Summary
And our text is situated right after this confession, right after Peter confesses Jesus Christ as the Messiah. Jesus is very much on the move throughout the Gospel of Mark, but Mark takes his time in letting us with his apostles get to know who Jesus is. And here he is saying six days, this is six days after Peter confessed Jesus to be the Messiah. And here these apostles are witnessing the transfiguration, transfiguration of Jesus speaking with Elijah and with Moses, the representation of God's prophets and law. They cannot be in a state of dismissing Jesus as, only Jesus, my pal Jesus, my friend Jesus, they were facing the active living word of God, the logos, the word made flesh right before their eyes. And here are the apostles face to face with this living glorified word of God with Elijah and Moses, the law and the prophets, which all point to the word of God.
Video citations
- "Only Jesus" 3-6-22 — Please be seated. If you already have your Bibles open to the Gospel of Mark, you are right where you should be. If you need to open and you're using a Pue edition, you can find Mark the ninth…