Man is held in the thrall of grief. It is an anticipated grief. We see the world perishing. We love, and see we will lose that love.
And we cannot control this. We can try. We can write contracts and pass bylaws but people are sinful, people are fickle. Friends betray us….
Read MorePeter, James, and John see Him transfigured, changed, metamorphosed. His face shines like the sun; His clothes dazzle with uncreated light. The holy prophets Moses and Elijah appear.
Yet even this inner circle of the disciples does not understand. They see Jesus as one of these holy prophets. There are like a recent Uber driver of mine. He had a distinctly Islamic name, but he was listening to the local Christian radio station. So I asked him if he was a Christian. He said, “No, I’m Muslim, but we believe in Jesus too.”
He’s right….
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