Believing And Trusting- Part 6
October 8, 2026 – 3:33 amTo walk in the Abrahamic Covenant, Holiness is required!
Have you ever noticed that Jesus was called the Son of Abraham?
Mathew recorded by The Holy Spirit in Matthew chapter 1:
1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham:
17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, from David until the captivity in Babylon are fourteen generations, and from the captivity in Babylon until the Christ are fourteen generations.
If you count the names, there are only forty-one. There is a missing generation. What does this mean? Jesus gave birth to the forty-second generation when He died on the cross, for out of His side blood and water flowed. Blood and water come forth at birth.
The first Adam “birthed” his wife out of his side, and so Jesus gave birth to His Bride from His wounded side. Jesus wants to reproduce Himself in us. His Last Name is not Christ. Christ is the title that explains who He is. He is the Anointed One. “Christ” is also now a corporate body, the Body of Christ. We, as the Body of Christ, are also Anointed Ones (Christians),
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1st Corinthians chapter 12:
12 For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ.
13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body-whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free-and have all been made to drink into one Spirit.
14 For in fact the body is not one member but many.
In other Words, for by one Spirit we all were immersed and mingled into one single body. And no matter our status—whether we are Jews or non-Jews, oppressed or free—we are all privileged to drink deeply of the same Holy Spirit.
As one body, we are also heirs through Christ, of the Abrahamic Covenant with all its benefits. As the veil is lifted from our eyes, we are able to comprehend this Truth.
Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 2nd Corinthians chapter 3:
18 We can all draw close to Him with the veil removed from our faces. And with no veil we all become like mirrors who brightly reflect the glory of the Lord Jesus. We are being transfigured into His Very Image as we move from one brighter level of glory to another. And this glorious transfiguration comes from the Lord, Who is the Spirit.
This verse describes how believers are changed as they turn toward Christ. Paul’s point is that the Holy Spirit does more than help us see Christ’s glory. As we behold Christ, the Spirit gradually makes us more like Him.
Earlier in the chapter, Paul recalls Moses coming down from meeting with God with a shining face (Exodus 34:29–35). Moses covered his face with a veil. Paul uses that veil to describe a barrier to understanding God’s revelation. In Christ, that barrier is removed: “when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away”.
So “we all” is significant. This openness to God is not reserved for Moses or a select few. Everyone who belongs to Christ may turn to the Lord with an unveiled face.
What does it mean to “behold” the Lord’s glory?
To behold is to look attentively. Paul is speaking of recognizing God’s glory revealed in Christ—His character, grace, Truth, Holiness, and mercy.
The central thought is clear: believers encounter the Lord’s glory and come to bear His likeness.
We behold Him as we receive the Gospel, attend to His Word, and turn to Him in faith. We “Are being transformed into the same image” describes an ongoing change. Paul does not say believers instantly become fully like Christ. Nor is he describing a change in outward appearance. The Spirit reshapes a person’s inner life so that Christ’s character becomes increasingly visible in how that person thinks, Loves, speaks, and acts.
“The same image” means the likeness of the Lord whose glory we behold. It does not mean we become God. It means we grow to resemble Jesus.
“From glory to glory”
This phrase conveys progressive transformation: the glory we see in Christ increasingly shapes the life we reflect. Paul is not promising that every day will feel more glorious than the last. Growth can include repentance, hardship, and seasons when change is hard to notice. His assurance is that the Spirit is at work through it.
The source of this transformation is the Holy Spirit. We respond by turning to Christ, receiving His Word, and walking in obedience, but we cannot manufacture Christlikeness through effort alone.
As we walk in this manner of Holiness, the Abrahamic Covenant with all its benefits is manifested to established and expand the Kingdom of GOD on the earth.
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