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Saint Peter referred to Old Testament prophets that were interested in the events of a future Messiah, the Christ. He wrote about "the sufferings of Christ"--which we can with most certainty assume is a reference to the Crucifixion of Jesus, with all its excruciating pain.

But what specifically did Peter mean by "the glories that would follow?

The prophets that spoke of the grace to come to you, searched intently and with the greatest care, trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow. (1 Peter 1:10-11)

The Greek wording is as this: and kai...the tas...(2) after meta...(3) these tauta...(1) glories doxas.

After these would refer to the "sufferings" previously mentioned: "after these sufferings"; then the glories.

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The "glories that would follow" refers to the resurrection for certain, something that believers are to share with Jesus. However since the plural is used, some other possibilities include:

  • Jesus' post-resurrection glory. Was it not necessary that the Messiah should suffer these things and enter into his glory?” Luke 24:26

  • The glory of his coming. Whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels. (Luke 9:26)

  • The glory of the new heaven. The city had no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gave it light, and its lamp was the Lamb. (Revelation 21:23)

  • The glory of the throne They answered him, “Grant that in your glory we may sit one at your right and the other at your left.” (Mark 10:37) "I will give the victor the right to sit with me on my throne." (Revelation 3:21) “When the Son of Man is seated on his throne of glory, will yourselves sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. (Matthew 19:28)

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The Greek word used in place of "that would follow" is "ταῦτα", which oddly enough is a pronoun. It is usually translated "these". As with all pronouns, they rely on the reader/listener to infer from context what is being referred to. So either A) they are implied by the general context; or B) they are implied by the suffrrings of Christ intrinsically. Typically, I'd lean towards option A, given that glory is mentioned three times in the preceding verses. However, the translators seem to think option B is correct, thus the glories naturally or logically follow. And that may indeed line up with wider historic Greek usage. After all, ταῦτα" appears to have the same root as our modern English word "tautology", which is a statement which logically must be true (such as "either I am tall or I am not tall"). Regardless of which way you lean, though, the consequences seem to be the same.

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What are "The glories that would Follow" which Saint Peter wrote about in his epistle?

The glories that would follow are the joys of heaven and the Beatific Vision of being in the very presence of God himself.

The beatific vision is the ultimate Christian theological concept of seeing God face-to-face in heaven, representing perfect happiness, fulfillment, and salvation, where believers directly experience the divine essence, transcending earthly limitations and ending all suffering. This direct, unmediated encounter with God's being is promised in scripture as the culmination of faith, a spiritual sight enabling complete joy and purification, though it's understood to be beyond full human comprehension.

In Christian theology, the beatific vision refers to the ultimate state of happiness that believers will experience when they see God face to face in heaven. It is the ultimate direct self-communication of God to the angel and person. A person or angel possessing the beatific vision reaches, as a member of the communion of saints, perfect salvation in its entirety, i.e., heaven. The notion of vision stresses the intellectual component of salvation, i.e., the immediate contemplation of God, though it encompasses the whole of the experience of joy, with happiness coming from seeing God finally face to face and not imperfectly through faith. (1 Cor 13:11–12).

It is related to the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox belief in theosis, the Wesleyan notion of Christian perfection, and is seen in most church denominations as the reward for Christians in the afterlife.- Beatific vision

In heaven we will have glorified bodies and be in the presence of God with his Holy Angels and Saints.

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