" 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." (John 1:1-5)
Q1. (John 1:1-5, 14) When did Jesus glory and kingly authority have their origins?
This passage of scripture indicates for all time and there does not seem to be a point of origin - it has always been. Conveying this in language is rather primitive because to believe in Jesus is to believe in the heart which for human kind starts with the first heartbeat, since we do not really feel any other point in time, it is with the believer's first heart beat, in fact it is why the heart beats.
In what sense were they hidden while he was on earth?
In the sense that Jesus lived as one of us, that our lives can hide the glory of God. The Way we live can hide the Glory of God. Our struggle is to uncover the Glory of God in our daily lives.
In what sense were they still present?
In our journey to uncover the Glory of God we reveal to ourselves the presence that has in a sense never left us but can be difficult to find in our daily lives.
The darkness appears to have always been as well but does not hold authority once the Light of Jesus's Glory shines. For each of us this is so personal that sometimes it can't be put into words but is thought and feeling which is shared with Jesus.