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Christ said in His great Intercessory Prayer: “O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.”[1] The question therefore rises: Why is the Father’s glory part of His self?
The answer centers in the fact that the glory of God is His Holy Spirit; or the Spirit of God is His glory and that “all spirit is matter, but it is more fine or pure, and can only be discerned by purer eyes.”[2] Glory is therefore pure fine matter.
This means that for Latter-day Saints to obtain full salvation they must grow and mature in the acquisition of this pure fine matter, to make it part of themselves,––part of the substance of their hearts and souls––the constituent elements of which are light and truth, or divine intelligence. By His infinite atonement Christ established the foundation for such growth; and He set the example. He therefore prayed to the Father: “Glorify thou me with thine own self.”[3]
For example, the Book of Mormon reports that some Lamanites, who sought to destroy two Nephite missionaries, “were encircled about as if by fire,” or glory; and when then they repented the Holy Spirit of God, in great glory, came down from heaven and entered into their hearts, “and they could speak forth marvelous words.”[4]
[1] John 17:5; italics added.
[2] D&C 131:7.
[3] John 17:5; italics added.
[4] Hel. 5:23-52.