TRANSITION TO GLORY!!!

It has happened again!!! Oh Lord, Why did you allow the demise of this precious personality I have lived with and come to cherish almost all my life! Couldn’t you have averted the death of this my beloved one. It is quite obvious that there is no glory in this world, there’s no treasure here on the earth for me to put my whole effort pursuing. It’s actually the death of the old man that accompanied me without my consent at birth; the old man is also popularly known as Mr. Flesh or Mr. Self as the case may be. Death happens to be an inevitable phenomenon and occurrence that knocks at the door of our loved once. Yes, death is inevitable and unavoidable yet it carried with it some level of glory after its occurrence. The Old nature (Mr. Flesh, Mr. Self) has lived with us right from birth and many of us boast with that nature. It is true that the flesh carries with it a level of glory but such a glory doesn’t transition anyone into the greatest glory of heaven. The earth has its own temporal and transient glory which people clamour for, but there is a glory of heaven that is permanent in which God is expecting us as His image bearers to pursue after. On the posters of many dead once are inscriptions found written “call to glory” or “transition to glory” or “glorious exit” among many others. This is because there is a presupposed assurance of a greater glory that is accorded to the dead when they die. Scripturally speaking, everyman born into this world carries a level of glory. Because Adam sinned, we all sinned and fall short of God’s glory too (Rom. 3:23) but in Christ, we are being restored back to Glory. Hence, we are called to Glory in Christ. The bible says that “According as his [God’s] divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue” (2 Peter 1:3). We are first of all called to Glory on the earth in our life time before the reality of transition to Glory would be feasible in the afterlife. We would turn strangers to Glory in the afterlife after death despite the bold inscription of call to glory or transition to Glory if and only if we are strangers to Glory on the earth during our life time. Death is indeed a glorious exit from the nothingness of this perverse world and self-seeking nature of the flesh. Death is the conduit that connects one level of glory to another. Without death, experiencing transition to Glory is unrealistic. Death is indeed a painful exit but comes with a lot of glories and gains. There is glory in death. There would be no transition to Glory or call to glory without death. Death on the cross is the only way for transition unto Glory. Experiencing the once and forever death of Jesus on the cross nails Mr. Flesh down to its defeat. Infact, it nails physical death too down to nothing at the second coming of Jesus. The Bible says, “So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?” (1 Corinthians 15:54-55, KJV). Jesus’s death on the cross is what grant us window unto death. We could not be opportune to die so we could transit to glory without the death of Jesus Christ. 2 Corinthians 5:14b says that “…that if one died for all, then were all dead” The cross is actually beyond a wooden symbol as undermined here and there, it’s a symbol of God’s permanent defeat of the enemy so that we can be called unto Glory and virtue. The flesh profit nothing no matter its glorious usefulness, it’s only the Spirit that gives life. Just like many people want to go to heaven yet don’t want to first of all die, so is transition to glory practically impossible without the experiencing of the cross. The cross is the only way to die to the life of Mr. Flesh. The cross is the system for Satan’s defeat. It is a symbol for transition/change into a new creation in Christ. The cross is a place of exchange; the old life for the new life. The cross is a place of death; to sin and to the world. The cross is the place of new beginning in Christ. The cross is the place of forgiveness, reconciliation, revival, redemption and peace with God. The cross is the place where the handwritings of darkness are nailed on our behalf. The cross is the place of victory and fruitfulness. The cross is the place of glory. The cross is the place to secure healing and a confident destiny and destination with God. The cross is the connection between the dead and the living. The cross is the place of Glory, hidden wisdom and power. Owing to these realities of the cross, it is high time you come to realize that you have died with Christ and your life is hidden with Christ in God (Col. 3:3). Its high time you know that it should no longer you that live even though you are alive, but Christ liveth in you: and the life which you now live in the flesh you live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved you, and gave himself for you because you are crucified with him. (Galatians 2:20). Its high time you run to Jesus at the cross. God is waiting for your metamorphosis from the glory to glory, from this level of faith to another level of faith, and from this level of grace to another level of grace. All of these transitions would be possible when you know deeply that your old man is crucified with him and you must also reckon yourself dead unto sin. The worldly life of sin only calls one to transit from that fallen state glory we had at our physical birth into the glory in Christ wrought for us through his death on the cross. The activities of the old man can only be killed at the cross. If you die here on the earth without being called unto Glory with Christ, it’s going to be practically impossible for you to be transitioned to Glory with God in the afterlife despite the bold inscription of transition to glory on your demised poster. Come to the cross and get your victory from sin, addiction, struggling, unbelief, doubt from a glorious future and from devils cage. The glory of the old man (Self life, Mr. Flesh) has with it some measure of glory but it can’t be compared with the glory of the celestial body we would all have at the second coming of Jesus if we have been called to glory while alive. You can move from Glory to glory as you die daily and continually beholding God’s glory. “But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.” (2 Corinthians 3:18, KJV) Written by Samson Okpanachi Daniel W.O.R.D FEAST (The Living Transformer)