Let’s Behold His Glory!
“So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord–who is the Spirit–makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image.” 2 Cor. 3:18
Jesus is the Glory of God.
And, because of the work of the Holy Spirit, you and I can fix a clear gaze upon the face of Jesus. It is that fixation, that divine obsession, that brings about God’s transformative power in our lives. We behold the very glory of God.
Behold” in the Bible (from Hebrew hinneh and Greek idou/ide) is an imperative, attention-grabbing term meaning “look,” “see,” or “fix your eyes upon”. It is actually a command. Appearing over 1,500 times, it functions as a spiritual wake-up call to pause, focus on, and deeply contemplate a significant, divinely revealed truth or event.
John the Baptist said Behold the Lamb of God when he first saw Jesus.
As we Behold His gaze, He causes us to become like him.
In Exodus 33:10 the scripture says, “But you may not look directly at my face, for no one may see me and live.” To behold the Glory, to gaze upon the countenance of Christ, is to experience the death of self and life unto God. So we are being transformed from glory to glory or metamorphosed into His image.
According to John 1:1, the Word is Christ. So Christ is our meditation. Upon Him, we meditate. And as we meditate upon Christ (The Word), the Holy Spirit takes the Word and causes it to become revelation.
Jesus is revealed.
The veil is lifted.
And we are changed as we behold Jesus.
Moses’s face shone with the glory after he had been hanging out with God on the mountain for 40 days. It was so bright the people asked him to cover His face. So he did. But the glory left. The glory faded away in the OT; but in the NT, it gets brighter and brighter as we go from one degree of glory to the next higher one. Ezekiel 44:4 NASB) states: “Then He brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the house; and I looked, and behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD, and I fell on my face”. This verse describes a vision where Ezekiel witnesses God’s glory returning to the temple. Ezekiel’s response to the vision was to fall facedown in worship.
I believe we have entered an epic era of greater glory, greater authority, greater power, greater presence, and greater grace. We are going to see God manifest His power like we have never seen before. We are standing on the precipice of the greatest outpouring of the Holy Spirit that man has ever seen or encountered. I am calling it a Holy Spirit Invasion It is the former rain and the latter rain coming together. This mighty river of the Spirit will open a world-wide penetration of the gospel. The earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. Habakkuk 2:14
What do we as believers and intercessors need to do? Our answer is found in John 3:27-30. I am going to share it with you out of the Voice Translation. I absolutely love how it says it. John was out doing the work of the ministry baptizing believers But then, it looked like Jesus’ ministry was getting bigger than his so John’s disciples got concerned and asked him about it. This is John the Baptist’s response and is the key. 🔑
John the Baptist: John 3:27 Apart from the gifts that come from heaven, no one can receive anything at all. 28 I have said it many times, and you have heard me—I am not the Anointed One; I am the one who comes before Him. 29 If you are confused, consider this: the groom is the one with the bride. The best man takes his place close by and listens for him. When he hears the voice of the groom, he is swept up in the joy of the moment. So hear me. My joy could not be more complete. 30 He, the groom, must take center stage; and I, the best man, must step to His side.
The answer is we, as intercessors, must pray and Keep Jesus Center Stage. Everything we do must spotlight him. He is the focus. Let’s think about a wedding in the natural. It takes alot of planning and someone has to take care of all the details for the bridegroom before the wedding; that is the job of the best man. But when it is time for the big event, he hears the bridegroom’s voice so he knows he is on the scene; he is thrilled with joy, and he takes the back seat so that all the attention is now focused on the bridegroom and his bride. Like John, we must decrease so He can increase. John 3:30 This takes us waking in humility and gets our eyes off of our own ministry, our callings, and our position. This is so counter culture in a world that is focused on on self achievement rather than prioritizing God’s glory over personal fame.
• Exalting Christ means that all attention, praise, and glory should be directed to Jesus, not to one’s self.
- This models true humility and the radical idea of stepping aside so God can shine and be in the spotlight which is exactly what John the Baptist did.
- For we as Christians, it’s a call to let go of our personal ambitions and all of our self-promotion.
John was the forerunner. He was the voice crying in the wilderness. Prepare ye the way! Come and Behold the King of Glory. Now, the King is here; the focus is on Jesus and entirely off of John the Baptist. I believe it is imperative that we keep Jesus center stage.
