Article: Unified Account of Glory Concepts: Glory, Glorious, Glorified, Glorying-in, and Derivative Concepts
The Point. Yahweh alone is worthy of all significant and sincere praise, and those who perceive his worth will glorify him.
Riff on the article. Something is glorious when it is worthy of significant and sincere praise. Therefore, Yahweh is the ultimate glorious one, for he alone is worthy of ultimate praise. Anything else exhibiting glory is reflective or derivative, stimulating the minds of perceivers toward God, who is the one source of glory. For these, admiring creation is transformed into worship of God.
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