Glory

WED., SEPT. 6, 1995, 9:53 AM
OFFICE, PULLIAM HALL

Dorothy, this morning, asked a question, coming from this “prayer chapter” of John, that was hard to answer… what does “glory” mean? In this prayer I used it often, but your answer was probably the best for the morning. Its meaning simply can’t be “captured” with other words. So why have I given you this title? Can it be that I’ll try to do what I’ve just said isn’t possible? Hear Me out.

Glory is a very positive term, representing a very positive, desirable aspect of Me. Glory comes from Me, as the Father God, and is something I share with you. It is light, as John (the one present) suggested, and it can be soft, as from a candle, to brilliant, as from the sun. The sun, as you saw it this morning, was muted by haze, but it had a gentle gloriousness to it. So there can be glory in dim or soft light, but glory tends to increase with the brightness or brilliance of light.

As has been said about Me by some having near-death experiences, light can be interpreted as love, and thus glory is another term for love. As I offered this prayer to Abba, My Father, for the disciples gathered for the last time in My earth lifetime, the glory of which I spoke certainly was love. I loved them because I had glory from the Father. I gave forth this glorious love to them, that they might be empowered (a generally good, contemporary term) to give it forth to others, in order that My presence in the earth would be remembered, and that My new Body, the Church, might begin to arise. Without this glory, there would have been no Church, and without it, no congregation is truly a Church, as part of, and at One with, My Body… Me.

Glory implies a radiance, combining light with warmth. Light doesn’t always have warmth as a companion, but when it is linked with love it certainly does. Glory radiates, streams forth, in gentle to powerful ways, whatever is appropriate. Thus, a blind person, such as Dorothy, who can’t directly experience light, can feel warmth as a way of feeling glory.

Also glory can be heard. Some music is glorious in that it reaches out and touches, even envelopes your spirit. Lawrence’s playing of Handel’s music for the Royal Fireworks had, for you, a glorious quality. In a gentler way the clarinet solo at Chris’ service also gave forth a quality that could be called glory, by some, at least.

And for some folks glory can be experienced through touch, but, again, this will be quite individual, depending on the maturity of spirit. When spirit is strong and well-developed much of life takes on a sacredness, and what are just pleasant, tactile experiences for most become glorious for these, “in grace”.

As Jesus, I hoped for such development in My disciples, but I also knew that My influence was not yet strong enough, and I would have to return as Holy Spirit to help them along to what I expected and needed. And it did “work out”.

Thus, glory is a concept that mystically links experiences in this earth life with the spiritual experiences of continuing life. You can appreciate glory in the various ways I’ve suggested, but you also should anticipate going on “to glory”. You can imagine this only in a dim, indistinct fashion, but it’s something like… all that you see, hear, feel, even taste and smell, will have a glory quality to it.