It is unfathomable to even imagine the glory of God. We know of ancient kingly attire, with all its grandeur, however, there is nothing in this world, no monarchy, who can compare with the grandeur of the Almighty God. Earthy kings and queens gave up their crowns to gain the eternal crown. They had the wisdom to perceive things beyond this earthly glory. They gave up their kingship to receive fully the King of Glory. They gave up all that is perishable to gain all that is eternal. The beauty and glory of God is incomprehensible. There is no vocabulary that can describe the sovereignty of God, even our best description of God is faint and unpersuasive.

The Lord wraps himself in light as with a garment (Psalms 104:2a NIV). His voice sounds like many waters, as the voice of great thunder, as the voice of harpers harping with their harps (Revelation 14:2). His splendour and brightness, no mortal can stand. His brightness exceeds all the suns in the universe put together. God dwells in inaccessible light.

It is he alone who has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see; to him be honour and eternal dominion. Amen.

(1 Timothy 6:16).

We see this majesty of God in Jesus. He came to us very differently from what we would expect from a visitation of a King. A baby, wrapped in swaddling cloth, born in a manger, homeless, and a refugee. The son of God, born of a virgin, rejected and despised, humiliated, and ridiculed, scourged and crowned with thorns, nailed on a cross, died amongst sinners and for sinners.

Jesus is the reflection of God’s glory and the exact imprint of God’s very being. He sustains all things by his powerful word. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

(Hebrews 1:3)

When Jesus Christ comes again, He will come in all His glory and majesty. However, this second coming of Jesus is the immediate precursor to His judgment. Therefore, we profess in our Creed “that Christ will come again to judge the living and the dead”. His coming is magnificent, nonetheless, we have a great responsibility to prepare for the arrival of The Majesty, the King of Glory, our Lord Jesus Christ.

The Lord’s coming is imminent, since we do not know the hour, it could be any day. We need not worry about when Jesus will come, but we need to be diligently waiting. We need to be constantly prepared. We prepare ourselves by repenting of our sins, living in godliness, and doing good works of mercy and charity. If we are unprepared on the day of Christ’s coming or our own personal judgement day, we will regret it for eternity. This preparing must be critical in our minds and in our hearts. The love for Jesus must burn ever brighter in our hearts. There is nothing more precious than preparing, waiting, and receiving the King of Glory. Our life, on earth, is short and unpredictable, which creates a great urgency for our salvation. Therefore, we need to fix our eyes, minds, and hearts on the heavenly things, which are eternal. When we stand in front of God, all our deeds will be revealed.

“In the presence of Christ, who is Truth itself, the truth of each man’s relationship with God will be laid bare. The Last Judgment will reveal even to its furthest consequences the good each person has done or failed to do during their earthly life”

(ccc 1039).

After the last judgement, “Those who are united with Christ will form the community of the redeemed, ‘the holy city’ of God” (ccc 1045). Sin and death will be no more. “The beatific vision, in which God opens himself in an inexhaustible way to the elect, will be the ever-flowing well-spring of happiness, peace, and mutual communion” (ccc 1045).

Yours, O Lord, are the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and on the earth is yours; yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all.

(1 Chronicles 29:11)

During Jesus’ earthly ministry, He was transfigured. During the transfiguration, Jesus’ appearance changed, and became radiant and glorious. There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light (Matthew 17:2). This is only a glimpse of Jesus’ heavenly glory.

The will of God is to share His glory with mankind; however, we can only receive God’s glory when we deny ourselves, follow the will of God, and develop virtue. We must live our lives constantly by giving glory to God, in everything we do, in our thoughts, in our words, in our actions, and in our attitudes. Constantly glorifying God leads to the sanctification of our souls, which draws us closer to God.

In these last days, the glory of God is manifested to us through the Holy Spirit. It is the Holy Spirit, together with God’s holy people, who prepares for the coming of Jesus Christ. God had done everything for us to be redeemed. Now, He is waiting for our response to His love, and there is no better response than to love and glorify God, in everything we do.

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