To show the glorified LIVING Christ. They had seen him die, put him in the sepulcher, and watched the great stone roll across the entry way. Roman soldiers guarded the site because the Jews did not want Christ to reappear to them -- thus the transfiguration from mortal body to heavenly body, able to break the seal of death. Now for one and all.
The Transfiguration was mainly Christs way of showing the three most influential disciples (Peter, James and John) that He really was divine. that's why He told them not to mention what happened until He was gone back to the Father.
Undoubtedly, the purpose of the transfiguration of Christ into at least a part of His heavenly glory was so that the “inner circle” of His disciples could gain a greater understanding of who Jesus was. Christ underwent a dramatic change in appearance in order that the disciples could behold Him in His glory. The disciples, who had only known Him in His human body, now had a greater realization of the deity of Christ, though they could not fully comprehend it. That gave them the reassurance they needed after hearing the shocking news of His coming death.
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To show the glorified LIVING Christ. They had seen him die, put him in the sepulcher, and watched the great stone roll across the entry way. Roman soldiers guarded the site because the Jews did not want Christ to reappear to them -- thus the transfiguration from mortal body to heavenly body, able to break the seal of death. Now for one and all.
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The Transfiguration was mainly Christs way of showing the three most influential disciples (Peter, James and John) that He really was divine. that's why He told them not to mention what happened until He was gone back to the Father.
Undoubtedly, the purpose of the transfiguration of Christ into at least a part of His heavenly glory was so that the “inner circle” of His disciples could gain a greater understanding of who Jesus was. Christ underwent a dramatic change in appearance in order that the disciples could behold Him in His glory. The disciples, who had only known Him in His human body, now had a greater realization of the deity of Christ, though they could not fully comprehend it. That gave them the reassurance they needed after hearing the shocking news of His coming death.
Elijah was the prophet, Moses had the law, and Jesus was the promise Who fulfilled prophecy and the Law.
Jesus had said earlier:
Mat 16:28 Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.