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Beholding God’s Glory During Inglorious Times

Human concepts of grandeur and power can’t compare.

Illustration by Jacob Thomas

IN A 2024 interview, priest, preacher, and author Fleming Rutledge noted that “Epiphany directs us to behold—that’s a revelatory biblical word, behold—the glory of God in Christ as he moves through his time on earth with us through his death into his ultimate victory.”

I think of myself as a fairly orthodox Christian, embracing Jesus as fully God and fully human; I am a believer in angels and miracles and the resurrection. But I don’t know that I grasp all aspects of beholding the glory of God. Don’t get me wrong—an infinite deity is a wonder to me, and I believe in God still and always, despite all that can feel God-forsaken in this life, from massacres to preening, vengeful leaders.

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