{"id":828,"date":"2023-02-21T14:46:23","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T14:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deadmannotwalking.org\/?p=828"},"modified":"2023-02-21T14:46:29","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T14:46:29","slug":"the-glory-of-the-lord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deadmannotwalking.org\/?p=828","title":{"rendered":"The Glory of the Lord"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Then Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them, and he stepped down after making the sin offering and the burnt offering and the peace offerings.\u00a0Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting. When they came out and blessed the people, the glory of the LORD\u00a0appeared to all the\u00a0people.\u00a0Then fire came out from before the LORD\u00a0and consumed the burnt offering and the portions of fat on the altar; and when all the people saw\u00a0it,\u00a0they shouted and fell on their faces.\u00a0 (Leviticus 9:22-24, NASB)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Israelites had just finished building the Tabernacle according to the fine detail that God had given to Moses.&nbsp; The people had donated the materials, and the work was done by craftsmen ordained by God.&nbsp; Moses then sanctified the Tabernacle and sanctified Aaron, his brother, and Aaron&#8217;s sons as priests.&nbsp; Next, Aaron and his sons made sacrifices to the Lord.&nbsp; They performed a sin offering, a burnt offering, and a peace offering to God.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Moses, the author of the first five books of the Bible reports, &#8220;When they came out and blessed the people, the glory of the LORD appeared to all the people.&#8221;&nbsp; WOW!&nbsp; That must have been a sight!&nbsp; God had promised to go through the wilderness with the Israelites, to be their God, and they were His people.&nbsp; But to see His glory!&nbsp; What happens next?&nbsp; &#8220;Then fire came out from before the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the portions of fat on the altar; and when all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ci5.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/ffq3alvlREHF_26MyU1slj7zH6AT3d_OdSEnGsC1-Re5ILae00fiq_FharT49c-75jA9SGZmHgNzKDypanw48cC0rBv2d8zU8fpTzJYTd-oA183G5oesheSiKjlyPlqSdmcb2hfcNQohq6fTeW28VA=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/images.saymedia-content.com\/.image\/t_share\/MTczOTg4MTEwNDc1MDc2OTE1\/gloryandliver.jpg\" alt=\"gloryandliver\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Conceptual illustration of God&#8217;s glory.\u00a0 Found at Owlcation,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/owlcation.com\/humanities\/gloryandliver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/owlcation.com\/humanities\/gloryandliver<\/a>.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve often wondered how the glory of the Lord would manifest Itself.\u00a0 Is it fire as the Hebrews saw?\u00a0 Is it a brighter-than-the-sun light?\u00a0 Or can we see God&#8217;s glory in everyday occurrences?\u00a0 Is God&#8217;s glory in the sunlight?\u00a0 Is it in the moonlight?\u00a0 Can we see it in the stars?\u00a0 Does God show His glory in &#8220;the rolling thunder&#8221;?\u00a0 Or is it the people we see, who are made in the image of God?\u00a0 I choose to see God&#8217;s glory in His Creation.\u00a0 We just have to pay attention and look for it.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Show Me Your Glory - Jesus Culture\/Kim Walker Smith w\/ Lyrics\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oeV6EEItzB4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Worship:\u00a0 &#8220;Show Me Your Glory,&#8221; by Jesus Culture, ft. Kim Walker-Smith<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Then Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them, and he stepped down after making the sin offering and the burnt offering and the peace offerings.\u00a0Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting. When they came out and blessed the people, the glory of the LORD\u00a0appeared to all the\u00a0people.\u00a0Then fire came &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deadmannotwalking.org\/?p=828\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Glory of the Lord&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deadmannotwalking.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deadmannotwalking.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deadmannotwalking.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deadmannotwalking.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deadmannotwalking.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=828"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/deadmannotwalking.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":830,"href":"https:\/\/deadmannotwalking.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828\/revisions\/830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deadmannotwalking.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deadmannotwalking.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deadmannotwalking.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}