
question. The angels were in awe that
this man that God had created would be
made higher then them and just below
God.
Genesis 1:26-28
26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in
Our image, according to Our likeness;
let them have dominion over the fish of
the sea, over the birds of the air, and
over the cattle, over all the earth and
over every creeping thing that creeps on
the earth.” 27 So God created man in His
own image; in the image of God He
created him; male and female He created
them. 28 Then God blessed them, and God
said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply;
fill the earth and subdue it; have
dominion over the fish of the sea, over
the birds of the air, and over every
living thing that moves on the earth.”
Genesis 2:7 And the Lord God formed man
of the dust of the ground, and breathed
into his nostrils the breath of life;
and man became a living being. 8 The
Lord God planted a garden eastward in
Eden, and there He put the man whom He
had formed.
18 And the Lord God said, “It is not
good that man should be alone; I will
make him a helper comparable to him.” 21
And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to
fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took
one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh
in its place. 22 Then the rib which the
Lord God had taken from man He made into
a woman, and He brought her to the man.
23 And Adam said: “This is now bone of
my bones And flesh of my flesh; She
shall be called Woman, Because she was
taken out of Man.” 24 Therefore a man
shall leave his father and mother and be
joined to his wife, and they shall
become one flesh. 25 And they were both
naked, the man and his wife, and were
not ashamed.
Ezekial 1:1 Now it came to pass in the
thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on
the fifth day of the month, as I was
among the captives by the River Chebar,
that the heavens were opened and I saw
visions of God
Note that this was a vision Ezekial was
not actually seeing God in the flesh,
because as we saw in another lesson with
Moses, he would not have been able to
withstand being in the presence of the
Glory.
26 And above the firmament over their
heads was the likeness of a throne, in
appearance like a sapphire stone; on the
likeness of the throne was a likeness
with the appearance of a man high above
it. 27 Also from the appearance of His
waist and upward I saw, as it were, the
color of amber with the appearance of
fire all around within it; and from the
appearance of His waist and downward I
saw, as it were, the appearance of fire
with brightness all around. 28 Like the
appearance of a rainbow in a cloud on a
rainy day, so was the appearance of the
brightness all around it. This was the
appearance of the likeness of the glory
of the Lord.
Ezekiel 8
8 And it came to pass in the sixth year,
in the sixth month, on the fifth day of
the month, as I sat in my house with the
elders of Judah sitting before me, that
the hand of the Lord God fell upon me
there. 2 Then I looked, and there was a
likeness, like the appearance of
fire—from the appearance of His waist
and downward, fire; and from His waist
and upward, like the appearance of
brightness, like the color of amber.
4 And behold, the glory of the God of
Israel was there, like the vision that I
saw in the plain.
Habakkuk 3:3-4
God came from Teman, The Holy One from
Mount Paran. Selah
His glory covered the heavens, And the
earth was full of His praise.
4 His brightness was like the light; He
had rays flashing from His hand,
And there His power was hidden.
What Ezekiel and Habakkuk were seeing
was the Glory of God and within it was
His Power.And this glory and power is
what God placed on Adam and Eve. Adam
and Eve were clothed with the Glory from
the inside out...looked just like God.
This is why they were not aware of their
physical bodies. This is shown when they
sinned and the Glory left them...and
they saw their bodies for the first time
and realized they were naked. The light
went out that day, the Glory was gone.
Gen 2:9 And out of the ground the Lord
God made every tree grow that is
pleasant to the sight and good for food.
The tree of life was also in the midst
of the garden, and the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil.
15-17 Then the Lord God took the man and
put him in the garden of Eden to tend
and keep it. 16 And the Lord God
commanded the man, saying, “Of every
tree of the garden you may freely eat;
17 but of the tree of the knowledge of
good and evil you shall not eat, for in
the day that you eat of it you shall
surely die.”
The Temptation and Fall of Man
Now the serpent was more cunning than
any beast of the field which the Lord
God had made. And he said to the woman,
“Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat
of every tree of the garden’?” 2 And the
woman said to the serpent, “We may eat
the fruit of the trees of the garden; 3
but of the fruit of the tree which is in
the midst of the garden, God has said,
‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you
touch it, lest you die.’ ” Genesis 3:4
Then the serpent said to the woman, “You
will not surely die. (The devil is
contradicting what God actually said)
5 For God knows that in the day you eat
of it your eyes will be opened, and you
will be like God, knowing good and
evil.” 6 So when the woman saw that the
tree was good for food, that it was
pleasant to the eyes, and a tree
desirable to make one wise, she took of
its fruit and ate. She also gave to her
husband with her, and he ate. 7 Then the
eyes of both of them were opened, and
they knew that they were naked; and they
sewed fig leaves together and made
themselves coverings. 8 And they heard
the sound of the Lord God walking in the
garden in the cool of the day, and Adam
and his wife hid themselves from the
presence of the Lord God among the trees
of the garden. 9 Then the Lord God
called to Adam and said to him, “Where
are you?” 10 So he said, “I heard Your
voice in the garden, and I was afraid
because I was naked; and I hid myself.”
11 And He said, “Who told you that you
were naked? Have you eaten from the tree
of which I commanded you that you should
not eat?” 12 Then the man said, “The
woman whom You gave to be with me, she
gave me of the tree, and I ate.” 13 And
the Lord God said to the woman, “What is
this you have done?” The woman said,
“The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
But once they sinned, they no longer had
that communion with God. They were
afraid of him and hid. What a bold
contrast we see in this scene. I believe
that God wept that day as well. That his
man...his creation...would choose
disobedience over his communion with
Him. I am sure all of heaven wept that
day.
22 Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the
man has become like one of Us, to know
good and evil. And now, lest he put out
his hand and take also of the tree of
life, and eat, and live forever”— 23
therefore the Lord God sent him out of
the garden of Eden to till the ground
from which he was taken. 24 So He drove
out the man; and He placed cherubim at
the east of the garden of Eden, and a
flaming sword which turned every way, to
guard the way to the tree of life.
And that day...the Glory lifted from
them both...they no longer had dominion
over the earth and everything on
it...and God expelled them from the
Garden. Man was no longer just below
him, but now below the Angels in heaven
and subject to Satan's reign on this
earth. And on that day, God set into
motion His plan of redemption...to send
His Son...to bring redemption...and
bring back communion between God and
Man...and bring back the Glory to His
creation!
1 Corinthians 2:7-8
The Passion Translation
7 Instead, we continually speak of this
wonderful wisdom that comes from God,
hidden before now in a mystery. It is
his secret plan, destined before the
ages, to bring us into Glory. 8 None of
the rulers of this present world order
understood it, for if they had, they
never would have crucified the Lord of
shining glory.
"1 Corinthians 2:7 The Aramaic can be
translated “for our glorification” or
“so that glory may be ours.”
Hebrews 2:5-10 TPT
Jesus, and the Destiny of Believers
5 For God will not place the coming
world, of which we speak, under the
government of angels. 6 But the
Scriptures affirm: What is man that you
would even think about him, or care
about Adam’s race.
As in Psalms 8 this first part is
talking about Man...or Adam. But in
verse 7 on...it is talking about Jesus
7 You made HIM lower than the angels for
A LITTLE WHILE. You placed your glory
and honor upon his head as a crown. And
you have given him dominion over the
works of your hands, 8 For you have
placed everything under his authority.
This means that God has left nothing
outside the control of his Son, even if
presently we have yet to see this
accomplished. 9 But we see Jesus, who as
a man, lived for a short time lower than
the angels and has now been crowned with
glorious honor because of what he
suffered in his death. For it was by
God’s grace that he experienced death’s
bitterness on behalf of everyone!
In contrast to what it says in Psalms 8
about Adam in his original state. We see
Jesus having to enter this earth under
"The Fall" conditions. God made him come
to earth in the state of "You made Him
lower than the angels for a little
while" but in comparison to Adam in his
fallen state. Jesus had all the
authority and power of His
Godhood...because even though he was all
man...he was also all God! (A mystery we
may never understand until we get to
Heaven) So he had all athourity in this
earth to defeat Satan. He came into this
earth through a woman. Being in the form
of a man gave him the right to be here.
But being God, he had the power to take
authority over the works of the devil,
by being the "Perfect Man" (That Adam
once was) and doing only what the Father
told him to do. Only God had the wisdom
to do this and put in motion His plan of
redemption.
John 5 19
Then Jesus answered and said to them,
“Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son
can do nothing of Himself, but what He
sees the Father do; for whatever He
does, the Son also does in like manner.
20 For the Father loves the Son, and
shows Him all things that He Himself
does; and He will show Him greater works
than these, that you may marvel.
Matthew 10:20
20 for it is not you who speak, but the
Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.
The comparison of the "2" Adams
Romans 5:11-15 TPT
11 And even more than that, we overflow
with triumphant joy in our new
relationship of living reconciled to
God—all because of Jesus Christ!
The Gift of Grace Greater Than Sin
12 When Adam sinned, the entire world
was affected. Sin entered human
experience, and death was the result.
And so death followed this sin, casting
its shadow over all humanity, because
all have sinned. 13 Sin was in the world
before Moses gave the written law, but
it was not charged against them where no
law existed. 14 Yet death reigned as
king from Adam to Moses even though they
hadn’t broken a command the way Adam
had. The first man, Adam, was a picture
of the Messiah, who was to come. 15 Now,
there is no comparison between Adam’s
transgression and the gracious gift that
we experience. For the magnitude of the
gift far outweighs the crime. It’s true
that many died because of one man’s
transgression, but how much greater will
God’s grace and his gracious gift of
acceptance overflow to many because of
what one man, Jesus, the Messiah, did
for us!
1 Corinthians 15:22, 45
22 For as in Adam all die, even so in
Christ all shall be made alive.
45 And so it is written, “The first man
Adam became a living being.” The last
Adam became a life-giving spirit.
Romans 16:25-26
Now to Him who is able to establish you
according to my gospel and the preaching
of Jesus Christ, according to the
revelation of the mystery kept secret
since the world began, 26 but now made
manifest, and by the prophetic
Scriptures made known to all nations,
according to the commandment of the
everlasting God, for obedience to the
faith
(Refer to lesson called "Christ In You")
The Glory resting on the Old Testament
Saints
Throughout the OT we see people who
sought after God's Glory. Many received
a glimpse of it...and others actually
were enveloped in it. Many of them put
us to shame. They did not have a
personal relationship with God, and yet
they knew Him in a way that many
Christians don't.

Let's start with David!
David was said to be a man after God's
own heart.
Psalm 89:3 TPT
3 I heard the Lord say, “My covenant has
been made and I’m committed forever to
my chosen one, David.
Psalm 89:19-20 TPT
Second Poem — God Keeps His Promises
19–20 You spoke to your prophets in
visions, saying, “I have found a mighty
hero for my people. I have chosen David
as my loving servant and exalted him. I
have anointed him as king with the oil
of my holiness.
The Downfall of Saul, David is Chosen
1 Samuel 13:13-14
13 And Samuel said to Saul, “You have
done foolishly. You have not kept the
commandment of the Lord your God, which
He commanded you. For now the Lord would
have established your kingdom over
Israel forever. 14 But now your kingdom
shall not continue. The Lord has sought
for Himself a man after His own heart,
and the Lord has commanded him to be
commander over His people, because you
have not kept what the Lord commanded
you.”
Most of his life David sought after God
and God rewarded him for it. And when he
did wrong he repented and God restored
him. As a youth we know that he spent
much time in prayer and songs unto God
by reading Psalms. He learned to rely on
God for everything, including protection
from those that would try to kill
him...including Saul.
Psalm 18:32-34 You have wrapped me in
power, and now you’ve shared with me
your perfection. 33 Through you I ascend
to the highest peaks of your glory to
stand in the heavenly places, strong and
secure in you. 34 You’ve trained me with
the weapons of warfare-worship; now I’ll
descend into battle with power to chase
and conquer my foes.
God showed him how to protect his flock
against wild animals, so that later he
could protect his people against their
enemies...starting with Goliath. So it
is not a strange thing to read in Psalms
that God surrounded and protected him
with His Glory. God knew that he could
be trusted with that Glory and reign as
the kind of king that Saul was not.
1 Samuel 17:36-38
New King James Version
36 Your servant has killed both lion and
bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine
will be like one of them, seeing he has
defied the armies of the living God.” 37
Moreover David said, “The Lord, who
delivered me from the paw of the lion
and from the paw of the bear, He will
deliver me from the hand of this
Philistine.” And Saul said to David,
“Go, and the Lord be with you!”
We all know how that battle went
45 Then David said to the Philistine,
“You come to me with a sword, with a
spear, and with a javelin. But I come to
you in the name of the Lord of hosts,
the God of the armies of Israel, whom
you have defied. 46 This day the Lord
will deliver you into my hand, and I
will strike you and take your head from
you. 48 So it was, when the Philistine
arose and came and drew near to meet
David, that David hurried and ran toward
the army to meet the Philistine. 49 Then
David put his hand in his bag and took
out a stone; and he slung it and struck
the Philistine in his forehead, so that
the stone sank into his forehead, and he
fell on his face to the earth.
As Christians, do we run at the
devil...or duck and hide, hoping he
won't see us or bother us. David was
fearless, because he knew His God! And
that he would do what he said! We need
to be fearless when confronted and know
that God will do what he says he will!.
Psalm 3:2-4
Listen to how they whisper their slander
against me, saying: “Look! He’s
hopeless! Even God can’t save him from
this!” 3 But in the depths of my heart I
truly know that you, Yahweh, have become
my Shield; You take me and surround me
with yourself. Your glory covers me
continually. You lift high my head when
I bow low in shame.4 I have cried out to
you, Yahweh, from your holy presence.
You send me a Father’s help. Pause in
his presence
Being in the Glory cloud brings us into
heavenly places and gives us power over
our enemy...Satan.
David was a worshiper.
2 Samuel 6:14-15
14 Then David danced before the Lord
with all his might; and David was
wearing a linen ephod. 15 So David and
all the house of Israel brought up the
ark of the Lord with shouting and with
the sound of the trumpet.
1 Chronicles 13:8
Then David and all Israel played music
before God with all their might, with
singing, on harps, on stringed
instruments, on tambourines, on cymbals,
and with trumpets.
Psalm 3:3
3 But in the depths of my heart I truly
know that you, Yahweh, have become my
Shield; You take me and surround me with
yourself. Your glory covers me
continually. You lift high my head when
I bow low in shame.
Psalm 115:16-18
16 The heavens belong to our God; they
are his alone, but he has given us the
earth and put us in charge. 17–18 Dead
people cannot praise the Lord, but we
can! Those who sink to the silence of
the grave can no longer give glory to
God, but we can! So let’s praise the
Lord! Let’s begin now and let it go on
until eternity is done.
Hallelujah, and praise the Lord!
We need to be this bold with our
worship! If we are...His Glory will
cover us!
David was a Prophet
Psalm 15
Living in the Shining Place
1 Lord, who dares to dwell with you? Who
presumes the privilege of being close to
you, living next to you in your shining
place of glory? Who are those who daily
dwell in the life of the Holy Spirit? 2
They are passionate and wholehearted,
always sincere and always speaking the
truth for their hearts are trustworthy.
3 They refuse to slander or insult
others; they’ll never listen to gossip
or rumors, nor would they ever harm
another with their words. 4 They will
speak out passionately against evil and
evil workers while commending the
faithful ones who follow after the
truth. They make firm commitments and
follow through, even at great cost. 5
They never crush others with
exploitation or abuse and they would
never be bought with a bribe against the
innocent. They will never be shaken;
they will stand firm forever.
This is a song that reveals who will
dwell in God’s holy presence and who
will live with him in heaven’s glory. It
is a description of the perfect Man,
Christ Jesus, and all those who are
transformed into his image, and it shows
us the attributes of those who spend
time in the Glory of God. And as His
brothers and sisters and as God the
Father's children we can dwell in that
presence as well and see great and
mighty things!
Rom. 8:29
29 For he knew all about us before we
were born and he destined us from the
beginning to share the likeness of his
Son. This means the Son is the oldest
among a vast family of brothers and
sisters who will become just like him.
David was Anointed by God
Psalm 78:70-72
70 God also chose his beloved one,
David. He promoted him from caring for
sheep and made him his prophetic
servant. 71–72 God prepared David and
took this gentle shepherd-king and
presented him before the people as the
one who would love and care for them
with integrity, a pure heart, and the
anointing to lead Israel, his holy
inheritance.
Psalm 132:16-18
16 I will cover my priests with
salvation’s power, and all my godly
lovers will shout for joy! 17 I will
increase the anointing that was upon
David, and my glistening glory will rest
upon my chosen ones.
Psalm 17:15
15 As for me, because I am innocent I
will see your face until I see you for
who you really are. Then I will awaken
with your form and be fully satisfied,
fulfilled in the revelation of your
glory in me!
This is said by an old covenant
believer. If he was able to receive all
this from God, because he spent time in
God's presence...imagine how much more
we should be receiving that anointing
and visions and revelations through the
Glory. We are the chosen ones.
1 Peter 2:9
But you are God’s chosen
treasure—priests who are kings, a
spiritual “nation” set apart as God’s
devoted ones. He called you out of
darkness to experience his marvelous
light, and now he claims you as his very
own. He did this so that you would
broadcast his glorious wonders
throughout the world.
As priests we have an obligation and
honor to worship
Psalm 29:2 Be in awe before his majesty.
Be in awe before such power and might!
Come worship wonderful Yahweh, arrayed
in all his splendor, bowing in worship
as he appears in the beauty of holiness.
Give him the honor due his name. Worship
him wearing the glory-garments of your
holy, priestly calling!
We must dedicate ourselves to become
worshipers in Spirit and in Truth and we
will see the Glory and have it operate
in our lives!
Lesson 2
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