主在约翰十七章发出深奥的祷告。这祷告是主在十四、十五、十六章中所释放之信息完成的祷告。在约翰十七章，主祷告的基本观念是得荣耀。在一节主说，“父阿，时候到了，愿你荣耀你的儿子，使儿子也荣耀你。”这就是这祷告的主题，中心点。我们若看见前三章的重点，就能领会子得荣耀，好使父得荣耀的意义。父要荣耀子，使子可以荣耀父。这是子与父之间相互得荣耀。父若荣耀子，子就荣耀父。
主在约翰十四至十六章信息的要点，就是子得荣耀，好使父在子身上得荣耀。父如何在子身上得荣耀？乃是藉着葡萄树这生机体。我们已经看过，葡萄树这生机体是为着生命的繁殖和扩展，就是为着生命的繁增和复制，也就是为着三一神的彰显。当三一神藉着这个生机体得着繁殖、繁增并彰显时，子就得了荣耀，父也就在子的得荣里得了荣耀。故此主祷告，愿祂（子）得荣耀，好使父也得荣耀。神永远的定旨，祂终极的心意是要显明、彰显祂自己。得荣的意思就是彰显；得荣耀，就是得着显明并彰显。
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In this message we come to the profound prayer uttered by the Lord in Chapter 17 of Gospel of John. This prayer is the completing prayer of the Lord’s message given in chapters 14, 15 and 16. The basic concept of the Lord’s prayer in John 17 is glorification. In verse 1 the Lord said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son that the Son may glorify You”. This is the subject, the central point, of this prayer. If we see the main points of the three previous chapters, we shall be able to understand what it means to have the Son glorified that the Father may be glorified. The Father is to glorify the Son so that the Son may glorify the Father. This is a mutual glorification between the Son and the Father. If the Father will glorify the Son, then the Son will glorify the Father.
The main point of the Lord’s message in John 14 through 16 was that the Son may be glorified so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. In what way is the Father to be glorified in the Son? Through the organism of the vine tree. As we have seen, the organism of the vine tree is for the propagating and spreading of life, that is, for the multiplication and reproduction of life, and also for the expression of the Triune God. When the Triune God is propagated, multiplied and expressed through this organism, the Son is glorified, and in the Son’s glorification the Father is also glorified. Thus, the Lord prayed that he, the Son, would be glorified so that the Father also might be glorified. God’s eternal purpose, his ultimate intention, is to manifest, to express, himself. Glorification simply means manifestation.