Mandy Gray - March 26, 2023
The Transfiguration
From Series: "Approaching the Cross E"
A journey to the Cross of Christ.
A message from the series "Approaching the Cross E." Palm Sunday traditionally ushers in Easter Week. On it we remember the fulfilled prediction of Zechariah as Jesus entered Jerusalem on the beast of humility, a donkey. Many great leaders would have entered through these gates in pomp and ceremony riding magnificent war horses. For Jesus to ride a donkey’s colt says something of his purpose for being here. For the ordinary people who have accompanied Jesus to introduce him this way speaks of their political expectations for Jesus. For Jesus to choose such an animal speaks of the distinctly humble expectations Jesus has for his time in Jerusalem. They are here to crown him king. Jesus is here to suffer, die, and rise. They are right to celebrate his arrival, they just have little understanding of what this Jesus is really here for. Matt 21:1-11
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CloseImmediately after Peter’s identification of Jesus as the Messiah Jesus begins to predict his suffering, death, and resurrection. The disciples are baffled and really have no idea what he is talking about. Less than a week later, the inner three and Jesus take a pilgrimage up a mountain and there experience the Transfiguration. This is something of a revealing of who Jesus really is. Perhaps we can think of this as a confirmation of the disciple’s declaration of Jesus as the Messiah - and a humbling moment revealing that Jesus is much more than they ever imagined. The presence of Elijah and Moses is significant - Elijah representing the prophets and Moses the law. Jesus’ fulfils them both. Both appear initially in conversation with Jesus but by the end disappear and the disciples, wonderfully, ‘saw no one except Jesus alone’. Many consider this to be a precursor to the resurrection - a glimpse of Jesus’ glory before the resurrection - and a moment when the voice asks these three to see ‘Jesus alone’ resolve to humbly listen to his predictions of his coming suffering, death, and resurrection. Matt 17:1-13
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