Suddenly

Suddenly, God, you floodlight my life; I'm blazing with glory, God's glory! I smash the bands of marauders, I vault the highest fences.

Long ago I told you what was going to happen. Then suddenly I took action, and all my predictions came true.

Suddenly, the glory of the God of Israel was there, just as I had seen it before in the valley.

The blameless will be rescued from harm, but the crooked will be suddenly destroyed.

 Suddenly, the glory of the God of Israel appeared from the east. The sound of his coming was like the roar of rushing waters, and the whole landscape shone with his glory.

Whenever, though, they turn to face God as Moses did, God removes the veil and there they are—face-to-face! They suddenly recognize that God is a living, personal presence, not a piece of chiseled stone. And when God is personally present, a living Spirit, that old, constricting legislation is recognized as obsolete. We're free of it! All of us! Nothing between us and God, our faces shining with the brightness of his face. And so we are transfigured much like the Messiah, our lives gradually becoming brighter and more beautiful as God enters our lives and we become like him.

Psalm 18:28 Isaiah 48:3 Ezekiel 8:4 Proverbs 28:18 Ezekiel 43:2 2 Corinthians 3:16

God gives grace for this life and glory in the life to come.

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