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Colossians 3:4
When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in
glory.

People of God, being revealed with Christ “in glory” is not a location, it is an
experience. It is the fulfillment of that which Christ prayed in His high priestly prayer
recorded by John.

John 17:22
"And the glory which You have given Me I have given to them...”

In a single moment of time mankind will be transformed, but each in his own order.
The first to experience this glorious conformity to Christ will be the overcomers. Isaiah
prophesies of the glory of God arising upon His people.

Isaiah 60:1-3
"Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of Yahweh has risen upon you.
For behold, darkness will cover the earth, and deep darkness the peoples; but
Yahweh will rise upon you, and His glory will appear upon you. And nations will
come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.”

Who can comprehend what this experience will be like? Yet a greater marvel is
revealed in how it will come about.
Some have imagined that they will simply receive an enduement of power, that their
old body will be replaced with a new incorruptible body, an immortal tabernacle not made
with hands. These things are true, but there is something far greater to occur. The
transformation will come about through the process of entering into a fullness of union with
Christ.

John 17:20-22
"I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their
word; that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You;
that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.
And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just
as We are one: I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect
in one...

Right now we have been given a measure of the Spirit of Christ, but we are to receive
the Spirit beyond measure.

Ephesians 1:13-14
You were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is given as a pledge of
our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of God's own possession, to the praise
of His glory.

When a man gives a woman an engagement ring, he is setting his seal upon her. He
is giving her a token of some value as a pledge of greater things to come. Though they are