Come to Life: Transfiguration, Transformation, and Service

This is the first foreshadowing of the fact that the curtain in the temple is torn, and that god who was previously unattainable couldn't even be gazed upon before, now this guy, Jesus, is bringing people up the mountain to meet this god. We have to we have to talk about this because it's unmistakable symbolism here. [00:39:38] (23 seconds)  #TransfigurationForeshadow

Jesus takes his people up to the mountain. He doesn't say wait here while I go get the word of God. He says, you're going to be with me as we together receive the message from God. Jesus takes his people up there to encounter this God that Moses was afraid was going to kill him if he even looked in that god's general direction. And Jesus is saying, come on up with me. Come on up with me. [00:40:02] (32 seconds)  #UpTheMountainTogether

But here's what's interesting. He doesn't say, get up. Stand on your feet. He doesn't say that. Instead, the Greek word that's translated here as get up is the same word, it's the same word that the angels used to tell the women at Jesus' tomb that Jesus got up. So Jesus is basically saying, not stand up. Jesus is saying, be raised up. Jesus is saying not saying, get on your feet. Jesus is saying, be resurrected. Jesus is saying, come to life. Come to life. [00:46:02] (48 seconds)  #BeRaisedUp

And Jesus says, don't be afraid to do that. That's the point. That's the point. It's not to stay up there forever. It's to come to life as a result of the message that we hear from God, to come to life, to be raised, to be changed as a result of the message that God has for us. That's the whole point. Peter was so concerned about missing something that he missed the biggest thing. He thought the whole point was to be in the place to hang out with Moses and Elijah. That wasn't the point. [00:46:50] (41 seconds)  #FearlessResurrection

And so the point isn't to stay. The point is to go and to tell the story. Peter is so obsessed with staying there that he's missing out on the point of the story. Jesus has to remind him what the point is. They're faced down on the ground. Jesus tells Peter and the other disciples what the point was. He says, get up. Get up. [00:45:33] (30 seconds)  #GoTellTheStory

Everywhere your feet touch is holy ground. Everywhere your feet touch is holy ground because you carry the light of God with you wherever you go. So don't think that there's a place that you can go that's like, oh, well, this isn't this isn't holy ground. Everywhere your feet touch is holy ground. Let that make us come alive. [00:59:35] (27 seconds)  #HolyGroundEverywhere

The whole point was to be transformed by Jesus. The whole point was to come to life. There is an actual brilliant theologian named Howard Thurman, and Howard Thurman says, don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come to life because what the world needs is people who have come to life. That's the point. That's the point of this scripture. [00:47:31] (35 seconds)  #LiveWhatRevivesYou

Peter completely misses the point. Peter says, yo, Jesus, that was awesome. That was the coolest thing I have ever seen. Let's build tents so that we could stay here forever. Peter misses the point. He misses the point. He's so excited. He doesn't wanna miss out. Right? In Peter's mind, this is the most limited edition thing that has ever happened. [00:43:21] (40 seconds)  #DontBuildTents