Spring 2004
The Glory
Jerry Hyde

In the Holy of Holies, doors were placed in front of the veil because men fear God’s glory. There is a tendency for us to love the anointing, the delivering power of God, His benefits and the oil that flows. But, when the glory comes, the Lord does not have many friends. We fear because it threatens our self-life. No matter how awesome God is, no manifestation of Him should cause us to run and hide. If He comes as consuming fire, we should want that.

The Lord is disappointed when we turn away from Him, because “He is the glory.” When Moses saw the glory, he saw the goodness of God.

He is preparing this generation for the glory of God. Isaiah saw the house filled with smoke. When the glory comes, judgment will also come.

Isaiah 6:5-6 says, “Woe is me! for …I am a man of unclean lips … for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of Hosts. Then flew one of the seraphims to me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from the altar.”

I don’t believe Isaiah was profane, but his speech was “natural.” Even our religious jargon is unclean as we go on with God. This generation will cry out for more. Hearing the voice of God in this hour is conditional upon our vocabulary. Allow God to convict you of uncleanness of speech. When Isaiah’s lips were touched, his ears opened up, and he heard God speaking to Himself, “Who will go for us?”

There are very few “prepared to hear” that call. He would ask you, “Will you hear My voice and respond, ‘Here am I, send me’”?

Isaiah was not “commissioned” into this calling. He heard a voice, and he “volunteered.” Then he was commissioned to speak to a people who would not hear, understand, or perceive.

God is saying, “Just because things don’t appear to be progressing doesn’t mean you don’t have the Word of the Lord. Success in My eyes might be failure in the eyes of man.”

Yet God says, “In the midst of this people whose eyes are dim and ears heavy, there will be a people who will hear.”

The whole earth will not get the message. Why do you think the Church is in such a state of chaos? Does this means God is not in control? Has He lost His throne?

No. God would never dare to let it go this far if He weren’t in control. He’d have intervened a long time ago. There must be heresies among us so that those things which are true might be made manifest. God has chosen to set us in an environment full of chaos and misunderstanding, so that we will come out of it hungry for God with our eyes on Him.

When we seek the glory, we’ll find that God will cause activity that we have never, ever imagined! We’re going into another age. There is a millennial reign on the horizon! All prophecy will converge upon this generation. You are being prepared for that. The coming age is the age of the Glory of God, the reign of Christ.

When we pursue the glory of God, the Scriptures come alive. There is a realm of worship we have never imagined. There is a release of understanding of the ways and heart of God that we have never yet touched. Worship causes the Lord to unveil His heart, the doorposts move, the veil opens up, and you see the glory of God.

When we surrender our lives, we experience crushings. Some of you will go through hard things, not because God has neglected you, but because He wants to release worship. Crushing gives us the opportunity to worship and surrender to Him. Anytime we see the Lord, it is because He has taken a sovereign, personal initiative to unveil Himself to us.

The glory is increasing today, but it is not outwardly visible because it is behind the veil of our lives. That’s only temporary. God will take off the veil, and this time there will be a full view of the glory of God on His people.