Fri.’s Devo - The Transfiguration

Read Luke 9:28-31 I have always had so many questions about the transfiguration like how did they know it was Moses and Elijah?, and why did Jesus let them see this? I do find it interesting that both Moses and Elijah died on a mountain overlooking Jericho which was the first city the Israelites encountered when they entered the promise land. I wonder if Jesus didn’t transport the disciples to the very mountain and moment in time when these two men were standing on the mountain discussing their own death with God. Jesus is about to face his death and in verse 31 it says that they were discussing that. Hebrews 11:13-16 says, “These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. 15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. 16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. So many of the prophets had seen the promise of a saviour from a distance of time. The last 2 verses of that chapter in Hebrews reads, “39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: 40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.” The righteous people of the Old Testament are not made perfect without us and our lives. We are the fulfillment of their words and their lives. We make their lives a life lived not in vain. That is why they are the crowd of witnesses in Hebrews 12:1 that cheer us on to the finish line. We are all connected as one body - one bride. We all have something to pass on to the next generation: mine is my love for studying the Word of God. Ask God what your mantle is that you will pass on to your scope of influence. Lord, put deep in our hearts the concept of eternity and our responsibility for our watch on earth. May we totally fulfill our destiny.