(Author: John Piper)
Someday, at the coming of the Lord Jesus, all who are in Christ will be glorified.
Those whom he justified he also glorified. (Romans 8:30)
The creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. (Romans 8:21)
That is, we will be glorious.
The righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. (Matthew 13:43)
But our glory will not be our own but the glory of Christ who is the image of God. We will be glorified with his glory.
To this he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. (2 Thessalonians 2:14)
The Lord will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory. (Isaiah 60:19)
The result of our being glorious with the glory of God is that in the end God will be glorified by our glorification.
Your people shall all be righteous . . . the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I might be glorified. (Isaiah 60:21)
Therefore, do not let your joy or your hope or your theology or your preaching rest finally on what you are or what you will be. Rejoice finally in this: that what you will be is a joyful reflection of the glory of God. And he will be all in all. Be glad that you are not the final point of it all, but a happy pointer.
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