Monday, February 2, 2004

Then a cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud there came a voice, "This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him!"
(Mark 9.7 NRSV)

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Those of you who are baseball fans may remember a player by the name of Brooks Robinson, former third baseman of the Baltimore Orioles. Robinson was such a stellar defensive player that he became the standard of excellence for third basemen. It was often said of Brooks that he played third base as if he "came down from a higher league."

It's a crude analogy, but the disciples saw Jesus as if he had come down from a higher league. Mark tells us that Christ's clothes became a dazzling white--whiter, says Mark, than any bleach on earth could get them. Then, says Mark, the disciples saw Moses and Elijah talking with Jesus. Moses, of course, gave the children of Israel the Law. Elijah, on the other hand, was the greatest of the prophets. So, here were the highest representatives of the Law and the Prophets, and the transfigured Jesus was in their company. And the disciples heard a voice: "This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him!"

Are we listening?

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Dear Jesus, help me to live by God's word as spoken through the law, the prophets and by your witness on the cross. Amen.

Ron Newhouse

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