July 24, 2026 WEST

What if the glory of God is not a cloud, not an abstract concept, but a person? That is the question at the heart of our journey through Ezekiel 43, and the answer reshapes everything. As we read of the glory of the Lord returning to the temple from the east, filling it with a presence so overwhelming that the prophet fell on his face, we are invited to see what Ezekiel saw: not a phenomenon, but a man. The temple, the throne, the dwelling place of God among His people, all of it points to Jesus. Colossians 1 confirms it, describing how all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell in Him. This reframes the entire passage. The glory is coming back, and it is not distant or delayed. It is happening now, as the church fixes her eyes back on Jesus. We also sit with Acts 11, where Peter's testimony breaks open the boundaries of who belongs at God's table, and the Holy Spirit falls on those no one expected. The message is clear: we cannot put walls around where God's grace flows. When we focus on Jesus rather than on the work of the enemy, when we stop giving darkness more attention than it deserves and turn our gaze to the risen Christ, everything shifts. The glory fills the temple. The fire burns away what does not belong. And we are made ready for something greater than we have yet imagined.