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“He took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray… And, behold, there talked with Him [the Lord Jesus] two men, which were Moses and Elias: who appeared in glory, and spake of His decease which He should accomplish at Jerusalem” (Luke 9:28,30-31).
When the Lord Jesus went up on the mount of transfiguration, He took Peter, John and James with Him. As He appeared in His glory, Moses and Elijah appeared too. Both of those men had left this world hundreds of years before—Moses through death, and Elijah by being caught up by a whirlwind into heaven without dying.
It is noteworthy what they talked about as they were there. Instead of talking about the wonderful glory of the Lord Jesus, and the joy of being there on the mountain with Him, they talked about His death that was shortly going to happen in Jerusalem. We might wonder why they did that, but they realized that all blessing, whether on earth or in heaven, had to come through the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus.
On this the Lord’s day, are you and I thinking about the suffering and death of the Lord Jesus, or are we thinking about a lot of other things? The Lord Jesus has asked us to remember Him, and values it very much if we think about Him, not only today, but every day.
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