Jerry Shugart
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Let us look at this verse which speaks of the appearing of the Lord Jesus, our great God and Savior:
"...while we wait for the blessed hope--the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ" (Titus 2:13).
The following passage speaks of us looking for that appearance and the "glory" which we will see will be the Lord Jesus' "glorious body":
The following verses are also speaking of the same "appearance" and the same "glory":
"Beloved, now are we the children of God, and it doth 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" (1 Jn.3:2).
So the "glory" in the following verse is referring to the glorious body in which we will see the Lord Jesus when He will appear:
"...while we wait for the blessed hope--the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ" (Titus 2:13).
That is why Paul refers to that glory as belonging to the Lord Jesus, our great God and Savior. And as the Lord Jesus said, we are to honor Him as we honor the Father:
"That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him" (Jn:5:23).
If a person is not honoring the Lord Jesus as being his God then he is not honoring the Father either.
"...while we wait for the blessed hope--the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ" (Titus 2:13).
The following passage speaks of us looking for that appearance and the "glory" which we will see will be the Lord Jesus' "glorious body":
"But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body" (Phil.3:20-21).
The following verses are also speaking of the same "appearance" and the same "glory":
"Beloved, now are we the children of God, and it doth 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" (1 Jn.3:2).
"When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory" (Col.3:4).
So the "glory" in the following verse is referring to the glorious body in which we will see the Lord Jesus when He will appear:
"...while we wait for the blessed hope--the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ" (Titus 2:13).
That is why Paul refers to that glory as belonging to the Lord Jesus, our great God and Savior. And as the Lord Jesus said, we are to honor Him as we honor the Father:
"That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him" (Jn:5:23).
If a person is not honoring the Lord Jesus as being his God then he is not honoring the Father either.
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