The Transfiguration

[WalterandDebbie]

Friday 12-20-19, Kislev 23, 5780 6th. day of the weekly cycle, 89th. Fall day,

The transfiguration of Jesus is a story told in the New Testament when Jesus is transfigured and becomes radiant in glory upon a mountain. The Synoptic Gospels (Matthew Seventeen:1–8, Mark Nine:2–8, Luke Nine:28–36) describe it, and the Second Epistle of Peter also refers to it (2 Peter One:16–18). It has also been hypothesized that the first chapter of the Gospel of John alludes to it (John One:14).
In these accounts, Jesus and three of his apostles, Peter, James, and John, go to a mountain.

Mark Nine:2-13 (KJV)

The Transfiguration:

2 And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.

3 And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.

4 And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus.

5 And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.

6 For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid.

7 And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.

8 And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any more, save Jesus only with themselves.

9 And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead.

10 And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.

11 And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?

12 And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.

13 But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him.



Love always, Walter and Debbie

 

[Enoch111]

The transfiguration of Jesus is a story told in the New Testament when Jesus is transfigured and becomes radiant in glory upon a mountain.

Peter -- who was present -- alludes to this in 2 Peter 1:
16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
17 For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.

Something else which should be noted is that only Luke records this fact: [Moses and Elijah] appeared in glory, and spake of his decease [Gk ἔξοδον (exodon)] which he should accomplish at Jerusalem. (Lk 9:31)

"Decease" normally means death, and is misleading. Only the New Living Translation uses the word "exodus" (which is correct), while some use the word "departure" (which is the equivalent of exodus).

Strong's Concordance
exodos: a departure
Original Word: ἔξοδος, ου, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: exodos
Phonetic Spelling: (ex'-od-os)
Definition: a departure
Usage: (a) an exit, going out, departure from a place; the exodus, (b) death.

But what does it actually mean? When Christ died on the cross, where did His spirit and soul go? His departure or exodus was to Sheol/Hades (NOT HELL), where He went to preach to the spirits in prison. These spirits were (1) the righteous dead, (2) the unrighteous dead, and (3) the angels which kept not their first estate and were therefore chained in Tartarus (which would be in close proximity to Hades in the heart of the earth).

But what did Christ "preach"? The Greek word there is kerux which means proclamation. Since there is no second chance after death for the unrighteous to be saved, it was not the Gospel of salvation. What Christ proclaimed was His victory on the cross. "IT IS FINISHED" was a victorious cry, therefore Christ proclaimed His victory over sin, death, Hades, Hell, and Satan. And to prove that He was indeed victorious, He rose again on the third day and took all the souls and spirits of the righteous dead from "Abraham's Bosom" to Heaven. To the New Jerusalem (Heb 12:22-24), wherein is Paradise.

 

[WalterandDebbie]

Peter -- who was present -- alludes to this in 2 Peter 1:
16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
17 For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.

Something else which should be noted is that only Luke records this fact: [Moses and Elijah] appeared in glory, and spake of his decease [Gk ἔξοδον (exodon)] which he should accomplish at Jerusalem. (Lk 9:31)

"Decease" normally means death, and is misleading. Only the New Living Translation uses the word "exodus" (which is correct), while some use the word "departure" (which is the equivalent of exodus).

Strong's Concordance
exodos: a departure
Original Word: ἔξοδος, ου, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: exodos
Phonetic Spelling: (ex'-od-os)
Definition: a departure
Usage: (a) an exit, going out, departure from a place; the exodus, (b) death.

But what does it actually mean? When Christ died on the cross, where did His spirit and soul go? His departure or exodus was to Sheol/Hades (NOT HELL), where He went to preach to the spirits in prison. These spirits were (1) the righteous dead, (2) the unrighteous dead, and (3) the angels which kept not their first estate and were therefore chained in Tartarus (which would be in close proximity to Hades in the heart of the earth).

But what did Christ "preach"? The Greek word there is kerux which means proclamation. Since there is no second chance after death for the unrighteous to be saved, it was not the Gospel of salvation. What Christ proclaimed was His victory on the cross. "IT IS FINISHED" was a victorious cry, therefore Christ proclaimed His victory over sin, death, Hades, Hell, and Satan. And to prove that He was indeed victorious, He rose again on the third day and took all the souls and spirits of the righteous dead from "Abraham's Bosom" to Heaven. To the New Jerusalem (Heb 12:22-24), wherein is Paradise.

Amen, Will add to our notes, thanks.