X2M.220 — Occaecation II: King of Glory
Occaecation names concealment, but in Christ the hiddenness of God yields to revelation. Jesus’ ministry is marked by self-effacement: His name withheld, His glory veiled, His power hidden in weakness. Yet John 12 records the moment when the hiding place breaks: “Father, glorify Your name.” The voice from heaven answers, thundering not for His sake but for ours.¹ The hidden King emerges from obscurity, not to enthrone human greatness but to display divine glory.
Psalm 32 and Romans 4 remind us that confession uncovers what hiding cannot heal.² David wastes away until he confesses; Abraham inherits by faith, not by law. Jesus models this path of hiddenness that leads into exposure: the flesh cannot glory, only the Father can glorify. To come “out of hiding” is not to seek self-promotion but to yield to God’s unveiling. His glorification at the cross is both exposure and enthronement — the lifting up that casts out the ruler of this world.
Narratively, Occaecation II marks the hinge between humiliation and glorification. Bethlehem obscurity yields to Jerusalem exposure. The hidden temple is unveiled as the latter house whose glory surpasses the former (Hag. 2:9).³ The high priestly prayer of John 17 is the crescendo: “The glory You have given Me I have given to them.” The hidden glory of union is shared, no longer concealed. Believers, joined to the Son, participate in the Father’s own radiance.
The soundscape moves from subterranean pressure to radiant unveiling: thunder and lightning, the voice of God breaking through delay, the hush of hiddenness giving way to the roar of union. The King of Glory enters, not in pomp but in shared presence — “Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Col. 1:27). Hidden no longer, the Starchild and the Galactic Progeny rise together, clothed in the glory that was before the foundation of the world.
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¹ John 12:27–30; thunder vs. voice vs. angel — divine glory unveiled in sound.
² Psalm 32:1–7; Rom. 4:6–25 — forgiveness, confession, and inheritance by faith.
³ Haggai 2:9; John 17:1–22 — the latter house surpasses the former in shared glory .
