Transfiguration

Luke 9:28-36
The Transfiguration
Now about eight days after these sayings Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. And while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white. Suddenly they saw two men, Moses and Elijah, talking to him. They appeared in glory and were speaking of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. Now Peter and his companions were weighed down with sleep; but since they had stayed awake, they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him. Just as they were leaving him, Peter said to Jesus, ‘Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make three dwellings, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah’—not knowing what he said. While he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were terrified as they entered the cloud. Then from the cloud came a voice that said, ‘This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!’ When the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent and in those days told no one any of the things they had seen."

I can only imagine! How wonderfully terrifying. It is one of those moments when all that you have been doing and all you have been saying are REAL. Our world is so full of talking and talking and information and searching and talking. 24 hours a day you could literally be stampeded with noise. I wonder how it all sounds to God? I wonder if Peter trembled with fear and new understanding? Did he stop trying to put God in the human box or is it just too much for us to really comprehend?

And they kept silent. The noise stopped. The disciples were able to just be in the presence of God. They didn't have to talk about it, figure out how to expand upon it, debate about it, build three different churches for it. God was and is and for a moment in time His disciples were able to do the same.