Dictionary of Bible Themes Through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, believers will finally be glorified. All human glory derives from God. Hebrews 2:6-7Human glory in the creation See also Human glory as God's intention Psalms 8:4-5Genesis 5:1 See also People are created in God's image Genesis 1:26-27; 9:61 Corinthians 11:7 James 3:9 Matthew 6:26 Human beings have precedence over the rest of creation See also Matthew 10:29-31pp Lk 12:24 Matthew 12:12pp Lk 12:6-7 Genesis 2:19-20See also Human responsibility for creation Genesis 1:28Psalms 8:6-8 Hebrews 2:8 James 3:7 Romans 3:23 Human glory diminished after the fall See also Genesis 5:3Ecclesiastes 7:29 Romans 5:12 1 Peter 1:24-25 The imperfect nature of human glory See also Isaiah 40:6-8Psalms 49:10-11,16-17; 103:15 2 Corinthians 3:7-8,10,13 Psalms 82:6-7 Human glory is given and taken by God See also Exodus 9:161 Kings 3:13 Jeremiah 27:6-7 Daniel 2:37-39; 4:29-31,36 pp 2Ch 1:12 John 19:11Romans 13:1 Philippians 3:19 The temporary nature of the glory of the wicked See also Isaiah 5:15Luke 16:25 Revelation 18:14-17 Matthew 4:8-9 The temptation associated with human glory See also 2 Timothy 4:10pp Lk 4:5-7 1 John 2:15Job 40:9-10 The uniqueness of God's glory See also Exodus 15:11God shows Job the impossibility of human beings attaining the perfection of God's glory. 1 Chronicles 16:24-28Isaiah 42:8; 48:11 pp Ps 96:3-7 Exodus 24:17God's glory revealed to human beings See also Exodus 16:10Psalms 26:8 Ezekiel 1:25-28 Luke 2:9 Acts 7:55 Matthew 6:2 Glory is not to be sought from other human beings but from God See also Jeremiah 9:23-24Hosea 4:7 John 5:41-44 Philippians 3:3 1 Thessalonians 2:4-6 James 4:16 Psalms 34:3 It is a human duty to glorify God See also Psalms 63:3; 86:12Daniel 4:37 Romans 15:6 Galatians 1:3-5 Romans 8:30 Glory is restored to redeemed humanity by the death of Jesus Christ See also Romans 9:231 Corinthians 15:47-49 Colossians 3:10 John 17:22 Spiritual glory is divinely given See also Psalms 84:112 Corinthians 3:18 Colossians 3:4 Glorification when Jesus Christ returns See also Romans 8:18Philippians 3:21 1 Thessalonians 2:20 1 John 3:2 See also 1165 God, unique2580 Christ, transfiguration 4005 creation 4838 lightning 5023 image of God 5080 Adam 5101 Moses 5878 honour 6020 sin 6248 temptation 8664 praise 9410 heaven |
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