Sermon - Christmas Day 2022 - John 1:1-18
The Nativity , Zanobi Strozzi, circa 1433-1434 The Glory of the Lord The glory of the Lord dwelt in the tabernacle/temple until the exile The fullness of God’s glory now dwells in Christ The glory of the Lord abides with us today, full of grace and truth. Merry Christmas! “ The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. ” The Glory of the Lord dwelt in the tabernacle and temple until the Israelites were exiled to Babylon. But when Christ became man, the fullness of God’s glory once again dwelt among us. Through Jesus the glory of the Lord still abides with us today, full of grace and truth. God’s glory among us is a profound thought, but to understand it, we must first know what God’s glory is. The glory of the Lord is the presence of God’s almighty nature or essence made manifest in a particular location. The Old Testament Hebrew word for glory was cavode, which in part means heavy. So a cav...