The lectionary epistle for the Sunday before Lent in Year A is 2 Peter 1.16–21.
It is a fascinating passage, as it appears to preserve an eye-witness testimony to the transfiguration which coheres with the gospels accounts but is independent of them.
From this, Peter teaches us not so much about Jesus’ resurrection but about his expected return, and offers vital insights into the nature of Christian hope.
The gospel reading is Matthew’s account in Matthew 17.1-9. You can find the written commentary on that passage here.
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In my text at least, the link to the written commentary is not live.
Should be fixed now…?
Link to written commentary on Mt 17 broken / missing?
Rejoice with me! That which was lost has been found! Link should be there and working now…
The song is “Anastasis” – “I cast my mind to Calvary”.
We see Jesus!
Recently an elderly man moved into a local Care Home.
One of our elderly lady friends [80?]
began sharing her faith with him to an extent that she felt that a man from her church might be better suited to discuss more with him;
This man encouraged him to attend the church.
When he did attend he saw a figure in white speaking towards him behind the preacher.
He related this with his mentor saying that he could not hear the sound of his voice because the preacher was speaking also.
His mentor said “If you think that God is speaking to you why not join our Get to Know More group studies [a modified Alpha]
Several weeks later he stood in the church testifying of his new found faith in Christ and his encounter with Him.
The church might be “getting old” as one Bishop once said but He is still the Bright Morning Star in the darkest hours, His mercies are new every morning!
This is our daily office of Thanksgiving and Joy.
Shalom.
Truly that was a watershed mountain:
On one side conflict and opposition; one the other a resolute setting of
Christ’s face toward Jerusalem.
Tom Austine-Sparks has a terrific commentary on
“Men whose eyes have seen the King”
@ .austin-sparks.net/english/books/000932.html
A study which covers the Scriptures of people who saw God.
“The Impact Of The Presence Of The Lord Jesus [T.Austine – Sparks]
And do you notice how Peter describes this? “We were eyewitnesses of His majesty” – His majesty. Is not the need for the impact of the majesty of the Lord Jesus upon this earth? It should be. Again, he says: “We made known unto you the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ…’ I am sorry they have not translated that word thus; they have put ‘coming’. Of course, the word is very frequently related to the coming again of the Lord Jesus, but the word itself cannot be isolated to that. The same word is used of the apostles, when they came into a situation. It is the same word, whether the ‘coming’ or the ‘presence’. And Peter describes this as the “power and presence” of His majesty. Yes, that is the issue. The power, not as abstract and unrelated, but the power of His presence in His majesty – that is the holy mount; that is the high place; that is what the world needs.