[God]… in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world. And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high … (Hebrews 1:2–3)

To see Jesus is to see God and to see Him in all His glory. It is not just that Jesus is God; He is the excellent radiance of God, the full manifestation of God. As the apostle Paul wrote, “For it was the Father’s good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him” (Col 1:19).

To be sure, during His incarnation on the earth, before His resurrection, He modulated the manifestation of God’s glory. As Scripture says,

“But we do see Him who was made for a little while lower than the angels, namely, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.” (Heb 2:9)

But there is coming a time when the glory of God will be on full display through Christ:

God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (Phil 2:9–11)

In Christ we find the glory of God. So what do we do about this testimony of the apostles about God’s glory in Christ? What is our application? We can do no better than the application the Bible gives:

Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. (Heb 12:1–2)

Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of our confession… (Heb 3:1)

Lord Jesus, I worship and glorify God through You for You magnify His glory. I commit to meditating on all You are and all You have done.