Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-05-16
TRANSPORTATION.
LESSON VI, SECOND QUARTER, IN
TERNATlONAL SERIES, MAY te.

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%. "And il came to pass about an eight
days after these sayings" These sayings evil
IDENTIFY refer to what is recorded in this chap
ter from verses IS to 81 including the testi-
mony of Peter concerning Christ, Christ's
own testimony concerning His approaching
sufferings and death and resurrection, and
that those who follow Him must be content
to suffer with Him; but that there is a future
glory awaiting all such which will more than
recompense for all the suffering and that
some of them would not die till they had
seen the glory of that kingdom He also tes-
titled that if any preferred their life in this
world they would lose the world to come, but
if willing to renounce this world for His sake
they would receive and forever enjoy the
glory of the kingdom of God.
ale took Peter and John and James, and
went up into mountain to pray" These
are the three whom He took with Him to see
Jairus' daughter raised to life, and the same
three He took ne rest to Him in the garden
of Gethsemane. He cit to elect these to
be with Him on these occasions, He elected
! twelve out of all His followers whom He
might qualify for special service, He has an
elect nation through whom He yet purposes
| to make Himself known to the world, He is
now gathering an elect church out of all
nations which shall reign with Him as priest
kings when through His elect Israel He will
subdue the world unto Himself Election,
when understood is glorious.
% "And rs He prayed, the fashion of His
countenance altered, and His raiment
was white and clustering" Matthew and
Mark say that He was transfigured; Matthew
says that His face did shine as the sun; Mark
says that His rament became shining, ex-
ceeding white as snow, as no fuller on earth
can white them; Matthew says his raiment
was white the light. Here was for brief
season the outshining Of that glory which
was hidden in that mortal body during His
humiliation, reminding us of the garden Of
Eden when man made in the image of God
was clothed with light with a garment
(Ps. civ, p; Gen. i, 90 and pointing us
forward to the resurrection and the time of
the Kingdom when we shall be like Him. for
we shall see Him as He is; and the righteous
shall shine forth as the sun in the Kingdom.
80. "And, behold, there talked with Him
two men, which were Moses and Elias ~
Moses, the servant of the Lord, died on Mount
Nebo l,4S0 years before this, and the Lord
buried him in a valley in the land of Moab
| Deut. xxXiv). 1t was about 800 years since
Elijah was translated without dying III HI.
iD and yet here are both alive and well, and
if Jude tx refers to the resurrection of Moses
body, then both stood here in their immortal
bodies. Blessed be God for the life eternal
and for the assurance that ii We are ia Christ
we shall be alive and well 900 years hence,
1900 years hence, yes, to all eternity, in in
creasing fellowship with Him. This is a fore
shadowing of the coming of the Son of Man
in His Kingdom, and tells us that in that day
Christ, who once lived on earth in humilia-
ton, shall come in His glory and that He shall
be accompanied by all His risen saints and
those who shall have been translated without
dying, both represented here by Moses and
Elijah. That the dead shall rise and the liv-
ing be instantly changed at His coming, see
l Thess iv, l6-lS; | Cor. XIV, 50-52 We
would like to know how Moses and Elijah
had spent all these hundreds of years since
they left the EARTH where have they been
and what have they been doing, But we
must wait.
3l."Who appeared in glory, and spake of His
decease which He should accomplish at Jeru-
salem" This verse and the next are peculiar
to Luke, Matthew and Mark, simply saying
that Moses and Elijah talked with Jesus, and
emitting all reference to the disciples being
heavy with sleep.
"And when they were awake, they saw Hi,
glory, and the two men that stood with Him.
The r. V. says, "When they were fully
awake" and in the margin Having remained
awake" He was gracious unto them and suf
fered them not to lose all. They saw Hi'
glory, and they saw Moses and Elijah. Peter
refers to it as The power and coming of our
Lord Jesus Christ" and says 1--WE were eye
witnesses of His Majesty" I'll Pet. i, To-
AT the same time Peter tells us that we have
more sure word of prophecy whereunto We
do well to take heed.
80. And it came to pass, as they departed
from Him, Peter said unto Jesus, Master, il
is good for us to be here; and let US make
three tabernacles; not knowing
what He said" Had he been wide awak,
and heard the conversation between Jesus
Moses and Elijah he would probably have
talked more wisely and have known what h,
was talking about.
, "a. while He thus spake, there came
cloud: and overshadowed them, and they
feared as they entered into the cloud" Al
) through the wilderness "the Lord Went be
fore them iii IA pillar Of cloud" When tn
Tabernacle was erected "a cloud covered tn
tent of the congregation, and the glory of tn
Lord filed the Tabernacle;" and when tn
Temple was dedicated the house was file,
with a cloud and with the glory of the Lor,
lex. xiii, 81; xl, 81; II Chr. V, 10, A. In tn
vision Of Isaiah wi, y the house was file,
with smoke, and Ezekiel ii, A. saw grea
cloud, and a fire Unfolding itself, and
4, brightness about it. At His ascension clou
10 received Him, and when He comes again i
/. will be in the clouds of Heaven Acts i, 8
Matt. XVI, 90. So also when the risen an,
translated saints meet Him in the air, it shal
be in the clouds Il Tn. iv ~. As TO thei
fear, so earthly are we and so little awake I
Heavenly realities, that anything unearthl
0 or even unusual is apt to fill us with awe.
35. And there came a voice out of tn
. cloud, saying, This is My beloved Som hea
Him" Matthew adds, in whom am we
pleased" The r. V. says, This is my Son
o my chosen; hear ye Him." At His baptism
the voice from Heaven said, This is my be
loved Son, in whom | am well pleased.
Matt. iii, II; Mark /, II; Luke iii, 22l On
third occasion wnen Jesus prayed, Father
glorify Thy name," the voice from Heavel
0 said, Il have both gloriied il and will glorif