From Creation to the Glory of Our Creator

1 Peter 1:21

Through him you have come to trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are set on God.

The glory given to Jesus Christ is the Glory of God.  We are on one side of an uncrossed divide, between the creation and the Creator (we are the creation).  The Creator is perfect, we, the creation, are not.  We lost our trust in God.  But then God crossed the divide, through Jesus. 

Jesus was the creation as it was meant to be, without sin.  And he was willing to make the ultimate sacrifice, out of love for the rest of us, out of love of God.  Jesus is the bridge between the creation and the Creator.  This is what Peter is telling us, Jesus is the one who has restored trust between us and our God once again. 

In return, God raised Jesus from the dead and gave him glory.  What is that glory?  Jesus sits on the Royal Throne of heaven.  Jesus has been given the Judgeship of the Living and the Dead.  Jesus is God and human.  When Jesus comes back, returning to earth as he rose up to heaven, he will be returning in Glory.

How does that apply to our lives now?  Now, we begin the work that will be fulfilled when Jesus returns.  The glory does not wait for that day, but comes out in every life that we are able to aid in the Lord’s name.  Through Jesus, we have come to trust in God, through us, the way can be opened for others to trust in God as well.  Are we willing?