Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1904-04-13
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lessen in the International Series fo1
April II, l9oi-Jesus Trans
figured.
THE LESSON TENT.
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EN- thcm up INTO an high mountain apart by
/ them.
/ J. And His ralment became shining ex-
ceeding white as snow: 30 as no fuller Oh
earth can white them
| Ana there appeared unto them Elias
| with Moses: and they were talking with
/ Jesus. $500
8. And Peter answered and sai, 20 Jos,s.
Master. IL is good for us TO be here; and let
us make three tabernacles: one for Thee
and one for Moses. and one for Elias
., TOR lie visit not what to say; for they
were sore afraid.
.. And there was a cloud that overshad-
oweu them; and voice came out OF the
cloud. saying: THIS is my beloved Son:
near Him.
:. And suddenly. when they had looked
round about. they saw no man any more,
save Jesus only with themselves
ana as they came down from the noun.
tam, lie charged them that they should
zen no man what things they had seen. till
the Son OF Man were risen from the dead
~. And they kept that saying with
themselves, questioning one with another
what the rising from the dead should mean
IL Ana they asked Him. saying: WHY
/ say the scribes that Elias must first Gomez
L. AND He answered and told them:
Eias verify cometh first. and restoreth all
things: and how It il written of the Son
OF Man. that lie must suffer many things.
And be set at nought.
TX But l say unto YOU. That Elias a. In
ueed come. and they have done unto him
/ him. 'N" VI
GOLDEN TEXT.--A voice came out OF
! the cloud, saying: This Is my beloved Son.
near itm.-Mark 90.
THE SCRIPTURE SECTION.
Jesus OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Matt I71-Is
Jesus observation-disclosures. Mark 9:2-ls
jesus Transfguration....... 9:2s- 36
iME.-A week later than the last les
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sition." VI 'pPo-
PLACE.-A wild and lonely spot far nm
! the side OF Mount Hermon
NOTES AND COMMENTS
After six days" Luke says about
eight days" He perhaps counts frac.
tons OF day; in any case tho mean.
ing Is plain-about week after the
pain talk Jesus had with his disciples
ABOUT MS death Peter. and James
ana John; The three who were near.
est to Him In heart and purpose. "A
high mountain" Some eminence I'm
the foothills of Mt. Hermon. He was
TRANSPORTED before them" Changed
In appearance. What the change was
we can gather only from the impress.
sion made upon the disciples. Matthew
speaks or the marvellous radiance of
jesus race. 1t Is something which
cannot be explained. We may think OF
as the Divine nature shining out
through the human body at one OF the
crises OF the Savoiur's life. Elijah with
Moses: The latter representing the
law and the former the prophets.
Ihey were talking with Jesus" Luke
says they were talking "of his decease
which he was about to accomplish at
Jerusalem.
Luke tells us that He went ND into
the mountain to pray. And as He was
praying, the fashion OF His counter.
ance was altered" We shall not do the
situation justice unless we realize what
the last few weeks had meant to Jesus
He was in n sense an exile: He had
given up hope of being able to win men
In any numbers by the good tidlngs"
He had come to bring He saw that
unless He gave up the work and kept
away from His people. they would not
rest TIL they had taken His life. II
was time OF mental struggle for
Jesus. and of the deepest perplexity
for the disciples.
Rabbi, IL is good for us TO be here:
and let u.s." etc: 1t was n most won.
! derful experience: was IL to last?
Were the heavenly visitors to stay?
! At any rate here IL was. night upon
the mountainside, with no shelter.
without stopping to think, Peter sug
! gested the booths. "For he knew not
what to answer" This is Marks apol
/ ogy for or explanation of Peters i'll
considered words "A voice
! This is my beloved Son: hear We
| Him" The whole scene, ending with
this voice gave the faith of the poor
trusting yet perplexed disciples the
| confirmation It needed One OF their
| great puzzles was that Jesus said one
/ thing about the Messiah and the pro
/ phets seemed TO say another From
this time on there was TO them but one
authority-Jesus himself The voice
| said, Hear We Him"
Should tell no man" TIL after the
resurrection when IT would not be
/ misunderstood Jesus was constantly
on his guard against popular mlsunder
| standing
Us II written OF the Son OF Man 4"
I Jesus reminded the disciples that not
all the prophets had thought of the
coming Deliverer as the sort OF Messiah
popularity expected some OF them had
said that HIe should suffer many
things and be set at naught" Read
the fifty-third chapter Of Isaiah. Even
as II IS written OF him (ElijahD =" Not
/ prediction but history q. Kings 49,.
Jesus Interpretation OF the Elijah pro.
phecy was not the same as that of the
/ disciples. who thought IL was fulfilled
in the vision they had just seen He
wanted TO show them that suffering
and persecution had been the lot Of the
worlds prophets. so points out like
nesses between the treatment OF
Elijah, John AMI himself