If he could do that anytime he wanted then what was the point of living a sinless life? An elaborate charade? A show of piety?
Joh 17:4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
Joh 17:5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
Jesus asked to be glorified just before his death....AFTER he finished the work that his father gave him.
You're telling me that he was glorified BEFORE he finished all his work?
Because sinful man could not bear under the fullness of His glory and holiness as God the Son. The point of the man living the sinless life was to be the perfect sacrifice for our sins.
Jesus asked to be glorified just before his death....AFTER he finished the work that his father gave him.
That is the restoration of the full glory He had. A permanent restoration of His glory. The mount was only a temporary glorification.
Hbr 2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.