Thursday, September 30, 1999
Thursday, September 30, 1999
Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a
high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them.
There was no way the disciples could have prepared for what would take place on that
particular mountain. They saw a sudden change come over Jesus. He appeared in a brilliant light.
As Mark tells it, "His clothes became dazzling white, such as no one on earth could bleach them."
The disciples knew Jesus was special, but they had never experienced anything like this. Jesus
was transfigured right in front of them.
Will we truly allow Jesus to transform us?
Ron Newhouse
(Mark 9:2
NRSV)
The disciples needed to spend some time on the mountain. It was quite a shock when Jesus spoke
so plainly about what lay ahead. This wasn't a time for cute parables or riddles. He told them he
would, "undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes,
and be killed, and after three days rise again." The disciples were both shocked and confused.
This wasn't what they thought would happen the day they decided to drop everything to follow
Jesus. Thus when Jesus called his inner circle, his closest friends, Peter, James, and John, to go
with him up the mountain, they were ready to go. Perhaps in the mountain air their minds would
clear.
Dear God, through Jesus change me, so that I may truly be close to you. Amen.
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