Psalm 99
Exodus 24:12-18
Philippians 3:7-14
Matthew 17:1-9
Jesus takes three disciples up on a high mountain with, it seems, no advance warning for what will happen there. They see and experience the most amazing revelation of Jesus' identity they would receive until the resurrection. They see him transfigured and talking with Moses and Elijah who have been dead at the time for centuries. The disciples are not sure what to make of this scene and yet there has never been anything like it. It was obviously intended to galvanize their faith for what was ahead, to cease questioning Jesus' authority when He said things that conflicted with their pre-conceived notions about his ministry and role. He obviously knew what was going to happen, that He would be fully revealed as greater than and different to anything that had come before or would come after.
