Many think that "glory" means radiance and light. Jesus confessed that his sacrificial love was the essence of glory and the core of his divine being. He asked his Father to keep him in that love, during the hours on the cross, in the storms of pains and fears, so that the rays of love divine would shine perfectly in the crucified. The Son was willing to sacrifice himself for the sake of rebels and criminals, so that they might be justified by his death. This is the core of the Son’s glory.
Nor was he reticent to say that he was not dying for himself, but for the Father’s glory, and that he was undertaking a measure that no one else could. He glorified the father on the cross and accomplished humanity’s reconciliation with God. When sin is pardoned, God’s love is displayed, and all are invited to adoption. The Holy Spirit is poured on believers in Christ, so that the children may glorify their Father by means of a perfect walk in purity. There can be no greater sign of the Father’s name being glorified than His becoming Father to many children. So Jesus asked forth completion of redeeming love through the birth of many children in Spirit and truth in praise to that Fatherly name.
The Son resumed his divine claim, that the Father had given him all authority over all these born of women. Christ is the true God, Creator and Redeemer. He is our Lord, King and Judge. We are his and he is our true hope. He received this authority given, not for judgment and destruction, but to save and guide. The aim of Christ’s coming is that believers in him may receive eternal life. Death finds no more dominion in them. On the cross, Jesus forgave the sins of mankind. Even though only few respond to this offer of salvation, believers are the elect nation, who believe in Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and continue in Christ’s saving glory. In them the divine Spirit abides. Their new existence is the miracle of our age, glorifying the Father’s name.