When I was a boy, the Monsignor of my parish decided to gold flake the cross on top of the steeple of the church.  It didn't turn out well.  We look at Ezekiel, who spoke for God when he said: "I will open your graves and raise you from your graves, O my people. And I will bring you into the land of Israel."  We see that a true spokesperson for God talks about the incredible power and devotion of God - not about the glory of humans.