The Disciple and The Ascension Of The Lord. Part Two.

The ascension stands for the dazzling glory of the Lord. In Psalm 24:7-10, we find that there is a linkage between the power of God and the glory of God. In other words, while the Cross may stand for the so-called weakness of God, and the ressurection stand for the fantastic power of God, the ascension stands for the dazzling glory of God. In Psalm 24, we see the link in the question,

Who is the king of Glory?

And the answer came,

“The LORD of Hosts. The LORD strong and mighty in battle.

The Commander-in-Chief of the hosts of heaven,is also the king of glory. So we think the link between power of God and the glory of God.

Now where is the King of Glory coming from, that He is asking the evelasting doors to lift up their heads that He may come in?

You will know that the King of glory traveled to the world , died on the cross , rose from the dead , and he is now returning home. This is where the King of glory now become applicable. And what was he returning to do?

Daniel 7:9-14 gave us the description of how Jesus Christ, the SOn of Man was brought before God the Father, the Ancient of Days, to receive a kingdom that will never end. But He was not coming alone, the clouds of heaven followed him. Who are the clouds that followed Him? They are his disciples that are robed in white. They are so many that anyone looking from below would think it is a cloud following Him. In other words, when Jesus goes to receive His glory, the glory of His Kingdom from His Father, I pray that you and I will be there going with Him. And what is this glory like?

John the Revelator , the beloved of the Lord described Him in Revelations 1:12-17 , and he told us how glorious He was, that the very glory caused him to faint.

You will remember that on the road to Damascus, Saul of Tarsus saw a little bit of the glory of the ascended Christ, an experience which he had in Acts 9:3, and when he was describing it in Acts 22:6, the glory that he saw was brighter than the moonday sun. We are talking of a glory that if you look at it, it will blind you for three days, and this is the kind of glory that is waiting for you and for me, because the Bible says in Matthew 13:43 that, “Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.”

The Lamb of God will be the Sun there and we too will be shining like the Sun. We will have the same glory that Paul saw on the way to Damascus.But there is a condition for sharing this kind of glory and this is found in Romans 8:17,

And if children , then heirs ; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified together.”

In other words, if you do not suffer with him, if you are not crucified with Him, there is no way you can be resurrected with Him and there is no way you can be glorified with Him . In other words, if you are not willing to suffer all kinds of insults for His sake, if you are not willing to suffer abuse and indignity , then dont expect that you will also be glorified with Him.

In Philippians 3:20-21,the Bible says,

“For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Savoiour, the Lord Jesus Christ. Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he able even to subdue all things unto himself.”

He is going to change our body so that it will become like his own which means , if you are already proud of your beauty, if it is your beauty that will not allow you to do the will of God, God is going to ask you to keep your beauty and then He will not refashion your body to be like His own.

You remember what he said to the Pharisees? He said,

“If only you agree that you are blind, I would have opened your eyes, but because you say you see already, then there is nothing more I can do.”

If you think you are already powerful, then He is not going to increase your power. If you think you are already glorious according to the wisdom of this world, He will leave you like that, but the Bible made it clear in Colossians 3:1-4 that if you die with Him, you will appear with Him in glory, and in 1 John 3:1-2, the Bible after talking about the special love that God has for us says,

“Beloved, now we are sons of God, and it does not yet appear what we shall be; but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see him as he is.”

We know one thing, when he shall appear, we shall be like Him. We shall have the same glorious body with Him.

After John rise from the dead Himself , he could see the glorious Jesus without fainting. And I am sure after we have died with Him, and we rose with Him, we will share the same glory.

This is why Paul said in Romans 8:18 that,

“For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.”

Also, in 2 Cor. 4:17-18,

“For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us after more exceeding and external weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen ; for the things which are seen are temporal but the things which are not seen are eternal”.

This is somebody who was beaten several times , went to prison several times, and stoned several times. He added it all together and called it light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding an eternal weight of glory. He was not looking at the present, he was looking towards the future.

That reminds me of the graduate drivers that I told you about. They were told that as bus drivers, they will be insulted, all kind of things will be done to them. They said these things did not matter. They knew where they were going. They said they had a goal, all they wanted was the job. The same thing can happen to you. You too can say I know where I am going. I have my goal. Anybody can do whatever he likes to me. I know what I want. I know that one day, I would be glorified with Christ.

In 2 timothy 2:10, Paul said,

“Therefore I endure all things for the elects sake…”

In other words, He said ‘I am ready to endure anything, I know where I am going’.

And then there is one beautiful thing about this glory in 2 Cor. 3:18, the Bible tells us that this glory is a progressive one. The Bible says,

“We are changed from glory to glory”.

Brethren, I am looking forward to that day when we will meet in heaven. And from time to time we just find our glory increasing and it will continue like that forever. It is only for those who have been crucified with Him, those who are willing to suffer with Him,those who are willing to become nothing for His sake. These are the people who will rise with Him. They are the people who will be glorified with Him.

If you think you are one of them, talk to Him and tell him,

LORD, I want to be one of those who will be glorified with You. Whatever it is going to cost, I am ready LORD. I am ready to pay the price.

Talk to the LORD now.

He understands and He knows those of you who are sincere.

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