What Happened "before the World Was"
What Happened "before the World Was" Excerpt As we have seen, the glory of God is the sum total of all that He is , the expression of His character . It is the manifestation of all that He is in Himself , His marvelous attributes . We have a difficult time grasping the concept of God’s glory because there is nothing like it on earth. While it is true that "The heavens are telling of the glory of God " ( Psalm 19:1 ), it is also true that sin has put God’s creation into bondage and robbed God of glory ( Romans 8:18-25 ). Psalm 19 makes special mention of the sun as an illustration of God’s glory , and perhaps that is the closest we can come to finding a picture. Just as the rays of the sun cannot be separated from the sun itself, so Jesus Christ cannot be separated from God , because He is God. The amazing thing is this: Those who have trusted Jesus Christ as their Savior possess this glory now ( John 17:22 ) and will see God’s glory and share...