THE DEATH THAT TRIGGERS GLORY

THE DEATH THAT TRIGGERS GLORY

     He (Jesus Christ) condescended to our world. He was conspired against which led to His crucifixion. He conquered the grave, and now He is gloriously sited at the right hand side of God making intercession for us. His death indeed triggers glory.

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. 

Today, we commemorate the death of Christ of the Cross which carries with it greater dimension of Glory. His death was supposed to be our death, yet he died in our place to secure not only a glory that awaits him by the Father but to restore us to Glory. The cross carries a level of fruitfulness that was made possible by His death. The bible says that “Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except the grain of wheat falling into the ground die, it abides alone; but if it die, it bears much fruit.” (John 12:24)

The movie on the passion of Christ and the drama staged today by some churches on Easter celebrations cannot explicitly describe how Isaiah 53:1-12 described his death on the cross. His pains, shames, sufferings and death on the cross were all triggers for our awaited glory. 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.

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 flesh profit nothing no matter its glorious usefulness, it’s only the Spirit that gives life. 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.

Jesus died over 2000 years ago for our sakes. He died, was buried and resurrected, all for the triggers of our glories that was handed over to the devil when Adam disobedient in the Garden of Eden. 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 behold God’s glory. These glories were triggered all because Jesus died and secured them for us. He died our death.

 

WRITTEN BY

 SAMSON OKPANACHI DANIEL

W.O.R.D FEAST (THE LIVING TRANSFORMER)