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2016/02/07

Transfiguration for everyone

Transfiguration The blog title is just a hair flippant, which shouldn’t surprise anyone really, but it is trying to get across part of what I was preaching about today.

Today is Transfiguration Sunday in the church year and it all revolves around the story of the Transfiguration of Jesus on a mountain. He was there with Peter, James and John and suddenly he was transfigured, transformed, into a dazzling figure with clothes so white they were unearthly and visited by Moses and Elijah. A dramatic story that leaves us with more questions than answers.

This year, as Transfiguration is a yearly event, I decided to look into the notion of transfiguration not just for Jesus but also for us. The epistle lesson for this Sunday includes this: “And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit.” 2 Corinthians 3:18 (NRSV) We are being transformed into something very like what Jesus was Transfigured into, namely a glorified body. This is not, I hasten to add, that we become divine in the same way Jesus was but rather we will some day be exactly the people we were created to be complete with a body that is equally exactly what it was created to be. I, for one, can’t wait.

Knox Presbyterian Transfigured?

https://wordsfromthemiddle.ca/wp-content/uploads/160207_Knox.mp3

St. Mark’s Presbyterian Transfigured?

https://wordsfromthemiddle.ca/wp-content/uploads/160207_St_Marks.mp3

As always, let me know what you think in the comments or any other way.

Blessings,

Barry

Article by Barry / Epiphany, Preaching, Sunday, Year C / Elijah, Jesus, Moses, preaching, Sunday, Transfiguration, transfigured, transformation, transformed Leave a Comment

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