John 17:1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do. And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.
John 1:1-3 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
1 Peter 1:20 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you
The life of Jesus was a manifestation of God’s glory, and the disciples beheld this glory (John 1:14).
The life of Jesus was a manifestation of God’s glory, and the disciples beheld this glory (John 1:14).
Jesus only ever sought the glory of His Father (John 7:18, 8:50).
God the Son seeks to glorify God the Father (John 12:28).
God the Father glorifies God the Son (John 13:31-32).
Jesus could not truthfully or sanely pray this if He were not Yahweh Himself, equal with God the Father. In Isaiah 42:8 and 48:11, Yahweh proclaimed that He shares His glory with no one. If God the Father and God the Son share their glory, they must both be Yahweh.
“He had one main petition: that the Father would receive him back to the glory he had relinquished to accomplish his task. This petition for a return to his pristine glory implies unmistakably his preexistence and equality with the Father. It confirms his claim that he and the Father are one (John 10:30).” (Tenney)