"For as the waters fill the sea, the earth will be filled with an awareness of the glory of the LORD" - Habakkuk 2:14
What is glory realm? It is the realm of eternity. It is the revelation of the presence of God. It is the manifestation of His presence. He is glory. He is everywhere, but glory is the manifestation of that reality. Earth has the atmosphere of air, whereas the heavenly atmosphere is glory, His presence. When glory comes down, it's a bit of heaven's atmosphere coming down to us, a taste of His manifest presence. We don't see air, do we? But all of us would be dead if we are not breathing it. We are not conscious of the air unless we see the wind blowing the leaves on the trees. Yet the earth is covered by it. In the same way, not one inch of heaven lacks glory. Now God is giving us a taste of that glory, Heaven manifested on Earth. (An extract from Glory: Experiencing the atmosphere of heaven by Ruth Ward Heflin) Bob Sorge in his book - Glory: when heaven invades earth shared that there is God's presence realm and God's glory realm. As we press in deeper in our worship, the spiritual intensity of God's presence will increase... then we enter that sphere where we move from the presence realm to glory realm - that's when we cross into the sensory threshold. When God heals a sick person during worship, we are experiencing a tangible manifestation of the glory realm. You probably heard about other tangible manifestations of the glory of God where believers received "gold dust", heavenly fragrance, glory cloud, vision and visitation of angelic hosts... But there is also a higher level (Extreme Glory Realm) where signs wonders and miracles happen. Whenever or wherever the glory of God is manifest - God is glorified, there is an increase reverence in the fear of God, enemies were defeated, lives were transformed and salvation of multitudes. Below are some verses from the Bible that shows the manifestation of God's glory: 1. Old Testament Examples a. Moses - The 10 plagues, Crossing of the Red Sea, The providence of Manna & Quails (Exodus) b. Joshua - The fall of Jericho's wall (Joshua 5:13 - Chapter 6) c. Gideon - Defeating the Midianites with just 300 men (Judges 7) d. Samson - Defeating the Philistines with a donkey's jawbone (Judges 15) e. Elijah - Defeating the prophets of Baal (1 Kings 18:1-40) f. Elisha - Feeding the poor widow (2 Kings 4) g. Ezekiel - Prophesying to the dry bones to come to life (Ezekiel 37:4-6) 2. New Testament Examples: a. Jesus' miracles (Most of these affirmed Jesus is the Son of God and His Lordship) - Signs, Wonders and Miracles (The four Gospels) - Turning water into wine (John 2:1-11) - Providence miracle of the feeding of the five thousand (Mat. 14:13-21, John 6:1-13) - Still the storm (Mat. 8:18, 23-27, Mark 4:35-41, Luke 8:22-25) - Walking on water (Mat. 14:22-23, Mark 6:45-51, John 6:16-21) - Cursing the fig tree (Mat. 21:19-22, Mark 11:20-24) b. The Book of Acts - Peter & John healing the lame man at the temple gate (Acts 3:1-10) - Peter's shadow and healing (Acts 5:12-16) - Philip was transported to another town to preach (Acts 8:39-40) - Peter's miraculous escape from prison by visitation of an angel (Acts 12:1-18) - Paul & Silas in prison delivered by a sudden violent earthquake (Acts 16:16-34) - Paul did extraordinary miracles (Acts 19:11) When God invades earth with His glory, it is to visit His corporate church with His manifest presence. This is what happened on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:1-4), when a sound of a mighty rushing wind filled the room and the tongues of fire came to rest on the church, This is God's reality invading the human sphere, appearing to entire groups of people and transforming entire cities. Theses kind of Glory manifestations are increasing as we approach the return of Christ. However, when God rends the skies and come down, it is not always for a corporate gathering; sometimes God rends the heavens to visit an individual. Moses was one such passionate person who chased after the Glory of God. He prayed, "Please show me your Glory" (Exodus 33:18)
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