His Transfiguration

Hello:

 We are in Chapter 17.   Yeah!!!!!!!!  We are making progress.

Our study today deals with the “infamous” transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 

Here is the text:

Matthew 17:1 After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. 2 There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. 3 Just then there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus. 4 Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will put up three shelters–one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.” 5 While he was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!” 6 When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown to the ground, terrified. 7 But Jesus came and touched them. “Get up,” he said. “Don’t be afraid.” 8 When they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus. 9 As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus instructed them, “Don’t tell anyone what you have seen, until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.” 10 The disciples asked him, “Why then do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?” 11 Jesus replied, “To be sure, Elijah comes and will restore all things. 12 But I tell you, Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but have done to him everything they wished. In the same way the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.” 13 Then the disciples understood that he was talking to them about John the Baptist. standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”

 For this spectacular event, you will notice that Jesus takes with him his inner circle that I have mentioned to you before; Peter, James, and John.  The word transfiguration means metamorphosis; the changing of one state into another.  The prefix meta means to change and morphe means form.  It also means to change the outside to match the inside and in the case of Jesus Christ we would be talking about his outside matching the glory that exist in his inside or his identify.    

The text teaches that his clothes were change whiter than any one on earth could whiten them and his face shone like the sun.   For the first time, his exterior state revealed the glory of his identify.   

This would also be the second time that we heard God’s voice attesting to the identity of Jesus.  The first account was at his baptism.  Let’s look at the audience.   It is composed of Peter, James, and John, Elijah, Moses, the voice of God and Jesus.    According to Deuteronomy 19:15 a matter must be established by two or three witnesses and Jesus takes three disciples with him to witness this marvelous event.    

Elijah was the prophet that appeared before Ahab and commanded according to the word of the Lord that there would be no rain.   Elijah was also known for calling the people back to God by his “infamous” scene of the “showdown at

 Moses represented the law.  He was called a friend of God.  He saw God face to face and God showed him his glory.   Tomorrow, we’ll study some more about this event.    

Stay encouraged!!!!!!!!! 

Don’t forget to pray and read God’s word daily. 

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