{"id":1074,"date":"2017-11-27T15:33:01","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T15:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/safeplacewithruthgraham\/?p=1074"},"modified":"2017-11-27T15:33:01","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T15:33:01","slug":"gods-representative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/safeplacewithruthgraham\/2017\/11\/gods-representative.html","title":{"rendered":"God&#8217;s Representative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The morning I was reading my Daily Light &#8211; as I have since I was about 12 years old. It is the King James Version because that is what I grew up with &#8211; the familiarity of the words brings comfort.<\/p>\n<p>I read of God&#8217;s glory. God&#8217;s glory is so dazzlingly bright and magnificent He cannot be seen by human eyes. Moses asked to see God&#8217;s glory but God told Moses that &#8220;no mind can see me and live.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>In Scripture it talks about the &#8220;likeness of the glory of the Lord.&#8221; It cannot be described. St. John had the same issue as he wrote the book of Revelation. What he saw was so fantastical, he couldn&#8217;t describe it. it truly overwhelmed him. As it did the prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel.<\/p>\n<p>I can only imagine it would be like looking at the sun &#8211; but 1000 times brighter. <\/p>\n<p>God knew we frail human could not stand in or look at His glory. So He sent an exact representation in the person of Jesus Christ. Paul wrote in II Corinthians, &#8220;God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>God the creator created the sun and moon just by speaking them into existence. He wanted to light the world which was empty and shapeless. This great creative God whose Word is creatively powerful has touched our own human, frail heart with His light. <\/p>\n<p>Why? &#8220;To give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus.&#8221; God wanted us to see Him but He knew it was dangerous so He sent one who reprints Him to a &#8220;t&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Take time to think about that!  <\/p>\n<p>And this exact representation came in the form of a baby. Mind-blowing! If God wanted to show us His glory why did He sent a helpless baby? Would not a light saber or army or powerful creature work better? No one would take a baby seriously. Power and majesty do not bring a baby to mind. A baby is vulnerable. Helpless. Approachable. <\/p>\n<p>Perhaps that is part of God&#8217;s glory &#8211; humility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The morning I was reading my Daily Light &#8211; as I have since I was about 12 years old. 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