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The
TRANSPORTATION
Sunday School Lesson for I-Ily "a, 1910
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son, in whom l am we'll pleased, hear we
iD1."-Matt. l7:5
TlME.-Autumn OF A. D. %. A week
after our last lesson.
PLACE.-One of the spurs of Mount
Hermon. and a village at its foot.
Suggestion and Practical Thought.
l. The Prayer Meeting on the Noun
tain Top.-V. l. Luke 9:2S-s9. 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
.aen. revelation OF :he-~may 3esas mast
act his part as the Messiah, and that
they must share a cross instead of
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? 1t must
have been for light. for strength, for
guidance. for help. Mr.. Ruskin is
right when he says that while we can.
not explain the union of the divine
and human in Jesus, yet the thing 10
do is to insist on the entreness OF
both.
The answer-Through the Trans
figuration VS.. "a While he was
praying Luke) and in answer to his
prayer, he was TRANSPORTED before
them.
And his face did shine as the sun"
Nothing less than the brightest and
most glorious of all objects within
knoWledge-so bright that it destroys
the eye to gaze directly upon it-coull
express the radiant glories of Jesus
face, when his heavenly nature shone
through the veil of his hesh,-one OF
the few hints as to our resurrection
bodies. Compare the description OF
Jesus in Acts 90 and in Rev 1:16.
And his raiment was white as the
light" l. e., LUMINOSITY white. "as no
fuller on earth can white them
Mark l. e., with a supernatural
whiteness. white and clustering
Luke)
Then answered Peter" not to any
question, but to the feelings the scene
awakened Lord, il 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. II gave him new idea OF
the glory that awaited the faithful
II 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 some 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 scene itself, and interpreting the
scene. This truth must be impressed
upon the disciples so that they should
never lose their faith even 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
implies faith and obedience.
Some lessons from the Transfgura
toni Our richest and most heaven
" experiences come in and through
prayer, and often from united prayer
Tell me your prayers and | VIII
write the history OF, a soul.
Coming Down from the Mountain,
and the Work Awaiting Them There
Us. 9-lS. On the way down the dis
cirlcs asked Jesus about nub1ec'
which perpleXed them. They could
nnt understand how II could be true
q, at Elijah was glorifed spirit, and
Jesus the Messiah, and yet the prom
tse be fulfilled that Elijah must come
before the Messiah. Jesus explained
hat John the Baptist, coming In the
spirit and power of Elijah, was the
tufilment Of that prophecy
Jesus forbade them tc tell the Wis
ION they had seen.
Conclusion a lesson on Faith
VS.. 1920. Then came the disciples
1c Jesus apart" in the house Mark
away from all that were curious and
raultinding. 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 OUT"
They we're puzzled and disappointed.
especially as he mad conferred OF
them authority to heal.
90. And Jesus said Be
eaua of your unbelief" r. v. your