Master of Time: The Transfiguration

And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, who were talking with Jesus.

 - From Mark 9

There are some commonly-held views about what actually took place at the Transfiguration of Christ. But as with all of Scripture, there may always be some little point, or detail, that is overlooked, or perhaps veiled. 

All of us together have only part of the whole. One of the reasons why unity is so eminently critical to humanity, is so that we can match the details that each of us hold, and with creativity, put together concepts, ideas, or facts, that seem incompatible. The outcome is Truth. Humanity fails to make true progress, because humanity is in love with partisanship, and denominationalism.

Let me share my little take (just one point of many) regarding the Transfiguration. It comes from years of studying some rare texts about all kinds of doctrine, combined with my reading of history and science, and a whole of discussions with people from all walks of life,. over decades.

And I am indebted, also, to the influence I received in the 1990s, from a variety of people, to strive for open-mindedness and embrace new ideas.

It goes like this:

How did Moses and Elijah get to the Mount of Transfiguration? What were they doing there? Was it just a vision, or dream? Was it really them? Were they resurrected for this purpose only, and then returned to the grave? How did the three Apostles know their identities?

I believe that God, Who occupies Eternity . . . a dimension without time. A concept and place that is the never ending Present - - - also could control time. He can mix and match it. He can move events and chronologies around the way we cut and paste parts of a document, or sort a column in a spreadsheet. And we're no more aware of this editing process, than the characters in the Harry Potter series are aware of J.K. Rowlings' thoughts. 

The Transfiguration was a simple act of God placing Moses and Elijah in the timeline of Christ, at just the right time. For the Master of Time, it was easy.

And now the fun part becomes: studying the lives of Moses and Elijah . . . and trying to figure out at what point they were clutched away from that moment, to be placed into the cataclysmic moment with Christ.

As the two stood there, with Christ, imagine their thoughts, and comments, as they looked down at the frightened three Apostles, and considered the impact of this intersection of several different threads in the Gospel story.