True fathers in the Lord are needed in the Church and not just anecdotal instructors. A father imparts his energy, love and life as well as revelatory instruction. In love, a father imprints himself, even his essence (Heb. 1:3), as a repeated pattern on his children for their sake and future generations.
Here is an attempt at a brief dive into what His essence could be.
Glory (1391) (doxa from dokéo = to think or suppose) means to give a proper opinion of, in this case a proper opinion of God. Glory then is the true apprehension of God. The glory of God means His unchanging essence, what He is essentially, the totality of His perfection. God is glorified when He is allowed to be seen as He really is.
2 Cor. 3:18, “and we all, with unveiled face, the glory of the Lord beholding in a mirror, to the same image are being transformed, from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.”
When I read “unveiled face” this tells me that glory cannot be revealed if fear is there. Fear is not intrinsic to the essence of His glory.
In Christ, we are flesh becoming logos or word. Gal. 4:19 says, “…until Christ be formed in you..” The essence of this logos is being partaken of by grace and through grace, faith and revelation.
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