22/05/2026
*ALPHA LIFE DEVOTIONAL*
FRIDAY MAY 22nd, 2026
*THE GLORY OF THE LATTER HOUSE*
Bible Text: 2 Corinthians 3:7-11
Bible in one year: Nehemiah 6-8, 1 Corinthians 6
Glory to God for making us partakers of the latter house. Glory speaks of God’s beauty, splendour, brightness, majesty, magnificence, and His manifest presence. It is important to review the glory of previous times.
Moses was an embodiment of God’s glory. He was privileged to see, witness, and experience God’s glory. From the call of Moses at the burning bush to the time he was taken away by God, Moses swam in God’s glory. There is no way he could have taken the children of Israel out of Egypt and journeyed through the wilderness without God’s glory. Indeed, Moses asked for God’s glory, and it was given to him. “Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.” – Exodus 40:34–35.
The beauty of our times is the fact that the glory experienced by Moses was a shadow of the real thing. Jesus is therefore the embodiment, revealer, and presenter of the latter glory. The glory of God in the time of Moses was for the selected few, but in our dispensation, we all have access to God’s glory. “So if the old way which has been replaced was glorious, how much more glorious is the new, which remains forever.” – 2 Corinthians 3:11 (NLT).
God’s glory is attracted through the following means:
- The new birth opens the door to God’s glory.
- Desiring God’s glory is essential to being a partaker.
- Progressive righteousness gives unhindered access. Hebrews 1:9: “Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.”
- Ask by faith for God’s glory. Desire will propel you to ask.
- Holy Ghost baptism and remaining filled with the Holy Spirit.
- Unhindered worship gives access to God’s glory.
- Fellowship with the brethren provides access to corporate grace and glory.
*Declaration and Action:*
- O Lord my God, show me Your glory.
- I receive grace to abide in God’s glory.
*Take Away: We are partakers of the latter glory through Christ, who reveals and presents God’s splendour to all. Access to this glory is gained by faith, righteousness, worship, and fellowship in the Spirit.*
*Memory Verse:*
Haggai 2:9 “The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.”
