Evening journal., 1910-07-23

Six days after our Lords words
concluding our last study. he took
Peter, James and John. three OF his
favorites among the disciples, into a
high mountain. There he was trans
figured before them that is to say,
p his appearance changed, his face
shone like the sun his garments we're
white like the light. Then the vision
grew and Moses and Elijah appeared
to be holding conversation with the
transfgured Jesus. The impulsive st.
Peter anxious to serve. inquired
whether or not e was the Masters will
that they build three tabernacles; one
for him. one for Moses and one for
Elijah. on the top of the mountain One
OF the evangelists says. He knew not
what he said" Another account shows
that the three disciples we're for a
time overwhelmed by something like
drowsiness but later became fully
awake
It was on this occasion that they
heard a voice from the heavens. say
ing, This Is my beloved Son in whom
] am well pleased hear We him. It
required our Lords kind words and
touch to relieve the Apostles of their
fright, and looking up they saw no
one but Jesus His TRANSPORTATION had
vanished, and il was the Master, just
as before If, momentarily, they
thought that Jesus had entered into
glory. they now perceived that they
were mistaken. Another account tells
us that as they we're coming down the
mountain side Jesus charged them
that they should not tell the vision 10
any one until after his resurrection
from the dead. He thus explained to
them that the whole matter was a
vision, an apparition. This was a full
filiment of what he had told them in
his last words of our lesson of week
ago There be some standing here
which shall not taste of death till they
see the Son of man coming in his King
dom. These three disciples had been
standing in his presence at the time
those words we're uttered, and now
they had seen the Son of man in his
Kingdom glory-in vision. The reality
of that vision has not yet come to pass
although it is surely nigh, even at the
door
St. Peter himself declares that they
accented the vision as a confederation
of our Lords assurance OF his coming
Kingdom. In his Epistle he says, We
have not follow ed cunningly devised
fnbles. when we made known unto
you the mower and coming OF our
Lord Jesus. but we're eye witnesses OF
his majesty Chis hngdom), when we
we're with him in the holy mount.
QI Peter / 16. 49,. Yet the Apostle
proceeds to fell us that this vision
helpful as It was at the time. became
secondary as he came to better I'M
derstanding OF the prophecy which
more particularly describes our Lord
second coming and Kingdom. He says
1--WE have a more sure word OF pro
uhecy "a more sure evidence than the
Visionl to which we do we'll TO take
heed as unto a lamp that shines In
dark place until the day dawn '-un.
TN the Millennial morning dawn.-ll
Peter 1913
before leaving the story Of th'
Transformation, which symbolized ou
Ierd's Kingdom glory, we note hi
gracious words to the affrighted disci
ples. Arise. and be not afraid. OF
several occasions che thus addressed
them. II would appear that by nature
MANY OF US have a consciousness o
our own imperfections and realiza
ton of our unworthiness Of DIVINE
favor; and fears are likely TO grasl
us and torture us. THIS is Decaus'
we do not know our heavenly Father
The more we learn OF him the NOR
does the love OF God cast out Tea
from our hearts, and assure US INA
he who created us is sympatnelc 10
wards all who are striving Tor rlght
eousness. He is great GOO, not
little one True, he will not Civ
his greatest blessing to any excep
Ice hnr
him Int. on the other hand, he is no
a demon that he should be fearel
as such. He takes no pleasure II
the suffering Of his creatures an
will not hermit that any should SUI
fer eternally. therefore his provision
that all shall have, through Chris
an opportunity for regaining perfec
tion and eternal life and that whose
ever will not avail himself OF thi
great privilege must die the secon
death-must be annihilated.
While Jesus and the three favore
Apostles we're in the mount OF trans
figuration. supposed TO have bee
Mount Tabor. at the foot of the noun
tain there was a man whose son wa
a lunatic. whom he had brought tina
the Lord might expel the demon. IN
Apostles\ had already been out, as IN
Lords representatives, in variou
parts of the country of Palestine. cul
ing the sick and expelling demons
his name; so they assayed to cast oil
this demon but could not. The Revise
Version speaks of the sufferer as a
epileptic. Indeed, all higher criticisl
disputes that there is such a thing
obsession by evil spirits. II is a con
mon saying to-day among the High'
Critics that what our Lloyd and N
Apostles mistook for demon posses
sion was merely insanity epileps
80 OF cnnrse the word disease