The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-07-20
Sunday School Column
Side Lights on Next Sundays Les.
son for Teachers and Pupils
BY CHAs. K. MEYERS

By CHAs. e. MEYERS
July "a. The TRANSFORMATIONS Matt.
IL. i-S, 1920.
4 We have for our lesson this week
one of the most striking events told
in the bible. 1t would appear that
Jesus took three Of his disciples,
Peter, James and John, and going
apart from the other disciples, went
up on mountain. Suddenly the
disciples were amazed to see the
appearance of Jesus change. His
face shone as the sun, and his cloth
ing was white as the light. They be-
held at least in limited way the
"Glorified Jesus, the Son Of God"
We may we'll stop here to note other
times when mortals saw those who
were glorified in a supernatural way.
It will be remembered that when
Moses came down from the mountain
where he had been talking with God.
his face shone with an. uncommon
light. Daniel in Chapter Z, verse 9,
tells of one sitting on the throne |
whose garments were white as snow.
When the soldiers were guarding the
tomb after the death of Jesus, they
were frightened and became as dead
men on seeing the angel whose coun-
tenance was like lightning, and raj
mant white as snow. Cornelius in
Acts 10 saw man in bright clothing
before him. Paul was stricken blind
when he met Jesus in the way. In
Revelation Z, 9, those before the
throne are clothed in white.
There are many things to be learned
from the account Of the TRANSPORTATION
of Jesus. One of the main ones to
me has ever been the glimpse Of the
"GlorifieiS jesus We are apt to
think Of Jesus as wanderer on the
earth, one hayingvno place to lay his
head, despised and rejected. We do
not realize as to the kingly Son of
God whom He truly was. He did will,
land did allow himself, to be lowly,
hungry and downtrodden, but He did
not have to be so. In some degree
He was as some of our grand mis-
sionaries who go to foreign lands from
fine homes and q host Of friends and
there undergo privations and indig-
nifty to help save the souls lost in
heather darkness. Without doubt the
Ignorant natives do not realize the
standing at home Of those they spurn,
and would be astounded with q
/ glimpse Of the honors and reputa-
glimpse OF the honors and considera-
ton the despised missionaries receive
on returning to their native land.
Those Of our day who spurn the
Savior. ridicule His claims. deny His
4 divinity, will have in time to reckon
with the all-powerful "Glorified
Jesus" It will not be then case
of Willingness to reject Him, but
whether He will reject them.
The disciples saw also i4 glorifed
form Moses and Elijah. the great men
of the Old Testament history. They
also heard voice saying, in nearly
the same words as used when Jesus
was baptized: This is my beloved
Son. in whom I am well pleased, hear
We Him" Peter was SO entranced with
the scene that he wanted to make
this mountain, top q permanent abode
or at least to put up something sub
| stantial as q memorial Of the occasion.
But mountain top" experiences are
not what Jesus came to earth to re-
main in. He willed that all 60 down
to the work again, and the record tells
Of finding the remaining disciples un.
able to subdue the evil spirit in q
mans son and Jesus coming out vic.
torious. He upbraided the disciples
with lack of faith and again declared
that with proper faith nothing Is i'm
possible to the believer.
The lesson can well teach these
things: 1. Jesus is now glorifed and
what the three disciples saw, we will
see; 2, Moses and Elijah had not
then, and have not now, been de-
sstroyed Of personality; 8, the three
| glorifed ones knew in advance how
Jesus should die; 4, the transfigura-
ton scene was to give us glimpse
of the divinity of Jesus; 5, God is a
spirit and building tabernacles or
sacred shrines is not specially pleas
ing to Him; s. glorified experiences
should but fit us the more to go down
to the common things Of life and work
for the cause Of Jesus; Z, with suffi-
cient faith great things can be ac-
complished; 8, the glory OF the risen
Jesus. and the reflected glory which
all His faithful ones will attain to.