God's Glory by C. C. Webster

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 21, 1907

God's Glory

By C. C. Webster

C. C. WEBSTER

God's glory is his righteousness (Ex. 33:18, 19), and it makes no difference where or upon whom his goodness or righteousness is seen, it is God's glory. Jer. 33:16; 1 Cor. 1:30. The Lord gives us his righteousness for a purpose: and his purpose has been the same all through the ages “a light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.” Luke 2:32.

God allowed his glory to rest on Moses at Sinai in an extraordinary manner visible to all. 2 Cor. 3:7. This was a type of God's glory or righteousness to be revealed by and through his people in all ages, and especially his remnant people. 2 Cor. 3:7–18.

The glory on Moses face was also an object-lesson that they and we—ancient and modern Israel—might see the contrast between their character and that of even the man Moses. Their sins had separated them from God; so that they dare not talk with him or be in his presence lest they should die. The Lord said: “O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments.” Deut. 5:29. Had their hearts been right as was that of Moses, they might have taught the Gentile nations the true God; and the work they failed to do in their long journeyings for forty years might have been done in a few short weeks, and they would have been permitted to enter the promised land.

So with us. If the glory of Christ's righteousness had covered us as it was our privilege that it should; and if we had had that measure of his Holy Spirit which God desired we should, the world would have been warned long ago, and we would have been ushered into the kingdom of God.

God wants us to be one in purpose to serve him and proclaim his last warning message. He wants to give us his Holy Spirit and his righteousness which is his glory so that we may be fitted to do his work for this generation. And that

righteousness shall exceed the glory seen on Moses' face even as the last temple was more glorious than the former, on account of the presence of the Saviour.

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