God’s love, which is stronger than death, is causing me to continue walking the path of the mission the Lord has given me (John 6:1–15). “At that very time some Pharisees came and said to Him, ‘Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill You.’ He replied, ‘Go tell that fox, “I will keep driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach My goal.” In any case, I must press on today and tomorrow and the next day—for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem! Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. Look, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see Me again until you say, “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord” (Luke 13:31–35). ...
The result of justification
(3):
Rejoice in the hope of the glory of God
”through whom we
have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we
rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.” (Romans 5:2)
The Bible Romans 5:2
says, “… And we rejoice in hope of the
glory of God.” The third result of justification
is that we rejoice in hope of the glory of God (v. 2). What is the glory of God here?
First, let us consider the glory of God that has already
been revealed.
The Bible Romans 5:1-2
speaks of the three glory of God. When
we fell short of the glory of God because of our sins (3:23), we were justified
by faith through our Lord Jesus Christ (5:1-2).
Although we were enemies with God, we were reconciled to God through the
death of Jesus Christ, the Son of God (v. 10), and we have peace with God (v. 1). We have gained access into and established ourselves before
the throne of God's grace through our Lord Jesus Christ (vv. 1, 2). We rejoice (boast) in hope of the glory of God
(v. 2). We rejoice (boast) in hope of
the glory of God (v. 2). These three
glories that have already appeared are not 100% complete. If God reveals 100% of His full glory now, we
cannot fully know His full glory.
Next, let us consider the not yet glory of God that will be revealed.
In a word, the glory of
God that will be revealed is the second coming of Jesus. The glory of God that will be revealed in the
future is 100% perfect and eternal glory, and we will see God face to face (1
Cor. 13:12). This glory of God is also
our glory. In other words, the glory of
our Heavenly Father is the glory of His children, us. The three glory of God mentioned in Romans
5:1-2 cannot be compared with the glory of God that will be revealed in the
future. In other words, the glory of God that we already enjoy
through our Lord Jesus Christ cannot be compared with the glory of God that we
will enjoy when our Lord Jesus returns again (5:1-2, cf. 8:8: 18). The glory of God that will be revealed is
that when Jesus appears, we too will become like Him and will see Him as He is
(1 Jn. 3:2). He will transform our lowly
bodies to be like His glorious body (Phil. 3:21). We believe that God will bring with Jesus those
who died in Him while believing in Jesus. We who are still alive, will certainly not
precede those who are already dead. Because
when the Lord comes down from heaven with a shout, the voice of the archangel,
and the trumpet of God, those who have died in Christ will be resurrected
first. After that, we who are still
alive will be caught up with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and
be with the Lord forever (1 Thess. 4:14-17).
This hope that we hope
for the glory of God is 100% sure hope (Rom.5:2). The reason is because it is God's promise. The God who promised and fulfilled the promise
of the first coming of Jesus promised and will surely fulfill the promise of His
second coming. The reason we can believe
that the glory of Jesus is our glory at the second coming of Jesus is because
God has already promised it. Look at
Romans 8:30 – “And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he
also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.” Here the verb “glorified” is past tense. Look at Ephesians 2:5-6: “made us alive with
Christ even when we were dead in transgressions
… And God raised us up with
Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus.” Here, the verbs “made us alive with,” “raised
us up with” and “seated us with him” are all past tense. We are already resurrected with Jesus,
ascended into heaven with Him, and are seated with Him in heaven. The verb “glorified” in Romans 8:30 and the
verbs “made us alive with,” “raised us up with” and “seated us with him” in
Ephesians 2:5-6 are all past tense. The
reason why the past tense was used is because it will come true with 100%
certainty. Therefore, since we hope for
this, we rejoice and hope for the glory of God by faith with 100% certainty
(Rom. 5:2). This joy is the joy of
salvation, the true joy, and the eternal joy. If there is joy in this hope, we can only
boast of the glory of God (v. 2). God's
glory is my glory!
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