What an odd thing to say as your betrayer walks out of the building to go do his betraying: “Here comes the glory!”
This is more than a positive spin on a bad situation. Lest his point be missed, Jesus repeats “glory” words five times in two brief sentences. Here’s the math: Now I am glorified, and my Father is glorified with me. When Father is glorified, he shares that glory with me. And all this shared glory is happening now. Immediately. It’s automatic.
There is a synergistic glory bouncing back and forth between the Father and the Son that was set in motion by betrayal.
Instead of being defensive, instead of launching a counter-offense, Jesus accepts the betrayal. Were he to resist or avoid the betrayal, he would also be resisting and avoiding the glory.
Perhaps self-protection keeps everything out, the good along with the bad.
