ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tusite Tisema 20, 2022 

GLORY DISPLAYED

FAKAE’EE’A HONO LANGILANGI

ESTHER 1:4

For a full 180 days he displayed the vast wealth of his kingdom and the splendor and glory of his majesty.

‘ESETA 1:4

lolotonga ‘ene faka‘ali‘ali ‘a e koloa ‘o hono fu‘u pule‘anga, mo e ‘a‘apa‘ia ‘o hono tu‘unga lāngilangi‘ia, ‘o ‘aho lahi, ‘io, ko e ‘aho ‘e teau mā valungofulu.

 

Soli Deo Gloria – To the Glory of God Alone

Ki he Langilangi ‘o e ‘Otua Tokotaha pe   

We speak of a ruler or a great man having achieved an accomplishment with great glory, and that everything passed off gloriously when it has passed off well, successfully, and bravely. Glory does not only mean a great repute, or farfamed honor, but it means also the things which give occasion for the fame, such as costly houses, vessels, clothes, servants, and the like, as Christ says of Solomon: "Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin; yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these" (Matthew 6:28-29).

In the book of Esther we read, "King Ahasuerus made a great feast ... when he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom" (1:3-4). Thus we say: this is a glorious thing, a glorious manner, a glorious deed, gloriosa res. This is also what the Evangelist means when he says, "We have seen his glory," to wit, His glorious being and deeds, which are not an insignificant, common glory, but the glory as of the only begotten of the Father.

MARTIN LUTHER