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stearns.
IS. And it came to pass about an eight
days after Il Csc sayings He took Peter and
John and Jatnes and went up into
mountain 10 pray. After telling them OF
His sufferings and death and of the neces-
siry Of His followers denying sell aiad taA-
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 tverse 2sl
Both in Matthew and Mark as well as Ia
LIKE this statement is Immediately fol.
lowed by the record Of the TRANSPORTATION
(afath. xvi, IS; xvii. /; Mark TX, l. p,
which leads Us to conclude that whatever
He meant by the kingdom of God was
shown forth in the events and facts of the
TRANSPORTATION. When Matthew and Mark
say after six days, they evidently refer
to the intervening days, while Luke in
cludes the day on which He spoke Of the
cross and the day of the transformation
90. And as He prayed the fashion of
His countenance was altered, and His raj
ment was white and glistening. Mat
thew SAYS that His face did shine as the
sun and His raiment was white as the
light fMath. xvii, y. Mark says His raj
ment became shining, exceeding white as
snow MARX tx, 81 Luke alone speaks OF
His praying az the time. When John SAW
Him on Patmos full go years after this,
His countenance was as the sun shineth
in His strength (Rey. /, l61. 20 that we
have here the outshining of the glory that
was concealed within that mortal body,
as the glory over the mercy seat in the
holy OF holes was concealed by tho yell
which was a symbol Of His body tIieb. X,
-. r.. - cbt "a he
came down from the mount, twas not from
within, but the reflected glory upon which
He had been looking so long lex. xxxiy,
90, 800. Compare III Cor. iii, IS.
30. And. behold, there talked with
Him two men, which were Moses aud
Elias." Moses Is suggestive Of Z c law
and Elias of the prophets, for both law
and prophets spake of Him, and he full
filled all written in each (Lukc xiv, p,
Ar But Moses is also suggestive Of the
risen saints and Elijah of the translated
saints who shall meet Him on His way as
He returns TO the earth and return with
Him when He comes in power and glory
as Israels Messiah and King of kings II
Thess. iv, 1913; Col. iii, A.. 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, saying: 10, this is our God We
have waited for Him, and He will save us.
81. Who appeared in glory and spake
of Hisdeceasc which He should accomplish
at Jerusalem Ii was by virtue OF this
death about to be accomplished at Jerusa-
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 10
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 am atonement for the soul (Heb.
TX, -; lev xvii, I'D. 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 sins In His own blood" (Rev.
V. 8; i, %.
30. But Peter and they that wesc =. )
Him were heavy with sleep, and when
they were awake they saw His glory a;td
the twomcn that stood with Him Israel
shall be heavy with sleep when He comes,
for all the virgins are said to be siuinbor-
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
gontiles shall come to thy light and kings
TO the brightness of thy rising lisa. TX,
1-3l. The Lord awaken us to behold F-is
glory by faith.
80. And it came to pass as they de
parted from Him Peter said unto Jesus,
Master, it is good for us to be here, and
let us make three tabernacles, one for
Thee, and one 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 be known by him. When we have
come to a mount of blessing, it is natural
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 camc a
cloud and overshadowed them, and they
feared as they entered into the cloud. y
Matthew says that it was bright cloud
The cloud Is often associated with His
presence, rs whom the pillar Of cloud led
Israel all through the wilderness, and
when He assembled from Oliyet u cloud re-
ceived Him out of their sight When He
shall come again, it will be in the clouds
Of heaven with power and great glory. In
Nahum i, B, 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 IRE often afraid when
il is Himself
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. y
Here, rs at the baptism, is clear distinc-
tion between tho Father and the Son, and
also, as there The Fathers testimony to
His pleasure in the Son. Now, when we
are wen 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 Deut. xviii, is, 70.
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
vision to no man till after His resurrection
fMath. xvii. %. lie had given them ev
cry possible proof that He was their Mes
siah. bat they only rejected Him, ana now
He is journeying TO the crucifixion and to
the grave the resurrection from which will