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It is not just the glory, but also the character, love, mercy, power, message and self-expression of God- are all revealed to man by Jesus.

2 Corinthians 4:6
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

That is why the scripture states about Jesus:

Hebrews 1:3
Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

John 1:18
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

Colossians 1:15
Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

Note- It says here that Jesus is the image of God, not God himself. In other words, to be the image of God, it follows that Jesus had to be something other than God.

Since God cannot be seen, heard and touched, he has always chosen to reveal himself to man by means of man. Not through an angel, but through a human being who can relate to people’s weaknesses, sufferings and temptation:

Hebrews 2:16-18
16 For verily he took not on him the nature of angels;
but he took on him the seed of Abraham. 17 Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. 18 For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.

1 Timothy 2:5
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men,
the man Christ Jesus;

God did this firstly through witnesses such as Abel, Enoch and Noah. Then through the patriarchs- Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Then through Moses and the prophets. Lastly through the man Christ Jesus:

Hebrews 1:1-2
1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

This text answers the claim of those who say that the Son is the angel of Yahweh who appeared to Moses in the burning bush etc. Instead we learn here that God did not speak by his Son until ‘these last days’. God’s ultimate and highest revelation of himself to us was reserved for his flesh and blood Son, the historical Jesus. This is the very mystery of Godliness!

1 Timothy 3:16
16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness:
he was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

Note-
Manifestation means to make known or to show forth
(Strongs 5319- to render apparent). Try this for yourself by replacing ‘manifested’ with either of these words in any of the places where it appears in the Bible- Mark 4:22, John 2:11, John 17:6, Romans 3:21, Titus 1:3, 1 John 1:2, 1 John 3:5,1 John 3:8, 1 John 4:9
In setting forth the Son as the ultimate vehicle of his revelation to man, God in no way reduces the Son’s own personality and humanity. He had his own mind as well as his own free will and chose to yield these to God.

John 14:7-9
7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. 8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. 9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?

After explaining that everything it is possible for a man to see of the Father can be seen in him, Jesus explains why:

10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.

Jesus chose to do only what the Father had shown him, therefore to see him at work was to see the ‘arm of Yahweh’ in action.

John 8:26
26 I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him. 27 They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.

Because he chose to speak only those words which the Father had given him, to hear his word was to hear the undiluted word of God. ‘The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth!’

Furthermore, it is God’s desire that we too, by looking at the Christ should bask in the glory of God shed upon us by him. In this way, like him, we should shine the light of the knowledge of the one God and his kingdom message to the world.

2 Corinthians 3:18
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

The reflection of God’s glory and his revelation to us through Christ doesn’t make Christ God Almighty any more than it did Moses. So there you have it. To know Jesus is to know everything it is possible for a human to know about God. He is nothing less than the ultimate and highest revelation of God to man. By him the invisible attributes of God’s love, mercy, grace, compassion, power, truth and free forgiveness are revealed to us through the life of the humble carpenter from Galilee, Jesus Christ of Nazareth.