The Holt County sentinel., 1912-11-22
INTERNATIONAL
SUNlNS01O0L
LESSON
LESSON FOR NOVEMBER "a
THE TRANSPORTATION.
,By r. q. SELLERS. Director or Eve
ming Department, The Moody Bible In
stitute of ChicagoD


sIsG
GOLDEN TEXT-"h voice came out OF
the cloud. saying. This " my beloved SON
hear yc Him. Lake 9:S Il. V.
I, on the Mountain. w. 26.-Peters
confession is connected closely with
the lesson for today. There Ia no rec.
ord of the intervening six days. We
are left to surmise what OF fear and
pe,pleyity filled the minds Of the dis.
ciples after listening to the words or
Jesus found In Mark S:34 and vi.
These words must certainly have
filed them with doubt and dismay.
As II to meet this condition Of mind
Jesus takes Peter. James ana J0fn,
those three partners IN business, VINO
were also present In the home "i
Jairus. and later went with him into
the garden. and withdrew to u noun.
tain. probably Mt. il.rmon. Here he
was transformed ie.. metamorphosed-
completely changed in appearance:
read car,iuliy the parallel accounts.
psul's inspired Words.
Joined with Jesus there stood
Moses the iaw.giy,r and Elijah the
great reform prophet. What com
n,ntary as to the interest of heaven
in a d, ing Messiah and ih ,he glory
Of that death.
We need to read Pauls inspired
words tphil 2:G,,, In this connec'
ticn. lie who tho1sht II not prize
~ be graspcd after to b. equal with
God. ", took upon himself the FORM
| OF a slave and WAS inadc In the habit
or fashion OF man. pom the noun
tain Jesus reversed the figure aud the
"s,ryant'--the son Of Man revealed,
Z. e., showed forth. the glorious ap.
peuranc. Of the Son of God. The dis
ciples there caught faint glimpse OF
that glory which he had with the
Father before the world was John
IiI:5). hut the work OF redemption
was not yet accomplished, and so
once more he turns back upon that
glory. Small wonder. though, that as
! they behcld these heavenly visitors
! Peter should eXclaim: Rabbi. It Is
good for us to BE- here; let us make
! three tabernucles ,booths). one for
/ thee. one for Moses and one for Eli
/ jah" Notice. however. that Peter
srake for he wist not what to say"
/ W. o.. Mark alone records these
/ words. and Mark largely received his
gospel from Peter,
Three Heavenly Voices Heard.
/ We have only to read Peter. l:lG-
|, Is to answer any question AS to this
being vision In the modern accept
.,V hut al snl
that the word vision" found In verse
. OF the lesson can be translated,
things seen" Indeed the disciples
were fully awake" Luke 1882 X. W.
The question as to how the disciples
could recognize Moses and Elijah.
whom they had never seen. is not At
all difficult for the believer. They ap-
peared in glory" and when the glory
war withdrawn they saw no man
save Jesus"
This also serves to help answer the
question. shall We recognize In glory
those whom We have lost swhile?"
Three heavenly voices were heard.
Jesus voice In prayer. his compan.
ions conversing OF that great event
yet to b. accomplished Luke 9:3D
and the voice Of God. This IL my be-
loved t0nly besotten) Son: hear him"
What matters the opinions Of earth's
greatest lawyers and prophets, or tho
suggestions Of our dearest friends.
Fear fell upon them and they fell
upon their faces In humiliation, but
with tender compassion Jesus said
arise and be not afraid" It almost
seems like rebuke to Peter, who had
10 freely protested against the sugges-
ticn OF the manner OF his death.
Jesus TRANSPORTATION and the words
Of his companion. as well as the CON-
mand Of the Father. were q vindica-
ticn Of his authority and a revelation
In advance Of the supreme wonder of
the cross. Arising they saw no man
rave Jesus" II IL far better to "see
him" than to see. hold converse with.
or have communion with. the great.
Est OF earth. past or present.
Z. The descent, v. 9.!3.-As they
descended from the mountain Jesus
charged them to tell no man. Very
different from our modern method
Hut the need IL clearly shown as We
read Peters words ,2 Peter, l:l52D,
: Peter places great emphasis upon the
! importance OF this experience, declar'
ing himself AS an eyewitness of his
, majesty" as well as the honor and
1 glory Peter and the others could
not talk intellg' ntly OF this expert
cnce until after Christ's work was
Finished upon Calvary, yindicated al
the tomb and eloriiied on the day OF
. Pcntecost, Hence they kept that
saying with themselves" obeying his
Injunction OF silence.
The TRANSPORTATION Is a glorious
fact; 1t Is a wondrous light upon thu
, scandal of the cross" a wonderful
y revelation OF the glory which he hat
before the world" and It Is {