R.C. Sproul

And Jesus was preparing himself and his disciples to return to Jerusalem to be handed over and killed.

He went aside with the inner circle of the disciples, Peter, James, and John.

And suddenly, Christ was transfigured in front of them.

The Greek word for that is metamorphosis.

Metamorphosis.

This profound change instantly came over the countenance of Jesus where his face became radiant, effulgent, as bright as the sun.

And his clothes were whiter than any fuller could make them.

A fuller was a professional cleaner.

And before their very eyes,

They saw this transformation and they saw this radiance of divine glory shining from Christ.

Remember that during the incarnation, the incarnation in a real sense was a veil of the divine nature of Christ.

Go back to the Old Testament when Moses was on the mountain and he asked God for the big one, Lord, let me see your face.

You know, what happened at the Red Sea was fantastic and witnessing the plagues was remarkable.

But please, I know no one has ever seen your face, but I want to see your face.

God said as if to Moses, Moses, you know what you're asking me.

I want you to remember no man can see my face and live.

I'll tell you what I'll do.

I'll carve a little cleft in the rock over here and I'll place you in the cleft of the rock and I will allow my backward parts to pass by just for a second.

But my face shall not be seen.

And when Moses had that momentary