The Glenwood post., 1924-11-20
Lesson for November %
THE TRANSPORTATION

THE TRANSPORTATION
LESSON TEXT-Luk. s:2s.as
GOLDEN TEXT-This is my beloved
Son: hear Him.-Luke s:a5
PRIMARY TOPIC-Jesus Shows His
| Glory.
JUNIOR ToP1c-Beholdins christ's
lNTHRMED1ATE AND SENIOR TOP
1C|The Glory of Jesus Christ.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
1CEThs TranshGuration 4 Preparation
for the Cross
While 1t Is true that in this lesson
the disciples are witnesses of Christ's
glory. the full truth is that the mani
festation OF Christ In glory was to give
to the discouraged disciples a fore
CLEAN OF the Messianic Kingdom The
hopes OF the disciples were crushed
when Christ announced His death on
the cross. They were unable to see
how victory could issue from death.
Jesus took with Him Peter. James
and John and went into the mountain
to pray. His chief aim in retirement
was to get the disciples apart and
Into a state OF receptivity so that He
might show them the method of the
Kingdom Before going to the noun
tain He declared that there were some
standing in His presence who would
not taste Of death till they should see
the son OF Man coming in His king
dom duke 0:27 Matt. 16:2S). That
| their dropping spirits might be revived
and their confidence restored. He is
| GfipnrpI
from the upper world are sent to con-
verse with Him about his approaching
death In Jerusalem ". 3D-the very
thing about which the disciples re-
fused to talk. Then. too, Gods own
voice was heard in words of approval
Of Christs course, directing them to
hear the Master. Surely they cannot
doubt His ability now to carry into
execution His kingdom plans The
purpose. then, of the transhguration is
to give the disciples foregleam of the
coming kingdom, to enable them to see
the kingdom in embryo. That this is
true is not only shown by the context
and circumstances, but by the inspired
Interpretation of one who was with
Him and knew all that transpired OH
Peter :16-19 r. w. Note the out
standing features of the kingdom as
displayed in the TRANSFORMATION:
!. Jesus Christ the Glorified King
on Mt. Zion ". 29).
The glorifed king on this mount was
INTENDED to symbolic the Messianic
kingdom when Christ returns to the
Mount Of olives in Jerusalem Czech
IA AID. This is still in the future
and will he literally fulfilled.
| II. The Gorified Saints With Christ
wv. So3D.
(1 Moses, who was once denied M
entrance into Palestine. appears nov
in glory, representing the redeemed o.
the Lord who shall pass througn.. leatl
into the kingdom. .Many thousands o
the redeemed have fallen asleep and n
the coming of the Lord shall be awak
ened to pass into the kingdom.
f2) Elijah, now glorified, represent:
the redeemed who shall pass into th'
kingdom through translation. Man.
shall be living upon the earth wheI
the Lord shall come, and shall withou
dying be changed. and thus pass int
the kingdom Il Cor. 15 :50-53;
Theses. 4 :14-18).
tS) They talk Of the very thin
which the disciples refused to believe
namely, the death of Christ.
Ill. Israel, In the Flesh, In connec
tIon With the Kingdom, Represente,
by Peter, James and John ". 2s).
Israel shall be called from their hid
Ing place among all nations of th
earth and shall be gathered to Jesu
Christ the King, as the central peopf
In the kingdom (Ezek. 81 :21-27).
N) Peter proposes to build thre
tabernacles ". 33). The Feast of Tab
ernacles looked forward to the glorious
reign of Christ. Peter caught n glimpse
OF the Significance Of the transfigura
tion. His proposition showed that h
thought Of the Feast of Tabernacles
and therefore of the Millennium.
t2) The divine voice ". 35). A
this time God Himself uttered Hi
words, assuring them that this One II
glory was His Son Jesus Christ.
~. The Multitude at the Foot Q
the Mountain wv. 37-43).
This is representative of the nation
which shall he brought into the king
dom which shall be established owe
Israel. See Isaiah II 1912. The peo
pie here were grlevously oppressed b.
the devil. About the time OF Christ
first coming he did his best to haras
men. Just before Christ's comln
again he will be especially active, 70
hp knOws TINT his time ia short