God's glory cannot be associated with anything that is not according to His divine will. For it is written that He was driven off from His sanctuary by the abominations that were committed there (Ezekiel 8:6}.

     In the same way, the glory of the Lord has been driven away from the churches of this day so that the fullness of His glory is not seen among them. Why? Because they have polluted His sanctuary by their traditions and their man-made ways.

     However, Ezekiel saw the glory of God return to the new Temple (Ezekiel 43:2-5, 44:4), being the glory of the temple of the latter house, even as he had seen it depart from the old polluted one (Ezekiel 10:18-19). For this is a picture of that which the Lord will do.

     So whereas the glory of the Lord has departed from the polluted church systems of this day, the glory of the Lord will surely return to the end-time temple. For in this day, the Lord is preparing a spiritual body to receive the glory which He will bring to His people (Ephesians 1:22-23).

     And when this people receives Him, the whole earth will shine with His glory. For it will be like the sound of many waters.