Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-02-01
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL,
LESSON V, FIRST QUARTER, INTER-
MA TlONAL SERIES, FEB. 8.

days after these sayings He took Petcr III
John and james and went up into a
mountain to pray" After telling them of
His suiIcrings and death and of the ncces-
sity OF His followers denying self and TAX
ing up the cross daily as in the last lesson
He added that some of those standing
about Him should not taste death till they
had seen the kingdom OF God (vcrse go
Both in siatthew and Mark as well as in
Luke this statement is Immediately fol-
lowed by the record Of the TRANSPORTATION
(Math. xvi, Is; xviii /; Mark tx, 1, ~
which leads US to conclude that whatever
He meant by the kingdom of God wal
shown forth i'll the events and facts Of tho
transformation. When Matthew and Mark
say latter six days they evidently refer
to the intervening days, while Luke in
cludcs the day on which He spoke of thu
cross and the day of the transGguratiOn
~. And as He prayed the fashion OF
His countCnance was altered and His raj.
mont was white and glistcning." Mat
thew says that His face did shine as tie
sun and His raimcnt was white us tho
light (Math. xvii, y. Mark says His raj
mcnt became shining, exceeding white al
snow (Mufl: iX, ~. Luke alone speaks OF
| His praying at the time. When John saw
! Him on Patmos fun 90 years after this,
| His continuance was as the sun shinoth
in His strength (Rcv. i, 16). So that We
have here the outshining of the glory that
was concealed within that mortal body,
as the glory over the mercy seat in tho
| holy OF huliCS was concealed by the veil
which was Il symbol of His body llcb. X,
/ 20). When the face of Moses shonc as no
came down from themount, twas not from
within, but the reflected glory upon which
He had been Looking SO long (EX. XXXiv,
90, 3O). Compare | Cor. I'LL IS.
80 And, behold, there talked with
/ Him two mon, which were Moses and
Elias. Moses is suggestive Of the law
and Elias Of the prophets for both law
and prophets spake of Him. ana lie ful-
flied all written in each (Lukc xiv, -,
! 44). But Moses is also suggestive of the
risen saints and Elijah of the translated
saints who shall meet Him on His way al
/ He returns to the earth and return with
| Him when He comes in power and glory
as Israel ; Messiah and King of kings Il
Thess. w. Is Is; Col. ill., ~. The three
apostles are suggestive of Israel, who shall
see Him, and being convicted of sin and
converted like Saul of Tarsus on the way
To Damascus shall welcome Him as their
Messiah, snying: Lo, this is our God We
have waited for Him, and He will save us
of His dccease which He should accomplish
at Jerusalem. 1t was by virtue of this
death about to he accomplished at ,Jcrusa-
lem that Moses had for /, 400 years and
Elijah for 500 years been enjoying the
! glOries of heaven. BY the same blood had
Abel entered glory and all from him to
| the present time and ON to the end. for
. without shedding of blood there is no re.
mission of sins for it is the blood that
makCth an atonement for the soul (Ilcb
tx, %; Lev. xvii, ID. The saints in glory
sing, Thou art worthy for thou vast
slain and hast redeemed us to God by thy
blood, while all ON earth and in heaven
Sing, " Unto Him that loved us and washed
Us from our ,ins in His own blood" (ltcv
s, i, s.
80 But Peter and they that were with
Him were heavy with sleep, and when
they were awake they saw His glory and
the two men that stood with Him. Israel
shall he heavy with sleep when He comes.
for all the virgins are said to be Summer
ing and sleeping when the Bridegroom
comes with His bride (Math. XIV, |, Nul-
gate and Syriac Versions), and this agrees
with the call from the prophet, Arise.
shine for thy light is come, and the glory
of the Lord is risen upon thee, and the
gcntiles shall come to thy light and kings
TO the brightness of thy rising lisa. lX,
i-3). The Lord awaken us to behold II is
glory by faith.
33. And it came to pass as they de
parted from Him Peter said unto Jesus.
Master, it is good for US to he hero, and
let us make three tabcrnaccs, one for
Thee, and ope for Moses, and one for Elias,
not knowing what he said They seem
to have known Moses and Elijah, though
they had never seen them before 1t may
be that in the glory we shall need no in
Productions, but know each one instantly
and he known 10y him. When we hay
come to Il mount of blessing it is natura.
that we should want to stay, AS Peter did.
but there is work to be done and suffering
ones to be attended to.
81. while He thus spake there came II
cloud and over>hadowed them, and they
feared rs they entered into the cloud. -
Matthew says ii ii it was "A bright cloud
The cloud is often associated with
presence, as when the pillar of cloud led
Israel all through the wilderness, and
when He assembled from Olivet a cloud re
ccivcd Him out of their sight. When He
shall come again, it will he in the clouds
of heaven with power and great glory. In
Nahum i, 3, we read that the clouds are
the dust of His feet They were afraid be
cause of the cloud. Ever since Adam was
afraid and hid from God in Eden man has
been easily made afraid, and like the dis
ciples in the boat we are often afraid when
it is Himself
7 80. And there came voice out of the
cloud, saying: This is my beloved Son.
Hear Him" Matthew says that the voice
added In whom l am well pleased %
Here as at the baptism, is II clear distinc-
ton between the Father and the son, and
also, as there, the Fathers testimony to
His pleasure in the Son. Now, when we
are well pleased with Jesus and heartily
hear and receive Him, the Father becomes
well pleased with us for Jesus sake. How
important the words, Hear Hint" 1t Is
not hear what this or that one says about
Him, but hear Him. In this connection
read and observe Dcut. xviii, Is, 10.
36. And when the voice was past Jesus
was found alone. And they kept it close
and told no man in those days any of
those things which they had seen" Mat
thew says that Jesus told them to tell the