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The
Transfiguratio1
School Lesson for July "a, l9l
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Son, in whom l am well pleased: hear ye
him."-Matt. 17:5.
T1ME.-Autumn OF A. d. 20. A week
after our last lesson.
PLACE.-One OF the spurs OF Nouns
Hermon. and n village at its foot.
Suggestion and Practical Thought.
1. The Prayer Meeting on the Noun.
tain Top.-V. 1. Luke 9:2S-20. "And
after six days" Luke counts the parts
of days before and after these six.
These six days were a period Of incu.
baton, of disqualification, of the sud.
den revelation of the way Jesus must
act his part as the Messiah. and that
they must share a cross instead of a
throne; which threw them into the
gloom Of the dungeon of Giant De-
spair.
Jesus taketh Peter, James, and
John" 1t was the same favored three
who a few months later were nearest
to him as he prayed in Gethsemane,
and still later were recognized as pill
lars" of the church (Gal. 2:9).
Luke (~9:2S-29) tells us that Jesus
went up into the mountain to pray:
and that the TRANSPORTATION took
place while he prayed.
What did they pray for? It must
have been for light. for strength. for
guidance for help.
The answer.-Through the Trans
figuration.-Vs. pa. While he was
praying (Luke) and in answer to his
prayer. he was TRANSPORTED before
them.
And his face did shine as the SUM-
Nothing less than the brightest and
most glorious of all objects within
knowledge-so bright that 1t destroys
the eye to gaze directly upon it-could
express the radiant glories OF Jesus
face, when his heavenly nature shone
through the veil Of his fesh.-one of
the few hints as to our resurrection
bodies. Compare the description CT
oesus In Acts 9:3 and in Rev. 1915.
And his raiment was white as the
light" 1. e., luminously white, "as no
fuller on earth can white them"
MARK 1. e., with a supernatural
Wilderness; white and clustering
Uuke).
Then answered Peter" not - an
question, but to the feelings the scene
awakened. Lord, 1t is good for us to
be here" Peter spoke the truth. The
experience was good, and would make
him a better and more useful man all
the rest of his life. 1t widened his
outlook. 1t gave him a new idea of
the glory that awaited the faithful.
1t exalted his knowledge of Jesus
power and glory. and gave strength
to his trust in him.
THE Divine Testimony.'-Vs. SIS.
while he yet spake," was speaking.
"a bright cloud. revealing the divine
presence, an incarnation of the inef-
fable light of God, yelling its glory,
yet making it visible to man. as the
clouds that veil the sun enable us who
cannot gaze into his face yet to see
his beauty and glory"
And behold a voice out of the
cloud" The same voice which had
been heard once before at his baptism.
''This is my beloved son." Adding
the voice Of God to the attestation of
the seem itself, and interpreting the
scene. This truth must be impressed
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never lose their faith ever in the
dark times that were to follow; and
while others were calling Jesus a
criminal and blasphemer the disciples
could always see him in his true
glory. Hear we him" For he is the
ambassador of God. bringing the mes
sage of love from heaven. Hear"
imnlias faith and ohedienca
Some lessons from the Transfgura-
toni. Dur richest and most heaven
ly experiences conn in and through
prayer, and often from united prayer.
Tell me your prayers and l will
write the history of a SOUL"
Coming Down from the Mountain;
and the Work Awaiting Them There.
VS.. 9-1S. On the way down the dis.
ciples asked Jesus about a subject
which perplexed them. They could
not understand how 1t could be true
that Elijah was a glorifed spirit, and
Jesus the Messiah. and yet the prom
Use be fulfilled that Elijah must come
before the Messiah. Jesus explained
that John the Baptist, coming In the
spirit and power of Elijah, was the
fulflment of that prophecy.
Jesus forbade them tc tell the Wis
lon they had seen.
Conclusion. A lesson on Faith.
VS.. 1920. "Then came the disciples
to Jesus apart" in the house MARK,
away from all that were curious and
faultfnding. Ministers sometimes
proclaim to the world the faults OF
the church to be overcome. when they
should discuss them with the church
alone.
why could not we cast him out2'
They were puzzled. and disappointed.
especially as he had conferred on
them authority to heal.
90. And Jesus said Be
caus, of your unbelief." r. ". "your
little faith"