The living joy is Jesus Christ

The living joy like music that loved me and everyone made it clear to me that it was God, Jesus, the God of the Bible. It is recognizably one intricately, oceanically intelligent and loving being perfectly identical with the risen Jesus Christ.

It is the "joy unspeakable and full of glory" of which Peter speaks. And the recognizable characteristic of that glory is its inseparability from divine truth and from being taught by divine truth.

It is this glory which one found in the Writings and knew on sight to be authentic concerning the Presence.

After learning that Jesus, God, the God of the Bible was real, I read the Bible fully for the first time; and I found that verse of Peter's about "joy unspeakable and full of glory" and knew it to be authentic material about the presence of the Lord.

It is the same voice which I recognize.

His sheep hear His voice.

There is a particular humiliation in the presence of the Lord that is uplifting rather than disheartening; the inverse of humiliation in the presence of another human. 

There is information in the glory. And there is a direct focus on Jesus Christ off of which most of the chatter in theology about the Trinity just slides. He communicates a lack of concern about that and He simply focuses you on Jesus Christ the bullseye designed for that ease of access and approachable, visible Humanity.

John 14:1 - King James Version (KJV)

<1> Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

Again, this communicates authentic material about the Presence.

He communicates precisely not being troubled but quite directly interchanging God and Jesus, Jesus and God.

The extent to which someone calls the risen Jesus Christ everything on this list in Isaiah 9:6 is the extent of someone's spiritual health, at least as regards their understanding of His nature. Their spiritual health as regards whether they are engaging in non-ulterior love of God and the neighbor is another matter.

Isaiah 9:6 - King James Version (KJV)

<6> For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Jesus Christ is Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, the everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

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