If God is the same yesterday, today, and forever, then why do we act as though His glory has changed? After reading this book, I will see what it means to encounter God on a deeper level, and for His power and presence to be made manifest in the earth. In the first chapter of Ephesians, Paul writes, “That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints” (vv. 17–18, ESV). Our God is the Father of glory, and when we encounter the glory of the Lord, we begin to receive revelation of who God really is. Our worship—once dead as we went through the motions—and the Scriptures suddenly come alive to us as we receive fresh revelation of the truth. Jesus rose from the grave and tore the veil to give us a way to access the very throne of grace, providing a way for us all to be adopted into the family of God. On the Bible’s prophetic timeline, we are in the midnight hour, and the Lord is preparing to pour out His Shekinah glory like the world has never seen. Haggai 2:9 says the glory of this latter house shall be greater. We know we have a greater glory coming, as these are those days. The Father is calling His church to come up higher and fill our lamps with oil, and He is calling us to pursue the spirit of wisdom and the revelation of who He really is. He is the same God yesterday, today, and forever, and He longs to encounter His children in this greater glory. We do not need fancier church services. We do not need bulletins packed with all the right talking points. We do not need a better worship team. The church of the living God needs to encounter the glory of the Lord—like never before.
