The glory or the mark

2Cor. 3  7 But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:

8 How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?

9 For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.

10 For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.

11 For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.

12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:

13 And not as Moses, which put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:

14 But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.

15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.

16 Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.

17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

Mat. 17: 17 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,

2 And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.

Mark 9: ,2 And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.

3 And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.

Exodus 34:34-35

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34 But when Moses went in before the Lord to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded.

35 And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone: and Moses put the vail upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him.

1 Samuel 4:21

And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.

Gen 4: ⁵ But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.

⁶ And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

¹⁵ And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.

Rev 3:12. Revelation 3:12

Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.

Revelation 7 King James Version

7 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.

² And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,

³ Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.

There it is:  either Ichabod {the glory has departed

Or.  the name [seal] of our God;  His name in our forehead.

Moses was shining from the glory of God. Jesus was shining from the glory of God. Cain had lost his glory. Ichabod was written on him. that is the mark of the beast; no glory; their countenance has fallen and the spiritual person can look at them and see it. I have seen people who were receiving the Holy Ghost and they light up like a light bulb; they were glowing. there it is. A shiny glory or a fallen countenance which shows the glory of God has departed. He wrote on them ICHABOD.

Psalm 45:1

My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

Jesus writes on us. He shows that we belong to him. Everyone belongs to God because He created us and by his breath we all live. God said vengeance is mine, I will repay. He said do not avenge yourselves. He said do not return railing for railing but rather suffer defraud. SEE? Cain belonged to God. God did not want anyone else to kill Cain. He said, I am giving Cain a chance to repent.."if you do well you will be accepted'.... But Cain chose not to repent.....so... God took his glory away from Cain; the glory departed; his countenance fell; God wrote on Cain, ICHABOD. That word means The glory is departed. Jesus writes on us his name and the name of his God. He writes on us with his TONGUE. Speaking in tongues as the Spirit gives utterance. If you never have this, HE has not written on you or sealed you. Until you pass that line of a season to repent in, you can; but if you wait too longs. HE writes Ichabod on your forehead.

By: Jo Smith……. March 31, 2023