The sermon explores the passage of Luke 9:28-36, emphasizing the significance of the Transfiguration of Jesus. It draws parallels between the certification of election results and God's declaration of Jesus' eternal identity. The speaker outlines the sermon in three parts: Jesus taking Peter, James, and John to pray; the Transfiguration event; and God's declaration of Jesus as His Son. The sermon highlights the importance of eyewitnesses, drawing from Deuteronomy, Matthew, and 2 Corinthians, to establish truth. Peter, James, and John witness Jesus' transformation, which reveals His divine glory, and the presence of Moses and Elijah signifies the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. The sermon underscores that the Transfiguration assures believers of Jesus' identity as the Messiah and the Son of God, confirmed by multiple witnesses and God's voice. The speaker encourages the audience to find comfort in the confirmation of Jesus' divine identity, asserting that the Bible's truth is established and not based on fables.

I hope you're ready to dive into this passage today. I know many of us is very, very familiar, but I hope that we leave here today with kind of a newfound excitement about what this means. Hang on just a second, I want to turn this on. So as you guys know we're in the middle of an election cycle and November the third is actually election day. I know we've got some early voting and some things going on but the third is election day and sometime after that day the election will be certified.

The board of elections and the attorney general, somebody, they get together and they certify, and they declare a winner. And today, we're going to look at kind of a certification process, but this one is very, very different. This one is done with one vote, and it's the vote of the Almighty God. Today we're going to see that the God of the universe declares and certified that Jesus had his son, he was set by him to accomplish a specific plan. And so I'm excited about jumping into that and learning some more about that as we go through this.

So I've titled the sermon today, God Confirms Jesus' Eternal Identity. God Confirms Jesus' Eternal Identity. And we're going to do this in an outline form. I'm going to cover this in three different sections. We're going to look at verse 28 alone, and kind of Jesus and the three that go to pray.

And then we're going to look at verses 29 through 33, where Jesus appears in this whole idea of what we know as the transfiguration. And then we're gonna look at verses 34 through 36 and kind of see God's declaration over his son. And I really hope we leave here today understanding and really being confirmed in the fact of who Jesus is. I mean that's really the goal. We leave here today and we've got a newfound excitement and a newfound zeal for the truth that Jesus is who He says He is and who God declares that he is.

I find that the best commentary on Scripture is Scripture. So as we work through this today, we're going to jump around quite a bit and I will try to make it as little as possible, but I think it's important for us to look at some things in Scripture. Plus, we're going to look at a couple of other views of this situation. Matthew writes about the Transfiguration. Mark writes about the Transfiguration.

And so we'll draw from those particular passages to get a better understanding because it's always good to get a complete understanding of what we're going to read. So let's just jump in and we're going to work through this verse by verse. So in verse 28 I'm going to reread this and then we'll talk about it. Now it came to pass after eight days after these sayings that he took Peter, John, and James and went up on the mountain. So some of you may be familiar with the Matthew and Mark rendition of this or their writings of this and you may say wait a minute this this is a different time frame So I want to address this real quick if you read in Matthew Matthew says after six days Jesus took Peter James and John and Mark says after six days Peter took he took Peter James and John So why does two of them say six days and one of them say eight days?

Do we now have the master contradiction in scripture that we've been looking for, right? This is the one. And the answer is no. This is really a pretty simple thing to explain. Luke is explaining this including the days of the events.

Matthew and Mark are talking about the days between the events. It's really no more complicated than that. As a matter of fact, in my studies, we can realize that the phrase that Luke uses here is often was often used at the time to refer to about a week. I mean so it was something that was very common. So there's really no contradiction here.

There's no contradiction in Scripture. We know that. And here we just see a different way of saying the exact same thing. So let's keep going through this. So we see here that Jesus left the rest of disciples and he takes Peter, James, and John up on this mountain to pray.

So why these three? This is the second time we've seen this, where he's taking these three men exclusively away. And so you're wondering, why did he have these three men? And if you've been in church for a long time or anytime, you know that there's a lot of conversation about he's kind of taking these three as his inner circle to pour into them a little more. And we'll see that again and that these guys show up in the Garden of Gethsemane with Jesus.

So there is something to the fact that Jesus is spending a little more time with these men. They're getting to witness things that no one else gets to witness and they get to see it. But I want to draw our attention to something here that I think is just really, really practical in this particular situation. And I want to draw a parallel to something we see throughout Scripture and how it relates to this. So I'm going to go all the way back to the book of Deuteronomy.

In the book of Deuteronomy, the law is given, a lot of the law is given, and one of the things that's given there is kind of the criteria of establishing whether someone is trustworthy or not, whether they're a trustworthy witness or not. So in Deuteronomy 19 verse 15, you don't have to turn there, but I'll read it for you. In Deuteronomy 19 verse 15 it says this, one witness shall not rise up against a man concerning any inquiry or any sin that he commits, but by the mouth of two or three witnesses the matter shall be established. So we see here in Deuteronomy this word established is used and that word basically means to be fixed, to be firm. It's kind of like it's proving that something is factual.

So in Deuteronomy, it's set up early on. If you want to establish something is factual, you need two or three witnesses to say this is true. This idea continues and Jesus brings this idea up again in Matthew 18. Many of us are familiar with Matthew 18. There's a patches there about how we deal with a brother that has sinned against us.

So listen to what Jesus says in Matthew 18. I'm going to read 15 through 16. It says, Moreover, if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he hears you, you have gained your brother. But if he will not hear you, take with you one or two more, that by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established." We see that word established used again.

And again, that word means to basically set something as true, to determine something as true. Paul does this again in 2 Corinthians. In 2 Corinthians 13, Paul is writing a letter to the church telling him he's going to come visit them again. And this is what he says in 2nd Corinthians 13.1. He's going to visit them and there's thought this may not be a great visit.

He's writing them to let them know I'm worried about some of the things are going on. He says this is the third time I'm coming to you. By the mouth of two or three witnesses, every word shall be established." Do you understand the theme here? You see this theme here? We see this theme that you need two or three witnesses to establish something as being true.

And we look at what is going on here in Transfiguration. These three men are about to witness something the world has never seen before. And so there's a practicality to what's happening here. We see this in 1 Timothy 5.19. It talks about to bring an accusation against an elder in the church, you need two or three witnesses.

So it's really interesting to me here that Jesus pulls these three men, And there is the reality that he is letting them see something different. But he's also using this as a way for them to communicate the truth of what they're about to see. These men are going to be foundational in the establishment of the early church. They're going to write books that we read today as the true Word of God, and they need to be able to speak authoritatively, easy for me to say, and they need to have credibility. And I want you to listen to Peter.

So Peter picks this theme up. So if you would turn to 2 Peter. I'm going to get you to go there because I think it's important for us. If you can't you want to read that, turn there you can. 2 Peter chapter 1.

Peter's writing and he's writing this letter and he's telling them, he said, look I'm going to die and when I die I want this to be something that you can hold on to. I want these words to be something that live past my death. So I'm going to read the first, I'm going to start in verse 12 and just read these verses. And as I read these verses, I want you to listen to how Peter talks. Okay?

For this reason, I will not be negligent to remind you always of these things, though you know and are established in present truth. Yes, I think it is right, as long as I'm in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you, knowing that shortly I must put off my tent." And he's talking about his body. He's using this metaphor here that I'm going to die, just as the Lord Jesus Christ showed me. Moreover, I will be careful to ensure that you always have a reminder of these things after I deceased. So he's saying, I'm writing this down so when I'm gone, you will know that these things are written and they're true.

So I want you to listen to the change as he continues to write. Okay, he's talking about I'm gonna die, I'm gonna do this, I'm gonna write, I'm going to make this happen. So let's continue reading in verse 16. He shifts and he goes to this very incident, this very situation that he's in now. He goes back to the transfiguration And he's going to use this event as proof that what he's writing and what he's saying is true.

Verse 16, listen to the shift. For we did not follow cunning devised fables, when we may know to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses to His majesty. For He received from God the Father honor and glory when such a voice came from Him, from the excellent glory. This is my beloved Son, whom I am well pleased. And we heard this voice, which came from heaven, and we were with him on the holy mountain and First part of 19 and so we have the prophetic word confirmed Understand what Peter's saying here.

He's saying look there was more than one of us at this event. We saw this. We were all witnesses. We can confirm this has happened. So apparently what's going on at this time, there's word going around.

This is a fable. This is not true. This didn't really happen. This was not really God saying, this is my son. And he's saying, oh no, no, no.

We have confirmed it. We've gone all the way back to Deuteronomy. We have followed the law. And we have confirmed through the witnesses of more than two people or two or more people that this is true. So Peter's saying you can trust my words because it's not just my words.

It's the words of these witnesses. And as we get going this morning, I hope this is comfort to us. This is, you know, we talked about confirmation. Taylor brought it up earlier this morning about confirmation. This is confirmation.

This is not a fable. This is not something that we hope happened. This is not something we wonder happened. Peter's saying, you can trust this happened because it was witnessed and we wrote it down. And he uses this very incident to say, not only can you trust this, but these witnesses see that you can trust what I'm writing is true because There's more than one witness there.

So think about what a great comfort to us as Christians today. I mean we say we know the Word of God is true. We use that phrase a lot and we talk about it. But do we think about it? We have confirmation that these words are true.

This word is true. It's not somebody just sitting down with a fable. God has confirmed it and even used the law to do this. And I hope as we continue this morning we see the importance of this because without this we could all go, well this is just fable, but it's not fable because we know it is true. It has been established by God.

So give me a first thought here. I mean, I think about this and the idea is that, you know, the law can be used to establish Jesus as the Son of God. I mean we see that right here. They used the playing out of the law to prove that Jesus was the Son of God. So when people ask you, how do you know the Bible is true?

What is your response? How do you know that? Peter said, hey, we can go right here and say, this is how I know it's true. And I think that should give us courage. It should give us confirmation.

It should give us hope that We don't have a foundation found on a myth or a fable. It's something that is true and it's been established by God through his word. That's exciting to me. I don't know about you, but it's exciting to me. And the hope here is we go through this this morning, we can leave going, Okay, I do have newfound confidence.

All right, let's keep going. Verse 29, as he prayed, the appearance of his face was altered and his robe became white and glistening. The other gospels describe this event as a transfiguration. That word is not used here, but Matthew Mark used that word and it basically is the word that we get metamorphosis from. We get the word metamorpho is where it comes from.

It means to transfigure or to change the external form. Mark describes it this way, his clothes became shining exceedingly white like snow such as no launderer on earth could whiten them. I think it's funny how he goes practical. There's nobody, there's no way you could take this somewhere and get the clothes this white. Matthew says, his face shined like the sun and his clothes became white as light.

So what's happening here? Verse 32 tells us in just two words. I'll read four of them, but it's only two words. They saw His glory. What's happening here is they saw His glory.

I mean this is an amazing statement. For his entire life and his entire ministry up to now, Jesus had veiled His glory. How He did that, I have no idea what He did. And He veiled His glory. And in this we see His glory.

And I think it's important for us to realize here, this is not a reflection of some light somewhere else. He's not standing there in this light glowing on him. This is the light coming from within him. He is the source of this light that they're seeing, this whiteness. He is the source.

This is described, I mean this is a declaration that he's God, he's the light. And we see this light again in Revelation, I wanna read this to you. In Revelation chapter 21, very near the end of the book, verse 23 it says this, it's talking about Jesus. It says, the city is talking about the New Jerusalem. It had no need for sun or the moon to shine in it, for The glory of God illuminated it.

The Lamb is its light. So in the new heaven and new earth, we're going to get to see this because Jesus' light is going to be revealed. Not veiled in any way. He revealed it here to the disciples, but even in that it was somewhat veiled because we were told no man can see God and survive. So there's something there.

But He is going to be that eternal light. Jesus is the Lamb of this light. I can't help but thinking about John writing this later on in his life thinking, I saw that light. I saw that light on this hill that day. And he's thinking, this light is going to be the light that's going to carry us throughout eternity.

No sun, no moon. Jesus will be the light. These three men get to see something that the world had never ever seen before and they were completely and totally overwhelmed by it. Let's keep going verse 30. And behold, two men talked with him, who were Moses and Elijah, who appeared in glory and spoke of his decease, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.

So a couple thoughts here. Why Moses and Elijah? Man, you can read all kinds of stuff in commentaries and different things and you kind of get to the conclusion that, you know, and you hear this a lot, that Moses represents a law and Elijah represents the prophets and this is kind of what it looks like and I think that there's I mean I have no reason to argue with that or disagree with that but I what I want us to do this morning though is think about taking that a little bit deeper why were these men why were these men there And what was the significance of these men in the mind and history of a first century Jew? Think about first century Jews and the people reading this text for the first time. And so let's look at this.

I want us to go a little bit further in this. If you want to, you can turn to the last book of the Old Testament Malachi. Malachi chapter 4. I want to read to you the very end of Malachi. Malachi has only four chapters and there's two of the last three verses.

I want to read those to you. Malachi chapter four verses four through five. These are the last words written by a prophet and there's 400 years of silence. 400 years of silence. So these are the last words written.

Listen, remember the law of Moses, my servant, which I commanded him in Haram for all Israel with the statues and judgments. Behold, I will send Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and grateful day of the Lord." The last words the Jews ever saw, two names are mentioned there, Moses and Elijah. So these people had very significant impact in the life of the early church. So when you think about Moses as the law and Elijah as the prophet, you begin to get an idea that these guys were important. They were the last thing mentioned.

So I'm a Jew, that's the last thing I read. And I'm a first century Jew. So Moses, Moses was arguably the most important person in their history. He had given them the law. He was actually the mediator between them and God.

He would speak on God's behalf to them. He had gone and gone face to face with Pharaoh and had them freed. The Pharisees saw themselves as disciples of Moses. In John chapter 9, the Pharisees says, we're Moses' disciples. The leaders of the church, they were followers of Moses.

As a matter of fact, in that encounter, you know, it was between a man that Jesus had healed and he said, the man had asked the Pharisees, you want to be Jesus' disciple? He goes, no, we're Moses' disciple. They were declaring that they were Moses' disciple. He was a significant figure in the life of these first century Jews. So what about Elijah?

What was exceptional about Elijah to a first century Jew? Well, you don't have to go back very far. We already talked about this in Luke chapter 9. Jesus asked, who's the crowd say that I am? And what is the answer?

Some say John the Baptist, but some say Elijah. So they're looking for Elijah. They know Elijah is supposed to come. So they have Elijah on their mind. What better way to disprove Elijah than to have Elijah standing with Jesus, right?

It's like, yeah, you can't have both of them in the same place, right? So he's there with Jesus. Moses is there with Jesus. These people are significant, significant in the life of first-century Jews and to us when we think about the importance here. Matthew writes about this and I want to read Matthew's encounter because it's kind of interesting what he says.

Matthew 17. This is the the this is at Matthew's 17 is after the transfiguration. They're coming down from the mountain. And the disciples are still confused about this Elijah thing. So Matthew 17 verse 10, and he says to his disciples, this is Jesus talking to his disciples, no, his disciples ask him, I'm sorry, his disciples ask him saying, Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?

Jesus answered and said to them, Indeed Elijah is coming first and restore all things. But I say to you that Elijah has come already and they did not know him but did to him whatever they wished. Likewise the Son of Man is also about to suffer at their hands. Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them about John the Baptist. So even in this Jesus is explaining, yeah, you know you're looking for Elijah and you might think I'm Elijah, I'm not.

He was there with me and oh by the way, he's already come. That was John the Baptist. So this entire situation is about Jesus and who he is. And these two men are with him. And Let's go back to the passage real quick.

I think it's interesting. So we see here in this scene that Elijah, Moses, and Jesus are having a conversation. And what is this conversation about? It says here they're talking about Jesus' death or his disease and his accomplishment. I don't know about you, but I've never heard anybody talk about their death as an accomplishment.

Here, we hear his death being talked about as accomplishment. And you're thinking, Okay, God, I appreciate you gave me this. It would have been really good to give me a little more insight about what is this conversation like? What are they talking about? What is going back and forth?

And I think Jesus gives us a little hint of this in John chapter 5. He's having a conversation with the Pharisees and he says, if you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me. So Jesus says Moses was writing about me. So I'm thinking that, you know, and this is pure speculation, I hate to do speculation, But the idea is I hope this conversation is them talking about, you know when you wrote Moses about this, this was all about me. I'm thinking the conversation may have went to Isaiah 35, right?

All these, you know, the great, the prophet writing about what's going on. I don't know, but I know they were talking about the idea that Jesus is going to die and in His death, He's going to accomplish what He was sent to do. And they're having this conversation and think about these disciples listening to this. I think about back to Leviticus 17. I'm wondering if Moses is thinking about writing this.

For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls. For it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul." Maybe they're having that conversation. I don't know. But there's a lot of things in the Old Testament that point directly to Christ. And Moses as the giver of the law and Elijah as representing the prophets, there was a lot written.

And I would have loved to have heard that conversation. So verse 32, And Peter and those that were with him were heavy with sleep, and when they were fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him." So Peter's companions are overcome with sleep. What it means here literally is, it's just like a heavy burden. It's like they're just overwhelmed with sleep. This same phrase, the same kind of idea is used in the garden to get somebody later on when they're sleeping when Jesus is praying.

And the thought here is that they're just totally and completely overwhelmed. They can't keep their eyes open. This sleep is interestingly only mentioned in Luke's account of the transfiguration. Matthew and Mark don't bring it up. And I don't really know why but I don't want us to spend time on the sleep.

I want us to spend time on what it says after that. It says they were fully awake. I think the point here is for us to realize this is not a vision. This is not something they imagined. This is not some group hallucination.

They're fully awake. They're fully aware of what is happening. They're not dreaming. And so, when they're awake, they see this. And what happens?

They're scared. So, let's keep reading, verse 33. Then it happened. As they were parting from him, and the day is when Elijah and Moses are going away that Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here, and let us make three tabernacles, one for you, one for Moses, one for Elijah." And then it says, not knowing what he says. I love the way Mark put it.

I'm going to read it out of Mark. In Mark chapter 9, it says, Then Peter answered and said to Jesus, Rabbi it is good for us to be here and let us make three tabernacles. One for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah. Because he did not know what to say for they were greatly afraid. So Peter, being Peter, he's scared, everybody doesn't know where it's really going.

Peter's like, I can't, I gotta break the silence. I gotta say something here. And so he says, this is good. You sure he said? He goes, this is really good.

We need to be here. I'm gonna put up some tents. We're gonna hang out for a while. I want to stay here. I'm scared, but I know this is good." Jesus is like, no, this is not permanent.

This is just a temporary revelation. The truth will come later on when the truth is revealed. So in this we see that Jesus fulfills or reveals His glory as the one sent by God. So what is your response to what this says about who Jesus is? Here Jesus is declaring, I am the light.

I am the one. I am the one. I'm going to show you who I am. I'm eternally God. Moses, Jesus, and Elijah have a conversation that's witnessed by these three men.

And this information can really help us communicate today the truth of who Christ is. Jesus is not another Moses or Elijah. Jesus is the light sent by God to change the world. He's different. Listen to these words in John chapter one.

We've heard these many times, but just listen to them in light of this what we're just seeing. There was a man sent from God whose name was John. This man came for a witness to bear witness to the light that all through him might believe. He was not the light, but he was sent to bear witness to that light. That the true light which gives light to every man coming into the world." So he's saying Jesus is that light and we see this here.

He's bearing witness to that. Alright, let's keep going. Verse 34. While he was saying this, a cloud came and overwhelmed them, and they were fearful as they entered the cloud. It's interesting here this idea of cloud here is very common as a reference to God.

If you look in the Old Testament it's just repeated over and over again. It represents the Shekinah glory of God. This particular reference here, The phrase that's used is the same phrase that's used when the Holy Spirit overwhelming Mary, when she conceived. The idea is that God is coming in the form of a cloud. We saw this all throughout Exodus and in many different places.

And God also uses himself coming this way to declare something as true. I want you to listen to me as I read out of Exodus 19. And this is God talking to the children of Israel. And he's talking about Moses. And he's in a cloud.

So listen, Exodus 19, 9. And the Lord said to Moses, Behold, I come to you in the thick cloud, That the people may hear when I speak to you and believe you forever." So God comes to Moses in a cloud and says, I'm going to declare Moses that you are the leader here and these people should be listening to you. Does that sound familiar to the transfiguration? It's a much higher level. Moses didn't reveal any glory he had.

Jesus had done that. But it's the same kind of idea in an Exodus 24 15 through 18 God comes to the cloud to Moses there too I'm not going to read it but we see that in And there's a response that happens a lot when that, and that's people get fearful. And we'll talk about that in a minute. Verse 35, and a voice came out of the clouds saying, this is my beloved son, hear him. It's the second time that we've heard, seen this, where God speaks directly about Jesus.

The first time was in His baptism when He came and said He sent it as a dove, and He speaks directly to the people. Here He does this and He says, this is My Son. Actually, Matthew captured this identical. They're identical in Matthew and the baptism. It says, this is my beloved son with whom I am well pleased, listen to him.

So these phrases, this my beloved son who am well pleased, are the same as it was in the baptism. So here God leaves no doubt who this is and he's confirming the conversation that he had with Moses and those others too, right? This is my son and what they're talking about this is happening. He is going to die and he he speaks for me All right verse 36 When the voice had ceased Jesus was found alone But they kept quiet and told no one in those days any of the things they had seen. This is one of those times where I'm really glad there's other accounts of this, because we kind of leave this going, why did they not tell anybody?

What's going on here? Why did they say nothing? I'm thinking, if I leave this, I'm going to go tell everybody. But Matthew gives us some insight into this. So I'm going to read from Matthew.

Matthew 17, I'll read 6 through 9. And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face and were greatly afraid. And when they heard this they were talking about God speaking from the cloud. But Jesus came and touched them and said, Arise, do not be afraid. When they had lifted up their eyes they saw no one but Jesus only.

Now as they came down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, Tell the vision to no one until the Son of Man is risen from the dead. So he tells them, don't tell anybody. There will come a time, and we saw Peter, he wrote about it later on, he wrote, they say this is the truth. But right now don't tell anybody his time is not yet come but it will come so don't tell anybody but I want to look to at the response here of the three disciples on seeing the cloud hearing the voice of God they fell on their face and they were overwhelmed with fear. This is a very common reaction in scripture to the presence of God.

The children of Israel did this. When you guys, if you read back into Exodus, you realize when Moses went up on the Mount, they were terrified. They wouldn't even get near it. They knew they didn't need to go anywhere near this place. The fear of God created great awe.

I'm going to read for you just a passage out of Leviticus. This is having something to do with the tabernacle. Just listen to the response. Leviticus 9, 23-24. And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of meetings and came out and blessed the people.

Then the glory of the Lord appeared. So God shows up to all the people. And fire came out from behind the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar. When all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their face. These three men did what I think most of us would do in the presence of God, fall on our face.

What else are we going to do? And we see in Matthew's account, Jesus comes over and just kind of touches him on the shoulder. Hey, it's okay. You can get up now. You can look up.

He's gone. We see this in the book of Revelation with the twelve elders. They're falling down before the Lamb. They can't even look. So this is not something that's unusual in Scripture.

This is a normal response. And I think they're doing exactly what we would do. So then he takes them and they head down the mountain, these three men, and they fully understand. Just think about it. They fully understand Jesus is the Messiah.

Can you imagine witnessing this? They come to this, they see this event. There's Moses, Elijah, there's conversation, then God appears in a cloud to confirm that everything they're saying is true and that He is the one that has been sent. I want to bring us to this thought. God declares something is true.

It's true. Jesus is His Son. So what do we do with this? How do we respond to the voice of God in our life? When We search Scripture and we look and God declares the truth of His Word to us.

What is our response? If you don't know Christ today and you're here, your response is repentance and belief. Our followers are Christ. What is our response to this truth? The truth that we've seen this morning is that Jesus is who He said He was.

He is the light of the world. We can say that with confidence because it's been confirmed by these men who saw it and were eyewitnesses of this. So what is your response? What do you do with this information? The Transfiguration demonstrates to the three disciples that Jesus is far more than a human teacher.

He's far more than somebody that just has a relationship with Moses and Elijah. He is the Messiah. He's the one the Old Testament had been talking about. He is the Son of God, and it was confirmed from heaven. We don't need any more evidence than this.

Jesus is the Messiah, as talked about in the Old Testament. The Son of David, the Prince of Peace, the Son of God, Our Savior, Emmanuel, Son of the Most High, the Beloved, Alpha and Omega, Lamb of God, Great Shepherd, Bread of Life, our High Priest, the Morning Star, the Light of the World. All of these things are more on display on that mountain. And we get the privilege of reading that and knowing that it is true. To God be the glory.

Let's pray. Dear Lord, I Thank you so, so much for the truth of your Word. Thank you that you care for us, that you love us, and you provide for us the truth of your Word in your written Word. May it change who we are. May it change how we live.

In your name I pray, Amen.