1 00:00:01,880 --> 00:00:09,480 All right, good morning. We are on our fifth mountain and 2 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:12,360 I'm not going to review those, the ones we've done already, but 3 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:16,360 we had the mount of temptation last week and hopefully that was 4 00:00:16,360 --> 00:00:18,720 a blessing to you and and you learned something from it. 5 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:22,440 We're going to look at another one today that is not a it's, 6 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:26,600 it's what we call a mount, but it's not a, this particular 7 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:30,960 mountain is not a the name of the mountain, but we're going to 8 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:34,320 look at the mount of Transfiguration this morning. 9 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:37,000 Does anybody now this is Sunday school, so we got to, we're 10 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:38,760 going to think, I know it's early, but we're going to think 11 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:40,800 a little bit here. Does anybody know what they 12 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:43,360 consider which mountain is considered the mount of 13 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:45,400 Transfiguration? What is the actual physical 14 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:46,360 mountain? Does anybody know? 15 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:49,840 There's two of them that people go back and forth and we're not 16 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:54,280 going to argue about that. But anybody, Trey? 17 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:59,520 No good guess though. Nope. 18 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:04,319 Good guess though, kind of kind of not real real popular ones. 19 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:09,520 Mount Hermon and Mount Tabor. And the Bible doesn't actually 20 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:13,120 tell us which one it is 'cause we'll we'll go there and we'll 21 00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:17,320 read it here in just a second. Excuse me, but the Bible doesn't 22 00:01:17,320 --> 00:01:18,920 tell us which mountain they actually went up. 23 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:20,440 It just says they went up on a high mountain. 24 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:25,080 And but I want you to think about this because this is 25 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:27,440 important to our lesson. Another, another thinking 26 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:31,320 question. Where in Jesus ministry did this 27 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:35,960 amount of transfiguration happen roughly beginning and middle? 28 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:40,280 Anybody have any idea? And I did, I purposely didn't 29 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:42,440 give you the the passage because it'll give you where it's at. 30 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:45,240 It's in the middle. Yeah, it's, it's in the 31 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:48,520 beginning middle. I would say that the, the, the, 32 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:53,120 the, the end of the first half, maybe all right, that's the 33 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:55,320 amount of transfiguration. So now knowing that, let's go to 34 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:58,240 Matthew chapter 17. And that's where we're going to, 35 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:00,440 we're going to start there. We're going to read this 36 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:02,360 passage. There's actually three different 37 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:06,240 places that it's that is talked about in the in Matthew, Mark 38 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:07,800 and Luke. And we are going to go look at 39 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,840 those because those are very important to our lesson as well. 40 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:12,480 But we'll look at those as we go through it. 41 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:17,360 But we're going to start with Matthew chapter 17 and read this 42 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:18,920 passage. And then we'll we'll talk about 43 00:02:18,920 --> 00:02:21,520 the amount of transfiguration. But I think now this goes 44 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:23,640 without saying, it's very important to the Jews. 45 00:02:24,920 --> 00:02:27,720 There was 3 positions that were very important to them, the 46 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:31,800 prophet, the priest, and a king, right? 47 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:34,000 I think, I think we would all agree on that. 48 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:37,400 Remember when Saul becomes king, they are begging for it. 49 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:39,840 They want a king. We want to be like other 50 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:42,600 nations. So the king, the king, position 51 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:45,480 of king was important to them, but the position of prophet and 52 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:47,360 priest was very important because God said it was. 53 00:02:47,640 --> 00:02:50,320 And so they took that seriously and it was important to them. 54 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:53,160 And what happens here on the Mount of Transfiguration, we'll 55 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:58,840 see it in just a second is as we read Matthew 17 is I think it's 56 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:02,400 important that it happened right here in the middle of his of his 57 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:04,240 ministry. It wasn't at the beginning 58 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:07,520 because Jesus was still calling his disciples and everything 59 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:11,680 else, and it wasn't at the end as a final proof of who he was. 60 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:13,480 It was in the middle to show them. 61 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:18,520 See in Matthew chapter 16, Jesus tells them I'm going to die and 62 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:21,000 I'm going to be resurrected. And they don't understand it. 63 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:23,080 They're, they're confused by what's happening. 64 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:25,880 I'll, I'll destroy this temple and rebuild it in three days. 65 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:28,680 Even his disciples were confused as to what he was trying to say. 66 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:33,640 And so the next thing, the next chapter here in Matthew 17, we 67 00:03:33,640 --> 00:03:37,880 have Jesus, I think I believe finally going, OK, I need to, I 68 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:41,080 need to prove to my own disciples who I actually am so 69 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:44,360 that they really get behind this, not because I need them, 70 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:46,800 but be, but I need them to spread this gospel. 71 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:50,440 And if they don't believe it after I go, who's going to be 72 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:54,280 left to spread this? And so I think Jesus is is 73 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:59,640 obviously under the direction of the Holy Spirit has this this 74 00:03:59,960 --> 00:04:03,120 mount of transfiguration experience to show Peter, James 75 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:05,760 and John what's really going on with his ministry. 76 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:11,440 You got to remember, even after Jesus dies, the disciples think 77 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:14,400 he's going to resurrect and start his earthly Kingdom. 78 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:17,480 They still just didn't understand exactly what was 79 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:19,880 going on. But let's read Matthew chapter 80 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:21,640 17. We're going to start right here 81 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:25,920 in verse one and there's a the first, the third word here is 82 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:29,040 important after six days. So we'll come back to that 83 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:31,600 later. But after six days, Jesus taketh 84 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:34,480 Peter, James and John his brother and bringeth them up 85 00:04:34,760 --> 00:04:38,920 into an high mountain apart six days from what? 86 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:42,560 From this time that Jesus had done some of these works and and 87 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:45,920 you have to read verse chapter 16 to see what he's talking 88 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:48,120 about. But Peter's saying six days 89 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:52,840 after that, he takes Peter, James and John his brother, and 90 00:04:52,840 --> 00:04:54,800 bringeth them up into a high mountain apart. 91 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:57,040 And again, it doesn't mention which mountain it is. 92 00:04:57,040 --> 00:05:01,040 So it's all left to speculation. And was transfigured before 93 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:03,240 them. And his face did shine as the 94 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:06,200 sun, and his raiment was white as the light. 95 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:08,120 And we're going to come back to verse 2 here in a minute. 96 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:10,880 That's very important as well. And behold, there appeared unto 97 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:13,400 them Moses and Elias talking with them. 98 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:17,160 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for 99 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:21,200 us to be here, if thou wilt, let us make here 3 tabernacles, one 100 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:24,400 for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias, while he yet 101 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:25,920 spake. Behold, a bright cloud 102 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:27,960 overshadowed them. And behold a voice out of the 103 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:31,280 cloud, which said, This is my beloved son, in whom I am well 104 00:05:31,280 --> 00:05:34,560 pleased, Hear ye him. And when the disciples heard it, 105 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:36,480 they fell on their face, and were so afraid. 106 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:39,920 And Jesus came and touched them and said, Arise and be not 107 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:41,760 afraid. And when they lifted up their 108 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:44,600 eyes, they saw no man save Jesus only. 109 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:46,560 And then it continues on. They came down from the 110 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:49,360 mountain. Jesus charged them, saying, tell 111 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:52,760 this vision to no man until the Son of man be risen again from 112 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:54,840 the dead. And his disciples asked him, 113 00:05:54,840 --> 00:05:58,320 saying, why then say the scribes that Elias must first come and 114 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:00,400 and then they start asking him what exactly happened? 115 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:04,000 But I think it's interesting I've always thought in verse 4, 116 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:07,360 you see then answered Peter and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is 117 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:10,080 good for us to be here if thou wilt let us make 3 tabernacles, 118 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:12,440 one for thee, one for Moses and one for Elias. 119 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:15,040 And that's just kind of drops in there. 120 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:16,800 Doesn't really make sense what that verse. 121 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:19,000 Why? Why is he even saying why is 122 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:21,240 Peter saying that? But it's interesting. 123 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:27,680 I think it's Luke. No, it's Mark that says, because 124 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:30,560 Peter was so afraid and didn't know what else to say, he asked 125 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:32,640 Jesus that. So he literally it really 126 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:34,280 doesn't fit and there's no reason for it. 127 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:36,920 And but that's what happened. Peter was so afraid. 128 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:39,600 He just starts talking kind of in typical Peter fashion. 129 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:42,800 So I think that's interesting that he just starts spouting and 130 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:43,960 Luke actually calls him out on it. 131 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:45,840 He didn't know or Mark, he didn't know what else to say. 132 00:06:45,840 --> 00:06:48,920 So he just started talking and asked Jesus to build a build a 133 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:51,800 Tabernacle there. But then then God himself says, 134 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:53,880 this is my beloved son. Listen to him. 135 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:57,320 Listen what he has to say. And so anyway, we are going to 136 00:06:57,320 --> 00:07:00,200 look at the Mount of Transfiguration this morning, 137 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:03,160 the Mount of preview, the mount of what was coming. 138 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:06,480 And even in His earthly ministry, remember, this is not 139 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:07,920 at the end. This is still in the middle of 140 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:10,200 His ministry. So it's a preview of what was 141 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:12,520 going to happen. And then also after his 142 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:16,200 resurrection, His kingship, what was going to happen with that? 143 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:19,080 He needed to show the disciples that on the Mount of 144 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:21,480 Transfiguration. So let's pray and then we'll get 145 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:24,200 right into this lesson. Father, thank you for this day 146 00:07:24,200 --> 00:07:25,720 you've given us. Got to thank you for another 147 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:28,000 opportunity. We have to open your word and to 148 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:30,360 learn from it. Got to pray that you would feed 149 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:34,880 us from your word for that we would look at this, this story, 150 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:39,920 this, this happening in, in, in history and your earthly 151 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:42,680 ministry. And it would just shore up in 152 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:46,000 our minds and, and just give us even more confidence in the fact 153 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:48,920 that we are worshiping the true Son of God, the Messiah that 154 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:51,160 came to save his people from their sin. 155 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:54,080 And I pray that you would just give us even more confidence 156 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:56,720 through this of what was actually going on with your son 157 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:59,480 here on this earth in Jesus name, I pray, Amen. 158 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:03,200 So we're going to look at the the account of Matthew, the 159 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:04,680 account of Mark and the account of Luke. 160 00:08:04,680 --> 00:08:07,360 They all have little bit different words in how they 161 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:10,120 describe this light that came on Jesus Christ. 162 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:14,680 And, and I think it's important the difference is there because 163 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:20,200 Matthew shows Jesus Christ as a prophet in the way he he talks. 164 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:22,880 And we'll look at that first and then the other two look at him 165 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:24,600 as priest and king. And we'll look at, that's what 166 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:27,280 we're going to look at this morning in these lessons. 167 00:08:27,280 --> 00:08:32,600 The prophet, priest and kingship of Jesus Christ previewed here 168 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:35,720 in the Mount of Transfiguration. All right, so first of all, 169 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:40,000 Matthew looks at Jesus Christ, a preview of his work as prophet 170 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:44,520 and go to verse 2 of Matthew 17. I said verse 2 was very 171 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:46,560 important. And it's these words, these 172 00:08:46,560 --> 00:08:49,600 phrases that we're going to look at it says and was transfigured 173 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:52,280 before them. And his face did shine as the 174 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:55,840 sun and his raiment was white as the light. 175 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:57,960 And I think it's interesting, the very next verse says that 176 00:08:57,960 --> 00:09:02,200 that that Moses appears and Moses also had this same thing 177 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:05,960 happened on the mountain, right? That his face shone as the light 178 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:08,680 to where they couldn't even they couldn't even look at look on 179 00:09:08,680 --> 00:09:10,640 him. But I looked this up and I 180 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:16,000 wanted to read it real quick. It's it's a short where am I at 181 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:18,600 all tabs? There we go. 182 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:23,760 I looked it up and I saved it. All right, so this is this is I 183 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:26,800 want to read this real fast about the I might have deleted 184 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:27,640 it. I sure did. 185 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:31,400 OK, here we go. The high mountain that we call 186 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:34,400 the mount of transfiguration is never clearly identified in 187 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:36,120 scripture. That's not the one I wanted to 188 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:36,920 read. I know where it's at. 189 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:40,160 Hold on, it's out of my study Bible, but I didn't want to 190 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:41,280 bring both Bibles. Here we go. 191 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:47,120 So this is Scofield's words on on Christ's transfiguration. 192 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:50,920 He says the transfiguration scene contains in miniature all 193 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:54,240 the elements of the future Kingdom in manifestation, the 194 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:57,240 Lord Jesus, not in humiliation. So this is the first part of of 195 00:09:57,240 --> 00:09:59,120 this scene. The Lord Jesus not in 196 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:03,000 humiliation, but in glory. Remember his whole, his whole 197 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:10,600 earthly ministry is, is is is is a ministry of, yes, setting up 198 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:13,600 the gospel and all of that, but a ministry of humility. 199 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:16,520 He is not able to show them who he truly is. 200 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:19,480 Even on the cross. They're mocking him saying if 201 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:22,320 you're truly God, if you're Christ, come down off that 202 00:10:22,560 --> 00:10:24,560 cross. And he could have, but in 203 00:10:24,560 --> 00:10:29,400 humility and in the, the need for redemption of mankind, he 204 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:33,240 stays on that cross and, and dies with the mocking of all 205 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:35,040 these people. But here on the Mount of 206 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:38,960 Transfiguration, his, his true glory is shown just for a little 207 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:41,200 bit. It's not, it's you see how long 208 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:44,360 the passage is? It's not very long, but the Lord 209 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:47,160 Jesus not in humiliation, but in glory here on the mount of 210 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:52,960 Transfiguration, Moses in glory, the representative of the 211 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:56,120 redeemed who have passed through death into the Kingdom already. 212 00:10:56,120 --> 00:10:57,280 So that's what Moses is doing there. 213 00:10:57,280 --> 00:10:58,800 And this is this is Scofield's notes. 214 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:03,160 And then thirdly, Elijah also in glory, but representative of the 215 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:05,880 redeemed who have entered the Kingdom by translation, not very 216 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:09,480 many of those, but a few. And then we have Peter, James 217 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:13,280 and John, not glorified yet, but representative for the moment of 218 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:16,680 Israel in the flesh, in the future Kingdom. 219 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:19,920 And then lastly, it's the multitude at the foot of the 220 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:22,880 mountain, representative of those who are going to be 221 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:25,960 brought into the Kingdom after it's established over Israel. 222 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:28,440 So very much a preview of what was coming. 223 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:30,360 That's what the mount of figuration was. 224 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:33,360 And it's kind of an interesting passage because it just drops in 225 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:34,800 there. It's a couple verses long and 226 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:36,520 then that's it. We don't really hear anything 227 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:40,000 else about it, but it was a preview to the disciples of what 228 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:42,440 was coming. And so back to our lesson, 229 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:46,600 Matthew chapter 17 and verse 2, we see Jesus being previewed as 230 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:51,640 a prophet. And, and Peter or Matthew uses 231 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:55,400 those words. His face shines as the sun and 232 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:57,920 his raiment was white as the light. 233 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:00,200 And so the, the, the word we're going to focus there on is 234 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:02,080 white. And the other ones don't have 235 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:07,800 this, but white. He's reminding us of the task of 236 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:11,640 a prophet and his, his job was to carry the, the light of the 237 00:12:11,640 --> 00:12:14,480 truth through the ages. Really, they're prophesying of 238 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:16,920 what's going to come. We see that in Jeremiah and 239 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:18,600 Isaiah and in all the other prophets. 240 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:21,720 They are carrying this truth sometimes alone, sometimes the 241 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:25,480 only ones, they're the only ones doing it even have Elijah doing 242 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:28,440 that, the only one carrying this light, the least that he thought 243 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:32,680 standing alone, but carrying the light of the gospel that was to 244 00:12:32,680 --> 00:12:36,600 come and and Hebrews chapter 1 tells us that that's exactly 245 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:39,720 what Christ's job was. He says, I'll read it. 246 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:43,280 God, who has sundry times and in diverse manners spake in time 247 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:48,440 past unto the fathers by the prophets, but hath in these last 248 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:53,520 days spoken unto us by his Son. He is the final prophet that 249 00:12:53,560 --> 00:12:57,440 that we see. And so Jesus Christ was the 250 00:12:57,440 --> 00:13:01,200 prophet that was previewed here, Luke chapter 24, verse 19. 251 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:03,680 I'll read this one as well concerning Jesus of Nazareth, 252 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:07,600 which was a prophet mighty indeed and word before God and 253 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:11,280 all the all the people. That's Luke's, Luke's Speaking 254 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:15,240 of Jesus Christ as the prophet. So what did this prophet teach? 255 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:17,560 And I'm just going to make mention of this and we're going 256 00:13:17,560 --> 00:13:19,560 to move through this pretty quickly because this is an 257 00:13:19,560 --> 00:13:21,360 overview. We're not digging real deep into 258 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:24,200 the mount of Transfiguration. But what, what was Jesus 259 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:26,480 teaching? And we see this in Matthew 260 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:28,600 chapter 5 through 7. He taught in sermons. 261 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:31,760 We also see it with the Olivet Discourse in Matthew chapter 24 262 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:35,640 and 25 S Jesus did teach by way of sermons, but he also taught 263 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:39,160 by way of parables. And that's what the prophets 264 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:40,920 did. They taught they they told of 265 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:42,760 things to come and what was going on. 266 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:45,640 But Jesus was doing exactly that through all the parables, right. 267 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:49,800 Parables are earthly stories with heavenly meanings. 268 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:54,040 And that's why so often the the the disciples even were after he 269 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:55,760 would tell it. You know, it kind of makes me 270 00:13:55,760 --> 00:13:58,120 think of, you know, sometimes us sitting in church. 271 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:01,000 Hey man, yes, yes, and then afterwards going, what were you 272 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:03,120 talking about? That's what the disciples were 273 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:05,120 doing. They're they're, they're 274 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:06,440 agreeing. I mean, they're sitting there 275 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:08,440 listening to the parables just as everybody else. 276 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:11,880 And then afterwards Bible even gives us a record of that. 277 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:13,760 They would go to him and say, what were you, what were you 278 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:15,680 trying to say there? What was the meaning of that? 279 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:18,280 And Jesus often would say, you have little faith or you have 280 00:14:18,280 --> 00:14:20,480 little understanding. How do you not understand what 281 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:23,320 I'm trying to say? But they were earthly stories. 282 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:25,480 So they got that part with heavenly meanings and they 283 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:29,280 didn't always catch those, but that's how Jesus taught as a 284 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:31,760 prophet when he was here in His earthly ministry. 285 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:36,160 But then what did the people think of him as this prophet? 286 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:41,280 Well, John Chapter 7 and verse 40, this is after Jesus talks 287 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:44,680 about the living water. It says of a truth, John Chapter 288 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:49,040 7, verse 40 of a truth. This is the prophet when the 289 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:51,640 widow's son was raised to life. Again, we see that in Luke 290 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:56,920 Chapter 7, the people said a great prophet is risen up among 291 00:14:56,920 --> 00:15:02,040 us in Matthew chapter 21, Palm Sunday, the multitude is 292 00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:05,640 shouting Hosanna to to God in the highest and but they said 293 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:08,480 this is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee. 294 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:11,840 So the people knew he was a prophet and the amount of 295 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:14,200 transfiguration Jesus was showing his disciples. 296 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:17,840 A little quick preview. I'm I am a prophet and this is 297 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:22,640 what is coming. But then we see what Jesus 298 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:27,120 worked as a prophet. What was his goal as a prophet? 299 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:28,920 What was the goal of all of the prophets? 300 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:31,920 Think about Jeremiah and Isaiah, what was their purpose? 301 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:35,120 Does anybody actually I'm asking this question, what was the 302 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:38,400 purpose of Jeremiah, Isaiah, Hosea? 303 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:41,160 What was their purpose as a prophet? 304 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:48,840 Just to prophecy things coming, very big part of it to bring 305 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:51,360 them back to God. And so in saying that bringing 306 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:55,440 them back to God, obviously what was wrong, they were away from 307 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:57,880 God. So the goal of these prophets is 308 00:15:57,880 --> 00:16:01,640 to show them their sin and then say show them there is a way 309 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:05,920 back to reconcile with God. Well, that's exactly what Jesus 310 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:07,560 says. But think of the woman at the 311 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:10,920 well. She talks to Jesus. 312 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:14,000 We know that story. He says if you drink of this 313 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:15,680 living water, you'll never thirst again. 314 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:17,760 And then he says go get your husband. 315 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:20,440 What was his point in saying that? 316 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:24,200 To mock her, to make her feel bad? 317 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:30,040 His point in saying that was to show her you're in sin and you 318 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:32,880 need this water that I'm that I'm talking about. 319 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:35,920 But you are in sin and you've had five husbands and the one 320 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:37,960 you're with now is not your husband. 321 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:40,840 And what's her response? John chapter 4, verse 19. 322 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:46,720 Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet because the goal of the 323 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:51,280 prophets, and I'll read this in Isaiah chapter 58 verse one, cry 324 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:55,560 aloud, spare not lift up thy voice like a trumpet and show my 325 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:59,120 people their transgressions and the House of Jacob their sins. 326 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:02,360 That is the goal of a prophet and Jesus Christ fulfills 327 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:05,839 exactly that role. Here in the New Testament, John 328 00:17:05,839 --> 00:17:08,079 chapter 4, we see that. Sir, I perceive that thou art a 329 00:17:08,079 --> 00:17:08,920 prophet. Why? 330 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:12,319 Because you're pointing out my sin and trying to lead me back 331 00:17:12,319 --> 00:17:15,040 to Jesus Christ. And so in the light of the 332 00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:18,560 perfection of the Son of God here in the New Testament, the 333 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:21,960 sinful state of Israel was, was very obvious and they knew it. 334 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:24,599 It's one of the reasons they crucified Christ. 335 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:27,839 They did not like that he was pointing out their sin when they 336 00:17:27,839 --> 00:17:30,880 thought they were so spiritual and they were so righteous. 337 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:35,200 And, and so they accused Christ of blasphemy and they, and they 338 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:37,920 crucify him, but it's because he was pointing out their sin and 339 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:41,480 their need for this Savior, which they didn't think they 340 00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:44,280 needed. And they certainly didn't think 341 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:46,640 Jesus Christ was that one that was going to point them in that 342 00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:49,320 direction. So we see Jesus Christ previewed 343 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:51,520 as a prophet in Matthew chapter 17. 344 00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:52,920 I want you to go to Mark Chapter 9. 345 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:58,280 This is another, another account of the transfiguration, Mark 346 00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:00,880 Chapter 9. And we're going to see Jesus 347 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:05,200 previewed as the priest, prophet, priest. 348 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:08,160 And then in Luke we'll look at him as king. 349 00:18:08,360 --> 00:18:12,600 But mark Chapter 9 and verse, we'll start in verse one. 350 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:15,440 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, that there be some 351 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:18,200 of them that stand here which shall not taste of death till 352 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:20,960 they have seen the Kingdom of God come with power. 353 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:24,880 And again verse 2, after six days that's important. 354 00:18:25,360 --> 00:18:28,200 Jesus taketh with him. Peter and James and John. 355 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:31,000 And I like this account because we'll see some more details. 356 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:33,760 Peter, James and John and leaded them up into a high mountain 357 00:18:33,760 --> 00:18:37,320 apart by themselves, and he was transfigured before them. 358 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:40,840 And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow, so as 359 00:18:40,840 --> 00:18:42,360 no fuller on earth can white them. 360 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:45,320 And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses, and they were 361 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:48,200 talking with Jesus. And Peter answered and said to 362 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:50,960 Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here and let us make 3 363 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:54,320 tabernacles, one for Thee, one for Moses, and one for Elias. 364 00:18:55,280 --> 00:18:59,040 Verse 6 This is where Luke Mark calls him out for he wished not 365 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:00,880 what to say, for they were so afraid. 366 00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:03,120 He's so scared I don't know what to say. 367 00:19:03,120 --> 00:19:05,560 So he just starts talking. That's what I was referring to 368 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:06,760 before. But verse 7. 369 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:08,480 And there was a cloud that overshadowed them. 370 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:11,520 And a voice came out of the cloud saying, this is my beloved 371 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:14,040 son, hear him. And suddenly when they had 372 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:17,080 looked around about, they saw no man anymore save Jesus, only 373 00:19:17,360 --> 00:19:19,880 with themselves. And again in verse 9, Jesus 374 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:21,880 charges them as they came down from the mountain. 375 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:24,640 He charged them that they should tell no man what things they had 376 00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:27,720 seen till the Son of man were risen from the dead. 377 00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:31,000 And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with 378 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:33,280 another what the rising from the dead should mean. 379 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:36,920 I think it's it's interesting there another little phrase. 380 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:39,760 They don't quite understand what is going on here. 381 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:43,360 But in Mark he previews Jesus Christ through this 382 00:19:43,360 --> 00:19:49,640 transfiguration as the priest. And what I want to point out 383 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:53,680 here is in verse 3, remember I said verse 2, white as light is 384 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:57,880 what Matthew talks about. But in Mark he says in verse 3, 385 00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:01,640 his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow, so as 386 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:04,360 no fuller on earth can white them. 387 00:20:04,360 --> 00:20:06,640 So a little bit different description of what he's seeing, 388 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:09,120 same same picture, but a little different description. 389 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:14,800 He says his his garment became white as snow, so no fuller on 390 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:17,400 earth could white them. It's a word we don't really 391 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:19,800 hear, but through the context we can kind of we kind of 392 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:21,720 understand what it is. What was a fuller? 393 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:26,600 They had one job that was to clean garments and to make them 394 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:28,920 white. But I think it's interesting and 395 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:34,400 and we see this through history, really through not so much the 396 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:36,880 Bible, but mostly through history that the fullers all 397 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:40,320 worked outside of the city. And the main reason was we think 398 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:42,800 of soap as being this, you know, clean smelling. 399 00:20:43,120 --> 00:20:45,720 It's funny. I just told my wife, she she's 400 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:50,480 really, really been focusing on all the chemicals and different 401 00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:53,480 things that we, we, you know, put in our bodies, but also that 402 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:55,760 we have outside our bodies that we come in contact with. 403 00:20:55,760 --> 00:21:00,240 And one of those is the soap and, and what, what's the other 404 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:03,360 stuff that smells real good? That what is it? 405 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:06,040 Yeah, the softener. You tell how much I do laundry, 406 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:10,200 but the softener is, you know, it's a lot of chemicals, but it 407 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:12,480 makes your clothes smell good. And I said, and I told her the 408 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:14,240 other day, I said, put a little bit of that in it. 409 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:18,280 If you have to wash my clothes by themselves, put that in my my 410 00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:19,920 work clothes. Because when you sweat in them 411 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:22,200 all day long, you just can't get them clean. 412 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:24,560 And then after a few weeks you start smelling them. 413 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:27,840 So anyways, so she started doing that for me. 414 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:31,320 But we think of soap nowadays as all that's going to get them 415 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:34,040 smelling good. Not then the goal of soap was to 416 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:35,680 clean, not necessarily to smell good. 417 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:39,720 And the fuller's works smelled so bad from the alkaline and 418 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:42,480 things that they used that they pushed them out of the city and 419 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:45,520 said get out and do your workout outside the city. 420 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:49,200 Well, I think if you're if you're thinking in in respect to 421 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:53,200 Jesus Christ, Christ was crucified outside the city. 422 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:57,080 So I think it's interesting that Mark says that as white as snow, 423 00:21:57,080 --> 00:22:01,280 so as no fuller on earth could have whited these garments that 424 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:03,040 way. That's what he's saying in 425 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:06,480 Malachi chapter 3, verse two, he mentioned that he speaking 426 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:10,400 prophetically of Christ, he is like a refiner's fire and like 427 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:15,000 fuller's soap. So he's even referred to as or 428 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:18,880 or or likened to a fuller's soap in Malachi. 429 00:22:19,120 --> 00:22:21,360 And I think it's interesting that Mark brings that up again. 430 00:22:21,360 --> 00:22:24,200 And it's very, very few times that we actually see that word 431 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:27,800 in the Bible, let alone in the New Testament. 432 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:33,120 But fuller so anyway, so that was the that was the work of of 433 00:22:33,120 --> 00:22:36,280 these fullers and that was the similarity that we see with 434 00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:39,880 Christ and a fuller. But I think it's interesting in 435 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:43,360 verse 3 right there at the end. So as no fuller on earth can 436 00:22:43,360 --> 00:22:46,520 wipe them. What he's saying is fullers do 437 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:48,600 good work. They make these garments white, 438 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:52,160 but these were whiter than anything anybody on earth could 439 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:55,640 have could have done. And I think it's important to 440 00:22:55,640 --> 00:23:01,080 note then that Jesus Christ, as the priest previewed here on the 441 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:04,640 Mount of Transfiguration was going to be better than anything 442 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:07,200 they had at the time, any priest. 443 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:10,800 They had a physical priest here on earth. 444 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:13,360 Isaiah chapter one, verse 18 says this. 445 00:23:13,360 --> 00:23:15,520 Come now and let us reason together. 446 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:17,720 Say it. The Lord, though your sins be a 447 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:19,640 scarlet, they shall be white as snow. 448 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:22,040 Exact phrase that Mark uses there. 449 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:25,600 Though they be read like Crimson, they shall be as well. 450 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:29,280 You got to think these men, these disciples, when they are 451 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:32,920 talking about reading the law and and reading God's word, 452 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:35,840 anytime that's mentioned this, they have the Old Testament. 453 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:37,800 They did, they were the ones writing the New Testament. 454 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:40,800 They don't have this. So when you see those phrases 455 00:23:40,800 --> 00:23:43,600 referred back to and then things like that, they knew God's word. 456 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:46,800 They knew the word that they had, they knew the law. 457 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:50,000 And so you'll see that often in their writings and, and we 458 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:51,640 think, oh, wow, that's the same phrase. 459 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:54,560 It's because they knew the word of God and they're using those 460 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:59,920 phrases from what they know in their walk with with God. 461 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:03,520 But anyways, Isaiah says that they shall be white as snow, 462 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:06,840 though they be red like Crimson, they shall be as wool. 463 00:24:07,120 --> 00:24:14,960 And so but the superiority of Jesus Christ is is seen there so 464 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:17,360 as no fuller on earth could wipe them. 465 00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:20,160 He was going to be priests. That was the preview here, but 466 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:23,800 he was going to be better priest than the final priest or the 467 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:25,680 final sacrifice. And he says that in Hebrews 468 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:29,760 chapter 1, every priest standeth daily ministering and offering 469 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:33,480 oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 470 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:37,000 But this man after he had offered one sacrifice for sins 471 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:39,480 forever sat down in the right hand of God. 472 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:44,240 And then for by one offering he hath perfected forever them that 473 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:46,800 are sanctified. So this, these priests that 474 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:52,680 we're, we're sacrificing for sins and, and doing what they 475 00:24:52,680 --> 00:25:00,360 were supposed to do, but very, very, very much not able to take 476 00:25:00,360 --> 00:25:02,320 away the sins of these people. That's why they had to keep 477 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:04,320 doing it over and over and over and over. 478 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:05,720 And that's what Hebrews is saying. 479 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:10,720 You, you sacrificed often. But now this final, this priest 480 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:14,400 that that we saw that we see in the Mount of Transfiguration, 481 00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:20,440 this priest is going to offer one time forever for all the 482 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:23,480 sins and then sit down at the right hand of God for by one 483 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:26,520 offering he hath perfected forever them that are 484 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:28,280 sanctified. And I think that's why it's so 485 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:32,360 important that you know, when when we are out talking with 486 00:25:32,360 --> 00:25:35,240 people. We were out at VCU yesterday 487 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:38,400 handing out Flyers and we knock on doors and we talk to people. 488 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:41,760 We get to see where they where they at are at in their minds of 489 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:45,240 how they're going to get to heaven or where they're at in 490 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:49,240 their walk with Christ. And very often it is works. 491 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:52,120 That's what the sacrificial system was. 492 00:25:52,120 --> 00:25:54,360 It was works. And the whole point of it was to 493 00:25:54,360 --> 00:25:58,680 show them you can't. It is not sufficient for what 494 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:02,960 you need for your sins in Jesus Christ as as he's compared here 495 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:07,200 to the priest goes outside the city walls just like the 496 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:13,400 fuller's on Gogotha and cleanses for once and for all man sin but 497 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:17,120 but cleaner than any priest or any fuller could ever get their 498 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:19,400 their clothes and I think they would have understood that. 499 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:22,600 But if not, that's what this preview was. 500 00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:28,760 And then thirdly, go to Luke Chapter 9, Luke Chapter 9 in 501 00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:32,640 math in Mark and Luke the the transfiguration is even earlier 502 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:38,040 in their account of the gospel of Jesus Christ, but Matthew is 503 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:39,760 in 17. Mark and Luke are both in 504 00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:48,680 Chapter 9, but go to Luke, Luke Chapter 9 and verse 28 and you 505 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:50,200 can see how similar these accounts are. 506 00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:56,000 Remember in Mark our account starts in verse 2, but in verse 507 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:59,480 one of Mark Chapter 9 that it's the same verse in 27. 508 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:01,760 But I tell you the truth, there be some standing here which 509 00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:03,920 shall not taste of death till they see the Kingdom of God. 510 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:07,480 Very, very, very similar accounts of what's happening 511 00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:11,080 with the gospel in these three men, but just from a different, 512 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:14,960 different perspective. But in verse 28 of Chapter 9 of 513 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:19,280 Luke, it says it came to pass about an 8 days after these 514 00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:22,120 sayings he took Peter and John and James and went up into a 515 00:27:22,120 --> 00:27:25,000 mountain to pray. And as he prayed, the fashion of 516 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:27,400 his countenance was altered and his raiment was white and 517 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:29,400 blistering. And behold, there talked with 518 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:32,440 him two men, which were Moses and Elias, who appeared in glory 519 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:35,080 and spake of the deceased, which he should accomplish at 520 00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:37,240 Jerusalem. This is interesting. 521 00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:40,320 This is a little bit different. Look at this story. 522 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:44,120 So he tells us that that the model transfiguration happened. 523 00:27:44,360 --> 00:27:49,120 But verse 32 Peter and they that were with him, which we know was 524 00:27:49,120 --> 00:27:51,320 James and John were heavy with sleep. 525 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:53,680 And when they were awake, they saw his glory and the two men 526 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:55,800 that stood with him. So they're asleep again on this 527 00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:57,160 mountain. I don't know what it is about 528 00:27:57,160 --> 00:27:59,640 them sleeping. They're sleeping in Yosemite now 529 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:02,480 they're asleep on this mountain and when they wake up, they wake 530 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:07,760 up to Jesus, Moses and Elijah talking about his death and 531 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:09,680 resurrection. That's pretty interesting. 532 00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:12,160 We don't see that in Matthew and Mark, but that's what we see 533 00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:16,640 here in in verse 30. And behold, there talked with 534 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:19,440 him two men, which which were Moses and Elias, who appeared in 535 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:23,320 glory and spoke of his decease, which he should accomplish at 536 00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:24,600 Jerusalem. Jerusalem. 537 00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:26,680 And then Peter, James and John wake up to that. 538 00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:30,120 And verse 33 it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter 539 00:28:30,120 --> 00:28:32,280 said unto Jesus, Master, it's good for us to be here. 540 00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:35,320 Let us make 3 tabernacles, one for thee, one for Moses, and one 541 00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:36,960 for Elias, not knowing what he said. 542 00:28:37,120 --> 00:28:38,920 So again doesn't know what to say. 543 00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:41,760 So he just, he's just talking. While he thus spake, there came 544 00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:44,200 a cloud and overshadowed them, and they feared as they entered 545 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:46,400 into the cloud. And there came a voice out of 546 00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:49,120 the cloud saying, This is my beloved son, hear him. 547 00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:52,360 And when the voice was passed, Jesus was found alone, and they 548 00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:55,040 kept it close and told man, no man in those days of those 549 00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:58,360 things which they had seen. So same same account, but a 550 00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:00,680 little bit different look. And what I want to see here is 551 00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:05,280 in verse 29. As he prayed, the fashion of his 552 00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:08,600 countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and 553 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:11,640 glistering. This is also interesting. 554 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:16,560 We don't see this phrase really anywhere else in the Bible 555 00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:17,720 either. White and glistering. 556 00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:19,000 I'm going to get to that in just a second. 557 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:21,880 I wanted to talk about this eight days, and I just got a few 558 00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:24,840 minutes, but this 8 days compared to the six, the other 559 00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:28,240 two we're talking about. And does anybody know what the 560 00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:32,160 number six is in the Bible? I think we and the number of 561 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:33,680 men, right? We see that in Revelation. 562 00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:35,840 We see that all over the place. That's the number of men. 563 00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:39,880 Does anybody know what the number 8 means or is symbolic 564 00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:44,200 of? No, that's seven. 565 00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:46,840 Yeah. What is 8 redemption? 566 00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:51,080 It is the number of new beginnings. 567 00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:54,600 And I think this is really interesting, the number of new 568 00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:57,680 beginnings. And so you know, it's not, I 569 00:29:57,680 --> 00:29:59,440 want to, I want to address this too. 570 00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:04,720 Was it 6 days or was it 8 days? Well, I think Matthew and Mark 571 00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:08,120 are just saying, OK, this day and then there was six days in 572 00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:10,440 between and then the amount of transfiguration, I think Luke 573 00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:14,560 takes the day before and the day of the mount transfiguration and 574 00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:17,920 adds those two to the 6th. There's definitely six days from 575 00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:20,960 whatever they're going from to the mount of Transfiguration. 576 00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:25,200 And I think that Luke just adds the the the book ends and makes 577 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:27,640 it 8 days. But I also think it's important 578 00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:31,160 because it's a number of new beginnings. 8 is think about 579 00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:35,840 this and these are these are somebody else's numbers. 580 00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:38,880 But I do think it's interesting the, the number 8 is the number 581 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:42,240 of beginnings on the calendar. The 8th day marks the beginning 582 00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:44,080 of a new week, right? So you have 7 days. 583 00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:47,160 The 8th day is a new week. In music. 584 00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:50,280 The eighth note marks the beginning of a new octave, 585 00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:55,360 right? In Jewish history, David was the 586 00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:58,120 eighth son of his father, and his reign marked the beginning 587 00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:01,040 of a new dynasty in Israel. The resurrection of Christ 588 00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:04,440 occurred on Sunday, the 8th day, the beginning of a new week, and 589 00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:07,080 marked a new beginning on the calendar of eternity in 590 00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:09,880 eternity. In contrast to the number of 6, 591 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:12,600 which is the number of ants. So I think, you know, I've said 592 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:16,000 this before, I don't hang my hat too much on numerology, but I 593 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:20,480 think it is interesting that that Luke happens to say 8 days 594 00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:26,040 and he is previewing Christ as king, which is a whole entirely 595 00:31:26,040 --> 00:31:28,120 new beginning. And we're going to finish with 596 00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:30,480 this though. But in in verse 29, as he 597 00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:32,480 prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered and his 598 00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:35,440 raiment was white and glistering in Greek. 599 00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:40,200 This white and glistering is is translated from one single Greek 600 00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:41,280 word. And I'm not going to try to 601 00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:44,840 pronounce it, but it means to flash out as lightning. 602 00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:47,200 It's the only place we see it in the Bible. 603 00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:51,120 But it to flash out as lightning in Matthew chapter 24 and verse 604 00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:54,320 27, it says, for as the lightning cometh out of the east 605 00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:57,840 and shineth even under the West, so shall also the sun, the so 606 00:31:57,840 --> 00:32:00,480 shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 607 00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:03,520 So I think a very interesting phrase there that that Luke uses 608 00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:07,920 different than Mark and Matthew, but white and glistering, 609 00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:10,920 talking about like a flash of lightning like that's that's 610 00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:13,840 what in his mind that this whiteness of the raiments of 611 00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:17,000 Jesus Christ was like a flash of lightning. 612 00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:22,520 But Matthew Matthew talks about that there in chapter 24. 613 00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:28,080 But this helps us to understand the final piece of prophet, 614 00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:31,160 priest and king that was beast was so important to the Jewish 615 00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:36,280 people as prophet Christ reveals the sinfulness of mankind, 616 00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:38,080 right. We we talked about that as 617 00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:42,960 priest, he provides the means of cleansing the sin and the stain 618 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:44,680 and makes their hearts whiter than snow. 619 00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:49,040 We see that Jesus Christ outside the the gates dies on the cross 620 00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:52,400 and their sins are as scarlet, but they can be made as white as 621 00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:55,400 snow. But then one day as king, Christ 622 00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:59,600 will return to earth to rule and reign in a Kingdom which has no 623 00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:02,680 sin. And it's we're, we're done just 624 00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:05,520 because of time. But that's the part we have yet 625 00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:07,440 to see. We've seen him as prophet, we've 626 00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:10,760 seen him as priest. And we, we will get to in the 627 00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:15,480 Bible, but we will get to see him as king reigning over the 628 00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:17,720 entire earth. And we see that in in Revelation 629 00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:21,680 chapter 2, Psalm chapter 2, we see that the kingdoms of the 630 00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:24,360 earth will bow their knee to Jesus Christ. 631 00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:27,960 And this mount of transfiguration is a preview of 632 00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:31,120 those things that were coming, prophet and priest. 633 00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:33,760 We already saw they were a preview of what was coming in 634 00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:35,600 the life of Christ here on this earth. 635 00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:39,120 But the king that Luke talks about, this flash of lightning, 636 00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:44,400 we're going to see that in the in, in, in in the entire or, or 637 00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:47,760 after Christ comes back to this earth to reign as king. 638 00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:51,200 And I'm excited about that. And I hope you are as well. 639 00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:53,840 But John chapter 1 and verse 14. And we'll close with this verse. 640 00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:57,520 And the word was made flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld his 641 00:33:57,520 --> 00:34:00,920 glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of 642 00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:04,200 grace and truth. And the disciples didn't quite 643 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:05,600 understand it. So he has the amount of 644 00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:08,280 transfiguration to to show them and just shore up. 645 00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:11,120 And then he tells them, don't tell anybody you saw this until 646 00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:15,560 I until I die and resurrected and I go then you can start 647 00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:17,480 talking about this, but I don't want anybody to know about it 648 00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:19,600 until then. Interesting that he says that. 649 00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:22,239 But anyways, that's a lesson for another time. 650 00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:25,719 Let's pray and we will be finished with Sunday School. 651 00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:27,480 Father, I thank you for this day you've given us. 652 00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:30,280 Got to thank you for the time we have here to open your word. 653 00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:33,440 Got to pray that this lesson would have been one that your 654 00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:36,360 people could understand. And I pray that it would just 655 00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:41,239 just give us a confidence as I prayed before God in in your son 656 00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:44,840 and in the Messiah, in the Savior that we trust and that we 657 00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:48,080 worship as the sacrifice for our sins. 658 00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:50,760 And I got to just pray that you bless this next hour as pastor 659 00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:54,040 preaches, fill them with your power and speak to our hearts. 660 00:34:54,040 --> 00:34:55,719 In Jesus name I pray, Amen.