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second appearing of Jesus. And Elijah, who was translated without
seeing death, represented those who will be changed to immortality
at Christ’s second coming and will be translated to heaven without
seeing death. The disciples beheld with astonishment and fear the
excellent majesty of Jesus and the cloud that overshadowed them,
and heard the voice of God in terrible majesty, saying, “This is My
beloved Son: hear Him.”
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