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“NOW, FATHER, GLORIFY ME…RESTORE ME TO SUCH MAJESTY AND HONOR IN YOUR
                  PRESENCE, AS I HAD WITH YOU BEFORE THE WORLD EXISTED.”
                                                        Jn. 17:5 Amplified

                      Has God the Father answered this prayer of His Son?
          The words of the apostles of the New Testament resoundingly say yes!

     “NOW,   IN YOUR                                                                 “NOW,   IN YOUR
    FATHER,  PRESENCE,                         There is a tendency for us,          FATHER,  PRESENCE,
 GLORIFY ME       AS                          as New Testament believers,        GLORIFY ME       AS
  …RESTORE        I HAD                                                           …RESTORE        I HAD
             WITH YOU                              to see Jesus only as                      WITH YOU
       ME         BEFORE                       “THE SON OF MAN” rather                 ME         BEFORE
   TO SUCH   THE WORLD                         than “THE SON OF GOD” .             TO SUCH   THE WORLD
MAJESTY AND  EXISTED.”                        He also bears both titles. The    MAJESTY AND  EXISTED.”
    HONOR         Amplified                   phrase “Son of Man” appears           HONOR         Amplified
                  17:5                                                                            17:5
             Jn.                                    92 times in the New                      Jn.
                                               Testament, many of which
     “ACCORDING TO THE WORKING OF HIS                                                       “…GOD HAS HIGHLY EXALTED HIM
MIGHTY POWER WHICH HE WORKED IN CHRIST           come from the mouth of                           AND GIVEN HIM THE NAME
                                               Jesus Himself. The phrase
      WHEN HE RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD                                                         WHICH IS ABOVE EVERY NAME,
 AND SEATED HIM AT HIS RIGHT HAND IN THE         “Son of God” is used 46                         THAT AT THE NAME OF JESUS
HEAVENLY PLACES, FAR ABOVE PRINCIPALITY       times in the New Testament                          EVERY KNEE SHOULD BOW,
                                              in reference to Jesus Christ.
   AND POWER AND MIGHT AND DOMINION,                                            OF THOSE IN HEAVEN, AND OF THOSE ON EARTH,
         AND EVERY NAME THAT IS NAMED,            I believe the distinction     AND THOSE UNDER THE EARTH, AND THAT EVERY
          NOT ONLY IN THIS AGE BUT ALSO       between the two titles is this    TONGUE SHOULD CONFESS THAT JESUS CHRIST IS
             IN THAT WHICH IS TO COME.”        concept: “The Son of Man”
                             Eph. 1:19-21                                           LORD, TO THE GLORY OF GOD THE FATHER.”
                                                  speaks of Jesus in His                                        Phil. 2:9-11
                                                 coming to the earth as a
     “NOW,   IN YOUR                          child, and spans through His           “NOW,   IN YOUR
    FATHER,  PRESENCE,                        death on the cross. “The Son          FATHER,  PRESENCE,
 GLORIFY ME       AS                           of God” speaks of Jesus in        GLORIFY ME       AS
  …RESTORE        I HAD                        His preexistent state before       …RESTORE        I HAD
             WITH YOU                                                                        WITH YOU
       ME         BEFORE                           the world began, and                ME         BEFORE
   TO SUCH   THE WORLD                            continues on from His            TO SUCH   THE WORLD
MAJESTY AND  EXISTED.”                         resurrection from the dead       MAJESTY AND  EXISTED.”
    HONOR         Amplified                      having been restored to            HONOR         Amplified
                  17:5                        “…the majesty and honor as                          17:5
             Jn.                                 I had with you before the                   Jn.

                “…HE WHO IS BLESSED                     world existed”             “HE IS THE IMAGE OF THE INVISIBLE GOD…
               AND ONLY POTENTATE,                                                 HE IS BEFORE ALL THINGS, AND IN HIM ALL
THE KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS,                     (Jn. 17:5 Amplified)   THINGS CONSIST…HE IS…THE FIRSTBORN FROM
       WHO ALONE HAS IMMORTALITY,                                               THE DEAD, THAT IN ALL THINGS HE MAY HAVE
 DWELLING IN UNAPPROACHABLE LIGHT,                  Yes, the Father has
  WHOM NO MAN HAS SEEN OR CAN SEE,               answered this prayer of              THE PREEMINENCE. FOR IT PLEASED THE
                TO WHOM BE HONOR                  Jesus, and in doing so,             FATHER THAT IN HIM ALL THE FULLNESS
           AND EVERLASTING POWER.”             instructs us more perfectly       SHOULD DWELL…FOR IN HIM DWELLS ALL THE
                                                about the existence of the      FULLNESS OF THE GODHEAD BODILY; AND YOU
                        1 Tim.6:15-16           eternal Godhead that was         ARE COMPLETE IN HIM, WHO IS THE HEAD OF
                                               functioning even before the
                                                                                            ALL PRINCIPALITY AND POWER.”
                                                        world existed!                                  Col. 1:15-20, 2:9-10
                                              Jesus is not a created being,
     “NOW,   IN YOUR                          He is the creator of all things!       “NOW,   IN YOUR
    FATHER,  PRESENCE,                                                              FATHER,  PRESENCE,
 GLORIFY ME       AS                               He is not the Father,         GLORIFY ME       AS
  …RESTORE        I HAD                           but has been given the          …RESTORE        I HAD
             WITH YOU                          preeminence by the Father                     WITH YOU
       ME         BEFORE                      to be visible enough to reveal           ME         BEFORE
   TO SUCH   THE WORLD                        the invisible Godhead. Not a         TO SUCH   THE WORLD
MAJESTY AND  EXISTED.”                        three-in-one God, but rather      MAJESTY AND  EXISTED.”
    HONOR         Amplified                     a trinity working in perfect        HONOR         Amplified
                  17:5                         harmony and oneness with                           17:5
             Jn.                                                                             Jn.
                                                        each another!
              “…ONE LIKE THE SON OF MAN…                                                     “THEN I SAW HEAVEN OPENED,
HIS HEAD AND HIS HAIR WERE WHITE LIKE WOOL,                                                   AND BEHOLD A WHITE HORSE.
                                                                                AND HE WHO SAT ON IT WAS CALLED FAITHFUL
                        AS WHITE AS SNOW,
          AND HIS EYES LIKE A FLAME OF FIRE;                                                                 AND TRUE…
                                                                                        HIS EYES WERE LIKE A FLAME OF FIRE,
              HIS FEET WERE LIKE FINE BRASS,                                        AND ON HIS HEAD WERE MANY CROWNS…
                AS IF REFINED IN A FURNACE,                                         HIS NAME IS CALLED THE WORD OF GOD…
                                                                                AND HE HAD ON HIS ROBE AND ON HIS THIGH
     AND HIS VOICE LIKE THE SOUND OF MANY
 WATERS…HIS COUNTENANCE WAS LIKE THE SUN                                                               A NAME WRITTEN:
                                                                                      KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.”
                  SHINING IN ITS STRENGTH.
                     AND WHEN I SAW HIM,                                                                    Rev. 19:11-16

               I FELL AT HIS FEET AS DEAD…”
                               Rev. 1:13-17

     “NOW,                                                                           “NOW,        IN YOUR
    FATHER,    IN YOUR                                                              FATHER,       PRESENCE,
 GLORIFY ME   PRESENCE,                                                          GLORIFY ME       AS
  …RESTORE                                                                        …RESTORE        I HAD
                   AS                                                                             WITH YOU
       ME        I HAD                                                                  ME        BEFORE
   TO SUCH    WITH YOU                                                             TO SUCH   THE WORLD
MAJESTY AND     BEFORE                                                          MAJESTY AND       EXISTED.”
    HONOR    THE WORLD                                                              HONOR         Amplified
               EXISTED.”                                                                          17:5
                 Amplified                                                                   Jn.
             Jn. 17:5
                                                                                “…YOU WERE NOT REDEEMED WITH CORRUPTIBLE
“…YOU HAVE REDEEMED US TO GOD BY YOUR                                                THINGS LIKE SILVER AND GOLD, FROM YOUR
   BLOOD OUT OF EVERY TRIBE AND TONGUE                                              AIMLESS CONDUCT…BUT WITH THE PRECIOUS

AND PEOPLE AND NATION…THEN I HEARD THE                                          BLOOD OF CHRIST, AS A LAMB WITHOUT BLEMISH
     VOICE OF MANY ANGELS AROUNND THE                                                                    AND WITHOUT SPOT.
        THRONE…TEN THOUSAND TIMES TEN
                                                                                               HE INDEED WAS FOREORDAINED
THOUSAND, AND THOUSANDS OF THOUSANDS,                                                 BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD,
 SAYING WITH A LOUD VOICE: WORTHY IS THE                                        BUT WAS MANIFEST IN THESE LAST TIMES FOR YOU

   LAMB WHO WAS SLAIN TO RECEIVE POWER                                                    WHO THROUGH HIM BELIEVE IN GOD,
AND RICHES AND WISDOM AND STRENGTH AND                                                       WHO RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD
                                                                                                     AND GAVE HIM GLORY…”
      HONOR AND GLORY AND BLESSING…”                                                                            1 Pet. 1:18 -21
                              Rev. 5:9-13
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