During the year between 700-680 B.C.,
this verse prophesies the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. God would reveal His
glory and power in even greater way in the person of Jesus Christ. This verse
was also prophesied that Israel
would see the glory of the Lord in Jerusalem’s Temple when He delivered them from 70 years of captivity
from Babylon.
This verse has three-fold prophesies: one for Israel’s, second for the coming of
Christ’s birth, and third for the coming of Christ’s return from heaven.
If you have read the Manna on the “Hope, Hope of the Glory
of God,” it might help to see the part of the pictures from Zechariah 2:5 about
the glory of God in Jerusalem
and Isaiah 40:5 about the glory of God revealed in Jesus Christ. Really, the
glory of God is a very broad subject if one really study and I choose a few
that impressed me to share.
When Isaiah spoke about the coming the Jesus Christ, he
prophesied that in Him the glory of God would be revealed for all flesh to see.
Both John [John 1:14] and the writer to the Hebrews [Heb.1:3] testified that
Jesus Christ fulfilled this prophecy of Isaiah 40:5. Christ’s glory was the
same glory that He had with His Father before the world began [John 17:5]. The
glory of His ministry far surpassed the glory of the Old Testament’s ministry
[2Cor.3:7-18]. Both Paul and James call Jesus “the Lord of glory” [1Cor.2:8;
Jas.2:1].
References: John 1:14 “And
the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (we beheld his glory, the glory as
of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth”; Heb.1:3 “Who
being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and
upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by Himself purged
our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high”; Jn.17:5 “And now,
O Father, glorify thou Me (Jesus) with thine own self with the glory which I
had with thee before the world was”; 2Cor. 3:18 “… the glory of the Lord …”;
1Cor.2:8 “… the Lord of glory”; Jas.2:1 “… our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of
glory …”]
One reason Jesus came into the world was to fill believers
with His glory. As believers, He is glorified in us. Jesus said, “… I am glorified
in them (disciples and us)” [Jn.17:10]. “And the glory which thou (Father) gave
Me I have given them …” [Jn.17:22].
What do we do with the glory of God? “The answer is, if you eat or drink, or if
you do anything, do it all for the glory of God” [1
Cor. 10:31 NCV]. I pray, O
heavenly Father that we experience the glory of God through the infilling of
the Holy Spirit. Help us to believe even though we find it difficult how You
with the glory of God could be in us. Even Jesus is glorified in us as He said
in John 17:10. (Song) “Lord, I believe. Lord I believe, Savior raise my faith
in Thee until it can moved a mountain, Lord, I believe, Lord, I believe, all my
doubt are buried in the fountain.” Thank You, Holy Spirit for the song that
helps us to believe in Your Word, in Jesus’ name, amen!
God bless you today!
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