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The Transfiguration

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The transfiguration
  • Mark 8:27-30
  • Mark 8:31-33 – Jesus begins teaching them that He would be killed. Peter says no because of his misconception about the Messiah.
  • Mark 8:34-38 – They must become living sacrifices for Jesus and the gospel’s sake. Don’t be ashamed of Jesus!
  • Mark 9:2-13 – Jesus was talking with Moses and Elijah about His death (see Luke 9:31). Jesus had to die for them to be saved (Hebrews 9:15)!
  • Mark 9:30-32 – Jesus again tells them He will be killed.
  • Mark 10:32-34 – Again, Jesus tells them He will be killed.
    • 30+ years after the transfiguration, Peter uses it to teach a lesson
    • II Peter 1:16-18 – They were eyewitnesses of His majesty!
    • Peter and the other apostles were eyewitnesses of and participants in many miracles.
    • John 15:27 – They bore witness of what they’d seen.
    • I John 1:1 – “seen with our eyes,” “bear witness,” “heard”
    • II Peter 1:19-21 – We have a more sure word of prophecy. Prophecy shined in the darkness until Christ came to bring the full light.
    • Luke 16:29 – Moses and the prophets had been dead 400-1400 years! Today we still have them, along with Jesus and the apostles.
      • Bible date
      Bible reference
      Scientific fact
      Discovery date
      1000 BC; 700 BC
      Proverbs 8:27; Isaiah 40:22
      Spherical earth
      1500s AD
      2000 BC
      Job 26:7
      Unsupported earth
      1600s AD
      64 AD
      Acts 17:26
      Mankind is one blood
      1900 AD
      • God revealed these things to them!
        • Fulfilled prophecy, including some about Jesus
        Bible reference
        Approx. date prophesied
        Specific event
        Approx. date fulfilled
        Bible reference
        I Kings 13:1-2
        960 BC
        Told of Josiah and his actions 300 years before his birth
        660 BC
        II Kings 22; II Kings 23
        Isaiah 44-45
        720 BC
        Cyrus to release Jews
        536 BC
        Ezra 1:1-3
        About Jesus, beyond His ability to “fix”
        Bible reference
        Approx. date prophesied
        Specific event
        Approx. date fulfilled
        Bible reference
        Micah 5:2
        720 BC
        Place of birth
        4-5 BC
        Matthew 2:5-6
        Jeremiah 31:15
        600 BC
        Slaughter of babies
        5-6 BC
        Matthew 2:17-18
        Psalms 41:9; 55:13
        1000 BC
        Betrayed by a friend
        30 AD
        John 13:18
        Zechariah 11:12-13
        520 BC
        Price of betrayal
        30 AD
        Matthew 27:9-10
        Psalms 69:21
        1000 BC
        Vinegar and gall on cross
        30 AD
        Matthew 27:34
        Isaiah 53:12
        720 BC
        Crucified between two thieves
        30 AD
        Mark 15:28
        Psalms 22:16; Zechariah 12:10
        1000 BC; 520 BC
        Nailed and pierced
        30 AD
        John 19:34, 37
        Psalms 34:20
        1000 BC
        No bones broken
        30 AD
        John 19:33, 36
        Psalms 22:18
        1000 BC
        Cast lots for garments
        30 AD
        John 19:23-24
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