10th February 2013 Transfiguration
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Transfiguration
10-2-2013
Pastor Lester Priebbenow
Only Jesus
Luke 9:28-36 (esp. v. 36)
28After eight days Jesus took Peter, John and James with him and went up a hill to pray. 29While he was praying, his face changed its appearance, and his clothes became dazzling white. 30Suddenly two men were there talking with him. They were Moses and Elijah, 31who appeared in heavenly glory and talked with Jesus about the way in which he would soon fulfil God's purpose by dying in Jerusalem. 32Peter and his companions were sound asleep, but they woke up and saw Jesus' glory and the two men who were standing with him. 33As the men were leaving Jesus, Peter said to him, 'Master, how good it is that we are here! We will make three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah'. (He did not really know what he was saying.)
34While he was still speaking, a cloud appeared and covered them with its shadow; and the disciples were afraid as the cloud came over them. 35A voice said from the cloud, 'This is my Son, whom I have chosen; listen to him!' 36When the voice stopped, there was Jesus all alone. The disciples kept quiet about all this and told no one at that time anything they had seen.
What a seemingly undramatic end to a very dramatic event! "When the voice stopped, there was Jesus all alone." Other Gospel writers tell us that the disciples saw "only Jesus". We can look at these words from a number of different angles.
We could, as many people do, put a question mark after them as if to ask, "Only Jesus?"