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here's my message now after six days
Jesus Took Peter James and John his
brother let them up on a high mountain
by themselves
so Jesus brought Peter James and John
and brought them up to a high mountain
and the Bible says and he was
transfigured before them his face Shone
like the sun well
and his clothes became as white as the
light
in the synoptic gospels Matthew Mark and
Luke
all three have the Transfiguration and
all three contribute different different
aspects of details that one doesn't that
the other has
and they all have their purpose
like for example
in the Gospel of Luke which talks about
Jesus as a man
it says that he brought them up to the
mountain to pray
Luke 9.
and then as he prayed his face changed
his clothes shone
in other words the gospel of a man
Gospel of Luke shows Jesus as a
dependent man
the law never tells you to pray
the law says you shall not you shall not
you shall not presuming man's strength
which man has none
whereas the way of Grace is dependent
you see I cannot but he can
so you pray a lot
you pray a lot
it's not a matter of spending on your
knees or in a certain location for hours
all right that can be also if that's
your style but listen carefully pray
means dependence on the Lord invoking
his power his omniscience his his grace
his love his goodness
so as Jesus was praying his face shone
of all the people on Earth the perfect
and the greatest man pray
he has power of his own
to perform Miracles yet he prayed
so that looks like it looks like kind of
the Transfiguration back to Matthew 17
he was transfigured his face Sean and
behold Moses and Elijah appeared to them
talking with him don't forget Peter
James and John they are also there but
they are sleeping
when Jesus Shone they were sleeping how
many of us you know are there in that
place of sleeping
they were sleeping and Jesus was shining
but they woke up later
and behold Moses Elijah appeared to them
talking with him I want to stop here and
just show you something that Peter many
years after when he was an elderly
um
gentleman
still in the service of the Lord just
before he passed away he knew the Lord
showed him it's time for him to go
and see him face to face and he says the
Lord has showed me that I'm about to go
and he wrote his last letter second
episode
chapter one look at this
Peter writing by the spirit moreover
I'll be careful to ensure that you
always have a reminder of these things
after my disease
for we did not follow cunningly devised
fables when we make known to you the
power and coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ but will eyewitnesses of his
majesty
what is he talking about we were
eyewitnesses of his majesty he's talking
about the Transfiguration next verse for
he received from God the Father honor
and Glory when such a voice came to him
from the excellent Glory this is my
beloved Son in home I am well pleased
and we heard this voice which came from
heaven when we were with him
on the Holy Mountain
so as an elderly man he recollect the
time when he was on the Mount of
transfiguration he says that hey I'm not
I'm not calling you I'm not following
Divine I mean cunningly device fables
like some people say they see a vision
when they didn't see a vision we saw we
were eyewitnesses of his majesty and
what do you say this go back to the
verse 16 again this amount of
transfiguration is a picture of the
power and coming
the word coming then the Greek is
perusia
the second coming
of our Lord Jesus Christ so just for a
moment let me just give you the backdrop
okay people and you'll see how practical
this is in your daily walk where you are
for your life for your family for your
children because as you behold his glory
something happens to you yo something
happens to you something happens to your
body
are you listening because this is not
just the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ
that was displayed on the Mount of
transfiguration it's also the power
he has power to heal your body
free you from your addictions
amen bring peace to your troubled soul
and emotions
bring peace to your mind
and when Jesus transfigured two it last
three years
figures in Jewish
in the Jewish faith no one is greater
than Moses no one is greater than Elijah
Moses and Elijah are their greatest
personas
their greatest heroes
Moses represents the Law Elijah
represents the prophets
they appeared with Jesus in glory
amen and Moses
as I've thought before represents the
Law Elijah the prophets
he promotes the law which has its place
during its time
Elijah came
Moses is the law Giver Elijah is the law
restorer when Israel forgot the law and
worshiped other gods God brought the law
restorer so each has its time
are you listening
but their time is no more
the time of Jesus and Grace has come
are you listening people
and another thing is this Moses and
Elijah are there and in the context of
the coming of our Lord Jesus which this
amount of transfiguration is all about
when it comes again listen carefully
there'll be two types
of believers
during that time
Moses represent believers who have died
and were raised from the dead when Jesus
comes again don't forget Moses died
at 120 years old God buried him no one
knows the place of his grave because God
buried him so in other words the fact
that he's here on the mountain all right
means god raised him from the dead
so he represents all the Believers when
Jesus comes again we might not even see
the next sunrise if Jesus comes tonight
any time he might come when he comes
again those who are dead already in
Christ will be the first to get a new
body and rise from the dead
but those who are alive like us
if it comes tomorrow they are typified
by Elijah Elijah never died
Elijah was whisked off in a chariot of
fire bodily he never died
so talking about the coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ are you with me so far
all right the Bible says next verse he
received from God the Father honor and
Glory when such a voice came to him from
the excellent Glory this is my beloved
Son in home I'm well pleased
there are two times
that God opened the heavens and publicly
declared his pleasure and Delight in his
son
one was at his baptism
the other was in Mount Hermon
it wasn't too long ago I realized
that these two occasions was actually at
a time when Jesus was at the lowest
point and the lowest place of planet
Earth the lowest place
of the entire Israel not only Israel the
entire world is the Dixie area
it is 1400 feet below sea level that's
how low it is
Mount Hermon is nearly 10 000 feet
Rising into the
in both places the father says this is
my beloved Son in home I am well pleased
in other words in his lowest point
To His Highest Glory he is the Father's
Delight
an object
of beauty
the father Delights in him the father
finds pleasure in him I think we need to
learn that especially our children
you see
he received from God the Father honor
and Glory
how when the father says this my beloved
Son
how do we give our children honor and
Glory how do we clothe them like a quote
that we put honor and glory on them
before they go to school how do we put
honor and Glory our verbal affirmation
tell them you're my beloved Son
you are special to me you're my precious
daughter you know how what a joy you are
to me
Apostle Prince you know she did
something the other time and I don't
think that I'm ready to say that but at
the lowest point you must say it
not just at the highest point
that's how they receive honor and Glory
because God first made man and crowned
him literally with honor and Glory
it's like their presence there's a crown
around them that they were glowing with
honor and Glory that's how the dinosaurs
obeyed the dinosaurs are bigger than men
but they obey men because of their honor
and Glory men only have to speak back up
they back up sit down Fido they sit down
yeah man had that dominion over every
creature including dinosaurs mammoths
I'm back to Matthew 17. are y'all
learning Church
so the Bible says no behold Moses
appeared Elijah appeared but don't
forget Moses represents the Law
Elijah represents the Law Giver of the
law restorer the law giver and the law
restorer appeared and they're the most
illustrious of all figures in the Old
Testament to the Jewish people
how that feel of a sudden the Bible says
next verse Peter answered Peter woke up
all three woke up
all right we find they were sleeping in
another gospel account of
transfiguration they woke up Peter
answered no one asked him
and he said to Jesus Lord it is good for
us to be here if you wish let us make
here three Tabernacles now don't think
of a building there's no time to make a
building it was probably doing the Feast
of
Tabernacles during the Feast of
Tabernacles even now the Jewish people
towards the end of the year about about
uh September October they they have a
Feast of Tabernacles in fact it's the
most joyous and celebratory of all the
seven Feasts
and during this Feast of Tabernacles
they were built so cold so God means
temporary shelter made of willows made
of all kinds of plants
and they will stay outside their house
to commemorate that they were people
wandering in the wilderness leading in
temporary shelters
and the Bible says in John 1 Jesus came
and the word Tabernacle Among Us
Jesus came
in Tabernacle Among Us Jesus was born
during the Feast of Tabernacles are you
with me so far are you seeing him
and the more you see him something
happens in your life something good it's
called salvation that happens to your
body
I've had so many people who write
whenever they hear me preach they write
something happened I had terrible
headache I had fever I had this
condition and now they don't have it
anymore
amen if you still have it keep on
hearing because you're hearing the
gospel
amen Church no
he says let's make tree Sukkot one for
you Jesus one for Moses one for Elijah
and the and one one account I think
Luke's account says he did not know what
he was saying
you see the thing is this
he's putting Jesus on the same level as
the law giver and the law restorer
you cannot do that
there are many many Believers today who
put Jesus on Grace on the same level as
the law
and the law restorer some of them feel
that they are law restorers they are
fighting for the law to be restored
and guess what God the Father will not
allow that the father spoke next verse
while he was still speaking Behold a
bright Cloud overshadowed them and
suddenly a voice came out of the cloud
saying this is my beloved Son in whom I
am well pleased hear him singular not
hear them
Moses was there Elijah was there
don't they have anything to say no
their day is over
the law has served its purpose to bring
man to the end of himself
the the prophet has brought man to God
he served his purpose
is the day of Grace
is the day for the Son of God no more
the Servants of God but the son of God
are you listening people
who choose to be a servant
but just because the sun choose to be a
servant don't you forget
he's the son of God
can I go to a man Church
so here we have a bright Cloud say the
word bright cloud
it's a Shekinah Glory the same one that
dwell in the holy of holies in the
temple now it overshadowed them now this
is amazing because when the law the Ten
Commandment was given on another
Mountain the Bible says there was a dark
cloud
where Jesus is there's a bright cloud
One Cloud to condemn another cloud
to review his righteousness
you see
I love you know that that's the
counterpart of this being flanked by
Moses and Elijah
it is found in Roman Street look at
Romans 3 therefore by the Deeds of the
law Moses no flesh will be justified in
his sight for by the law is the
knowledge of sin people who advocate
bringing back the law they don't realize
by the law it's not the knowledge of
Holiness I repeat by the law is not the
knowledge of Holiness but the knowledge
of sin
it is not the knowledge of God
but now
you want to live now and live in the
past you want the latest Revelation from
God
the latest Revelation from God is Grace
the latest Revelation came through the
Sun
there's no other revelation
and God says now the righteousness of
God which is a gift apart from the law
apart from the law is not God give you
the gift of righteousness but you must
still keep the law it's apart
from the law
righteousness today is a gift
and you know how he came you know how he
came this gift was witness being
witnessed by the law
and the prophets
wow even the law says Amen to the gift
of righteousness even the prophet say
Amen so in other words the law hears
Moses and the prophets Elijah
they both witness Grace is what you must
listen to today
the Son of God is what you must listen
who you must listen to today
are you with me people
Peter James and John I've shared before
Peter's name in stone James Yakov in
Hebrew means supplant replace
John means johannan means God's grace
the stone has been replaced supplanted
by God's grace
you know when Jesus came down this
mountain the people ran towards him the
multitudes ran towards him there's
something on his face the glory was
still there but when Moses went down the
mountain his face was shining also but
it was a decreasing Glory not in ever
increasing Splendor like Jesus's face he
when he came down when Moses came down
the people ran away from him
because his face the glory of the law
says you have sinned you have sinned you
have sinned and those the soul that sins
Must Die the curse is coming to you God
will visit your sins to the third and
fourth generation to your children and
your children's children that's the
glory of Moses
the glory of the son is this when he
came down his face says you have sin but
my blood has removed your sins the glory
means you will be with me in glory where
no sin will exist
and my blood has removed your sins
no wonder the people ran
so hear him
Peter James and John
hear him not them
hear him New Creation Church hear him
those watching hear him
hear him the law was given by Moses but
Grace and Truth came by Jesus Christ
hear him
hear the voice of Grace
are you with me
and the Bible says go back to Matthew
17.
when the disciples heard it they fell on
their faces and were greatly afraid next
verse but Jesus came and touched them
and said arise and do not be afraid when
they had lifted up their eyes they saw
no one
Moses is gone
no one Elijah was gone
they saw no one but Jesus only
may this be
the theme of our church and our ministry
to see no one but Jesus only
no matter how illustrious
Elijah may be no matter how great
Moses may be
saw no one but Jesus only now the father
just said hear him
they were all afraid they were all faced
down the Bible says Jesus came touched
them this is the first time Jesus spoke
right after the father says listen to
Jesus you wonder what what he will say
if you're the disciple down there all
right now you're right you know what he
said
but imagine you are trembling and the
father says listen to Jesus what would
he say what would you say then he came
normally he touched them
Personal Touch warmth and he says arise
and don't be afraid
it is not a commandment it's not a law
like the Ten Commandments it's Grace
I recently look it up in the Greek tents
when it says arise and don't be afraid
the great times literally the 10th day
in the this active voice and there's a
passive voice active means what you are
doing it passive means what something's
been done to you you're not the one
doing it
this word arise literally is
passive voice
it is it's like this allow yourself to
be lifted
that means what he didn't just touch
them
he raised them
this is truly the Fulfillment of what
that song wish that our loved one can do
You Raise Me Up
to stand upon the mountains and this is
literally Jesus lifting he says allow
yourself to be lifted
when you are lifted you stand on equal
ground with him and sometimes how can I
stand on equal ground that's what he
died to give you
he's standing
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