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From Heaven With Love
the knowledge that He was of a surety the Son of God and that His
shameful death was part of the plan of redemption.
His prayer was heard. Suddenly the heavens opened, and holy
radiance descended upon the mount, enshrouding the Saviour’s form.
Divinity from within flashed through humanity and met the glory
coming from above. Arising from His prostrate position, Christ
stood in godlike majesty. His countenance shone “as the sun,” and
His garments were “white as light.”
The disciples, awaking, gazed in fear and amazement on the
radiant form of their Master. As they became able to endure the
wondrous light, they saw beside Jesus two heavenly beings—Moses,
who on Sinai had talked with God; and Elijah, to whom the high
privilege was given never to come under the power of death.
Because of his sin at Meribah, it was not for Moses to enter
Canaan. Not for him was the joy of leading Israel into the inheritance
of their fathers. A wilderness grave was the goal of forty years of
toil and heart-burdening care. Moses passed under the dominion of
death, but he did not remain in the tomb. Christ Himself called him
forth to life. See
Jude 9
.
Moses on the mount of transfiguration represented those who
shall come forth from the grave at the resurrection of the just. Elijah,
who had been translated to heaven without seeing death, represented
those living at Christ’s second coming, who will be “changed, in a
moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump.”
1 Corinthians
15:51, 52
. Jesus was clothed as He will appear when He shall come
the second time “in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”
Mark 8:38
; see
Hebrews 9:28
. Upon the mount the future kingdom
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of glory was represented in miniature—Christ the King, Moses a
representative of the risen saints, and Elijah of the translated ones.
Peter Seriously Misunderstands
The disciples rejoiced that the meek and lowly One, who had
wandered to and fro a helpless stranger, was honored by the favored
ones of heaven. They believed that Elijah had come to announce
that the kingdom was about to be set up on earth. Here they longed
to tarry. Peter exclaimed, “Master, it is good for us to be here: and
let us make three tabernacles; one for Thee, and one for Moses, and