Pivotal Moments
If you could have an unmediated encounter with God (or Jesus — God in bodily form) would you want to? Are you sure?
Spiritually speaking, a pivotal moment is one in which we become aware of a higher reality. In such moments, we have a choice to make. We can either live into this new reality or we can return, in some sense, to life the way life was before.
Tomorrow we will discuss Luke’s version of the transfiguration of Jesus. It was a pivotal moment in the lives of Peter, James, and John in that they witnessed the identity (reality) of Jesus in a whole new light. Their response is instructive to all would-be followers of Jesus.
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Luke 9:28-37
28 Now about eight days after these sayings Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. 29And while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white. 30Suddenly they saw two men, Moses and Elijah, talking to him. 31They appeared in glory and were speaking of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.
32Now Peter and his companions were weighed down with sleep; but since they had stayed awake, they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him. 33Just as they were leaving him, Peter said to Jesus, ‘Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make three dwellings, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah’—not knowing what he said. 34While he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were terrified as they entered the cloud. 35Then from the cloud came a voice that said, ‘This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!’ 36When the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent and in those days told no one any of the things they had seen.
37 On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met him. . . .
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