The word glory (Grk: doxa) in the New Testament is used in two ways, depending on the context. First, it may be used to give God glory. That is expressing praise and adoration to God in worship. However, the word glory may also express the manifest presence of God. Of course, God is omnipresent. He is present everywhere and all the time. Nevertheless, God does not manifest His presence everywhere.
In the eternal state of God's redeemed people, the apostle John has a vision of the glory of God on the new earth and in the New Jerusalem. John saw "the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, having the glory of God" (Rev. 21:9-11). He saw the light of God's glory. "The city had no need of the sun nor of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is the light" (Rev. 21:23). Certainly, the Lamb is our Lord Jesus Christ.
In the eternal state and the New Jerusalem, there will be one eternal day. "There shall be no night there. They need no lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. And they shall reign forever and ever" (Rev. 22:5). Indeed, that is the glory of God with His people in the eternal state. The new earth and city are illumined by the light of God's glory.
This old earth will pass away (2 Peter 3:10). Jesus has gone to prepare the new place for all who are redeemed (John 14:1-3). The New Jerusalem on the new earth will reveal the light of God's glory to every believer. We shall see God in our glorified bodies.
