Mark’s Gospel takes us to the Mount of Transfiguration here in ch. 9, and it is one of the rare instances in the NT when God the Father speaks directly from heaven. And he tells everyone to listen to his Son, Jesus Christ. Why must we listen particularly to Jesus? Because he is the glorious Prophet who speaks on God’s behalf. And because he has shown us to be the glorious Prophet of God, we must begin to learn what it means to listen to him.
