The food which hope gets from the Scriptures is not of the kind which it would have been had we been the authors of the book. We should have stuffed it out with bloated descriptions of the glory. On the contrary, the Scriptures lead us to the knowledge of what God is in Himself, and then to trust Rim, with just a few hints and glimpses of what He will do.
Jesus is Lord for us, and over us. He is Lord over all for us; all the keys are laid upon him, and we are practically to know Him as our Lord.
In the 22nd of Revelations we find a connection between the glory of God and the things standing in the light of it. The Bride having the glory of God, the whole scene savors of a glory not poured out from God, but the glory of God Himself. God only knows the glory or the love of God, but the Spirit teaches us to understand something of it.
In our Lord's description of His Father's house, there is no word about glory-nothing of jasper and sardine stone-but just that there is room there, and His personal desire to have us there with Him. It will be His Father's house-our Father's house-and we, brought as adopted sons into the enjoyment of all the affections of God towards His Son.