Section 9
the Father's divine element to be manifested. The Father's divine element, which is the eternal life, was in the incarnated Son. The shell of the Son's incarnation, that is, His flesh, had to be broken through death that the Father's divine element, the eternal life, might be released and manifested in resurrection, just as the life element of a grain of wheat is released by its shell being broken and manifested by its blossom. This was the glori fication of God the Father in the Son's glorifi cation.
Suppose we have a flower seed. Although much beauty is in the life of that seed, how can that beauty be manifested? The seed has to die. If the seed falls into the earth, dies, and grows up, the full beauty within it will be manifested. That is the glory, the life in the seed glorified. Likewise, at one time God was confined within the flesh of the Lord. The Lord had to die that God within Him might be released, manifested, and glorified in resurrection.
Glorified simply means manifested. Many times I have used the electricity in a lamp as an illustration. When is the electricity glorified in the lamp? When the electricity is manifested, it is glorified. Likewise, the God who was con fined in the flesh of Jesus was manifested when