DAY 286 Read Matthew 17:1-27; Mark 9:2-29; Luke 9:28-42.
Today's reading describes one of the high points of Christ's ministry--the transfiguration.
Memory gem: "There came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him" (Luke 9:35).
Thought for today:
Christ on the mount of transfiguration had received the testimony of Moses and Elijah. But there was one more voice needed, the voice of God, and now it spoke. The voice from heaven came not in testimony to any fact, but to a person, for Jesus was God's beloved Son.
Hear Him! His words will be in harmony with the law and the prophets. The sacrifices and offerings of the law pointed forward to Him. The predictions of the prophets of the Old Testament, like searchlights, penetrated the gloom of the future, revealing the cross and the crown--our Saviour's first advent to die for a lost world, and His second coming in glory which is still future in our day. The voice from the cloud commanded: "Hear Him! Hear Him reverently. Hear Him implicitly. Hear Him alone."
Friends, are we in sympathy with heaven about Christ? Do we hear Him? Is His Word law to us? Do we like it when He speaks sharp things as well as smooth things? Does His Word prevail with us against everything else? Surely it would help us if we would stop and think that whenever Christ speaks to us the Father is standing by, saying in our ears as it were, "Hear that!"
The transfiguration of our Saviour is of great interest and importance to us, not only because it actually occurred in the past and encourages us now in the present, but for what it teaches us of the future. For all ages, it is like the vision of the burning bush in which was the presence of God. The transfiguration promised Christ's disciples then, and His followers now, that there is a glory yet to come. The glory kindled on the mount of transfiguration shines through the darkness of this world and points to the resurrection day when Christ will come in glory and gather His people--not three only, but all His people of all ages--and they will be with Him forevermore.
Today's reading describes one of the high points of Christ's ministry--the transfiguration.
Memory gem: "There came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him" (Luke 9:35).
Thought for today:
Christ on the mount of transfiguration had received the testimony of Moses and Elijah. But there was one more voice needed, the voice of God, and now it spoke. The voice from heaven came not in testimony to any fact, but to a person, for Jesus was God's beloved Son.
Hear Him! His words will be in harmony with the law and the prophets. The sacrifices and offerings of the law pointed forward to Him. The predictions of the prophets of the Old Testament, like searchlights, penetrated the gloom of the future, revealing the cross and the crown--our Saviour's first advent to die for a lost world, and His second coming in glory which is still future in our day. The voice from the cloud commanded: "Hear Him! Hear Him reverently. Hear Him implicitly. Hear Him alone."
Friends, are we in sympathy with heaven about Christ? Do we hear Him? Is His Word law to us? Do we like it when He speaks sharp things as well as smooth things? Does His Word prevail with us against everything else? Surely it would help us if we would stop and think that whenever Christ speaks to us the Father is standing by, saying in our ears as it were, "Hear that!"
The transfiguration of our Saviour is of great interest and importance to us, not only because it actually occurred in the past and encourages us now in the present, but for what it teaches us of the future. For all ages, it is like the vision of the burning bush in which was the presence of God. The transfiguration promised Christ's disciples then, and His followers now, that there is a glory yet to come. The glory kindled on the mount of transfiguration shines through the darkness of this world and points to the resurrection day when Christ will come in glory and gather His people--not three only, but all His people of all ages--and they will be with Him forevermore.
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