1. The Glory of God Psalm 24:7-10

2. Psalm 24 Psa 24:7 Lift up your heads, O you gates! And be lifted up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in. Psa 24:8 Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, The LORD mighty in battle. Psa 24:9 Lift up your heads, O you gates! Lift up, you everlasting doors! And the King of glory shall come in. Psa 24:10 Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, He is the King of glory. Selah

3. Beholding the Glory of God

4. His glory at Mt. Sinai – Exo. 24:16

5. Exodus 24 16 Now the glory of the LORD rested on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. And on the seventh day He called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud. 17 The sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel. 18 So Moses went into the midst of the cloud and went up into the mountain. And Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

6. Beholding the Glory of God His glory at Mt. Sinai – Exo. 24:16 His glory at the tabernacle – Exo. 40:34=35

7. Exodus 40 33 And he raised up the court all around the tabernacle and the altar, and hung up the screen of the court gate. So Moses finished the work. 34 Then the cloud covered the tabernacle of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. 35 And Moses was not able to enter the tabernacle of meeting, because the cloud rested above it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. 36 Whenever the cloud was taken up from above the tabernacle, the children of Israel would go onward in all their journeys. 37 But if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not journey till the day that it was taken up. 38 For the cloud of the LORD was above the tabernacle by day, and fire was over it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

8. Beholding the Glory of God His glory at Mt. Sinai – Exo. 24:16 His glory at the tabernacle – Exo. 40:34=35 His glory at Solomon’s temple – 1 Kings 8:10-11

9. 1 Kings 8 9 Nothing was in the ark except the two tablets of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt. 10 And it came to pass, when the priests came out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD, 11 so that the priests could not continue ministering because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.

10. Beholding the Glory of God His glory at Mt. Sinai – Exo. 24:16 His glory at the tabernacle – Exo. 40:34=35 His glory at Solomon’s temple – 1 Kings 8:10-11 His glory shown to Moses – Exo. 33:18-23

11. Exodus 33 18 And he said, "Please, show me Your glory." 19 Then He said, "I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion." 20 But He said, "You cannot see My face; for no man shall see Me, and live." 21 And the LORD said, "Here is a place by Me, and you shall stand on the rock. 22 So it shall be, while My glory passes by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock, and will cover you with My hand while I pass by. 23 Then I will take away My hand, and you shall see My back; but My face shall not be seen."

12. Exodus 34 5 Now the LORD descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. 6 And the LORD passed before him and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth, 7 keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children's children to the third and the fourth generation." 8 So Moses made haste and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshiped.

13. Beholding the Glory of God His glory at Mt. Sinai – Exo. 24:16 His glory at the tabernacle – Exo. 40:34=35 His glory at Solomon’s temple – 1 Kings 8:10-11 His glory shown to Moses – Exo. 33:18-23 His glory seen in he life of Jesus – John 1:1-3, 14

14. John 1 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.... 14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

15. Beholding the Glory of God His glory at Mt. Sinai – Exo. 24:16 His glory at the tabernacle – Exo. 40:34=35 His glory at Solomon’s temple – 1 Kings 8:10-11 His glory shown to Moses – Exo. 33:18-23 His glory seen in he life of Jesus – John 1:1-3, 14 His glory at His transfiguration – 2 Pet. 1:17-18

16. 2 Peter 1 16 For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty. 17 For He received from God the Father honor and glory when such a voice came to Him from the Excellent Glory: "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." 18 And we heard this voice which came from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.

17. Beholding the Glory of God His glory at Mt. Sinai – Exo. 24:16 His glory at the tabernacle – Exo. 40:34=35 His glory at Solomon’s temple – 1 Kings 8:10-11 His glory shown to Moses – Exo. 33:18-23 His glory seen in he life of Jesus – John 1:1-3, 14 His glory at His transfiguration – 2 Pet. 1:17-18 His glory when He returned to Heaven -- John 17

18. John 17 4 I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do. 5 And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was. 6 I have manifested Your name to the men whom You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours, You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.

19. Beholding the Glory of God His glory at Mt. Sinai – Exo. 24:16 His glory at the tabernacle – Exo. 40:34=35 His glory at Solomon’s temple – 1 Kings 8:10-11 His glory shown to Moses – Exo. 33:18-23 His glory seen in he life of Jesus – John 1:1-3, 14 His glory at His transfiguration – 2 Pet. 1:17-18 His glory when He returned to Heaven -- John 17 His glory left on the earth – Eph. 3:20-21

20. Ephesians 3 19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. 20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, 21 to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

21. Becoming Part of His Glorious Church BelieveJohn 8:24 Repent2 Pet. 3:9 Confess FaithRom. 10:10 Be Baptized Into HimRom. 6:3 Added to His church, His body, His kingdom Be FaithfulRev. 2:10