Chapter 15 of 17

Section 14

Section 14

there is no time. When were you glorified? You were predestinated, called, justified, and glorified in eternity past. In God's eyes and according to His concept everything has been accomplished. According to our feeling, glorification will hap­ pen in the future, but according to God's concept it has occurred already. With God everything is timeless. Our predestination, calling, justifica­ tion, and glorification are eternal matters, not matters of time.

GLORIFICATION

The Revelation of the Sons of God

in the Freedom of Glory

We come now to the matter of glorification and continue with verse 19. "For the anxious watching of the creation eagerly expects the rev­ elation of the sons of God." Revelation means to open the veil. Something has been covered with a veil. One day the veil will be removed, and the hidden things will be revealed. Although we are the sons of God, we are veiled, not yet revealed. When the Lord Jesus was on earth He was the Son of God, but He was veiled by His human flesh. One day on the mountain He was unveiled and revealed (Matt. 17:1-2). It is the same with

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