[Mar 15, 2026] His Transfiguration

But Jesus gets up and he says to the winds and waves, peace, be still. To your circumstances today, he is saying peace, be still. It's I, don't be afraid. Don't be afraid. In this body that you and I are living in right now, this body that has an expiration date, this fallen flesh that we live in, we're not prepared to experience all his glory. We're not prepared yet. There will be a day as the apostle John writes, beloved, now we are children of God and it has not appeared yet what will be. We know that when he appears, we will be like him because we will see him just as he is. [00:26:21] (50 seconds)  #PeaceBeStill

The fear of the Lord is a healthy respect for what God calls right and wrong and good and evil. It's he's the creator, we're the creation. He's the one that determines what's right and wrong and good and evil. I think there's two kinds of fear. There's a bad kind of fear that God has a 365 times God says fear not or don't be afraid in scripture. There's a fear not for every day of the year. So he doesn't want us to be afraid, he wants us to trust. He wants us to trust him but bad fear is a dil dilbitating. Say that word right? Debilitating. Thank you. Debilitating. [00:19:51] (42 seconds)  #HealthyFearOfTheLord

What did the tabernacle do? It confined the glory of God in the holy of holies. There was a veil, a large curtain where the, Ark of the Covenant was and the mercy seat and the Shekinah glory of God. So when we think about what's going on here, we can let our minds go the wrong way and think that God wants us to be afraid of him. And I don't think that's what's the intention here. In the Old Testament, in the Hebrew Bible, the phrase the fear of the Lord is used numerous times. And the fear of the Lord is a healthy respect for who God is. [00:19:10] (40 seconds)  #VeilAndTheGlory

So we got glory, we got fear, and the last word is peace. Peace. Says that they were so terrified, they fell on their faces, covered their eyes, and were like really scared, really scared. But what happens in this? Jesus comes to them and he touched them and he said, get up. You can hear him. Get up, guys. Don't be afraid. They're going, what are you talking about? What did we just witness here? And raising their eyes, they saw no one except Jesus himself alone. I think there's a lot going on here. Jesus' presence is peace. He is the king of peace, the prince of peace. [00:24:47] (53 seconds)  #JesusIsPeace

But the good kind of fear of the Lord is as the proverb says that don't be wise in your own eyes, fear God and shun evil. That is leads us to wisdom. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Let me give you a couple examples came to mind. Christie, our worship leader, she's from Louisiana. And every end of the summer, it's hurricane season for people in The Gulf and in Florida and the East Coast and all that area. And people who have have a healthy respect for hurricanes, they live because they leave their house and their property on the beach or places that are gonna get hit hardest. They have a healthy respect for the hurricane. [00:20:37] (49 seconds)  #FearLeadsToWisdom

And to you and I today, he says, don't be afraid. I want you to know who I am. I'm the creator and sustainer of all things and I am this glorious glorious God, but I want you to have peace. When he says, my peace I leave with you, how much more peace can we get than the peace of Jesus is ours? Jesus is the same guy who was at peace sleeping on a boat when the disciples thought they were gonna die. When they come to him, Jesus, we're gonna drown. Don't you care? You ever said that to the Lord? Lord, do you see my circumstances? Don't you care? We all do that. [00:25:42] (39 seconds)  #PeaceFromTheCreator

Keep thinking veil. What about the temple? What about the tabernacle? There's a a veil in there that confined the glory of God. In the New Testament, after the death of Jesus, the veil in the temple was torn in two. There was no longer this confined to the temple of the glory of God. And it's literally an invitation for people to come and know this glorious God through his son. The apostle Paul writes about this in second Corinthians three. Therefore having such a hope, we use great boldness in our speech and we are not like Moses who used to put a veil over his face so that the sons of Israel would not stare at the end of what was fading away. [00:23:15] (49 seconds)  #NoMoreVeil

Moses was not prepared to see the face of God. The disciples were not prepared to experience all the the glory of God. Jesus gave them a small glimpse. Jesus wanted his disciples to be confident in who they were following, that they were following the divine son of God in human flesh. When Moses was in the glory cloud, when he came down from the mountain, it said that his face was shiny as well and it scared the people. They were terrified at what they they saw. And it says that Moses had to put a veil over his face so that the people wouldn't be scared. [00:22:28] (47 seconds)  #GlimpseOfGod