The Glory of the Lord Will Fill the Earth

Habakkuk 2:14
For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.

Daniel 2:
34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.

35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.

36 This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.


44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.




The above scriptures, and others in the Bible, are a great promise and outlook for what Jesus has in store for the earth before He returns and resurrects us.

It's obvious when He talks about the knowledge of His glory filling the earth, and a kingdom being set up in the time when Jesus appeared and Rome ruled over much of the world, is what He will do in and through His people.

If it was just a general presence He was talking about, it would be meaningless. God has always been everywhere, and it would add nothing to that general fact if that was all that was being thought of here in such powerful words and imagery.

Always keep in mind that Jesus launched His eternal kingdom on earth about 2000 years ago. It's an everlasting kingdom, and it'll never end.

His kingdom will fill the whole earth, and that will be done in a people He rules within and without.

So take great encouragement and plan your life on this earth in light of the fact His kingdom is expanding, and we have a part in subduing this earth to His glory.

That is how He fills the whole earth with His glory: He does it through an obedient people that learn the not only what Jesus' overall vision and purpose is for this earth, but also the means to rule and reign on it through Jesus Christ, as revealed in the Holy Scriptures.

Consequently, there is no need to despair. As we search the Scriptures and with the help of the Holy Spirit understand and put them into practice, we gradually grow and move into all that He had planned for us concerning this earth from before the foundations were laid.

This will all be accomplished through our obedience to the commands of God as revealed in the Bible, and by faithful service we offer to others as part of the great salvation He brought to us.

No matter how bleak it may look to some, this isn't our end, but this is the devil's end. Yes, we have to regroup at times and take a defensive stand in order to preserve the work of God in us, our families, and our churches.

When the culture has been overwhelmingly corrupted by evil, and accepted by the majority, those are the times we need to be sure our children and grandchildren know how to defend their faith, and to keep them from a world that only wants to destroy their faith in Jesus Christ.

Once that is in place, we can then go on the offensive, working to persuade those that oppose themselves there is a better life and a better way. We do that by the lives we live and the service we offer.

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