13.01.18 exegesis – transfiguration exodus 34.29-35, exodus 3.1-14, 2 peter 1.16-21, matthew 17.1-9, psalm 2

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— The Transfiguration of Our
Lord
Jesus Is Transfigured and Manifests His Glory
— Exodus 34.29-35, Exodus 3.1-14, 2 Peter 1.16-21, Matthew 17.1-9, Psalm 2

Memorization Verses:
Exodus 34.29 When Moses came down from Mount
— lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the
a
Sinai, with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand as morning star rises in your hearts.
he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know Matthew 17.2,5 And he was transfigured before them,
that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became
with God. white as light…behold, a bright cloud overshadowed
Exodus 3.5 5 Then he said, “Do not come near; take your them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved
sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are Son,[a] with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.”
standing is holy ground.” Psalm 2: 7 The LORD said to me, “You are my Son;
2 Peter 1.19 And we have the prophetic word more fully today I have begotten you.
confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to

The Transfiguration is one of the miracles of
Jesus in the Gospels. This miracle is unique
among others that appear in the Canonical
gospels, in that the miracle happens to Jesus
himself. Thomas Aquinas considered the
Transfiguration "the greatest miracle" in that
it complemented baptism and showed the
perfection of life in Heaven. The
Transfiguration is one of the five major
milestones in the gospel narrative of the life
of Jesus, the others being Baptism,
Crucifixion, Resurrection, and Ascension.
The Transfiguration is a pivotal moment, and
the setting on the mountain is presented as the
point where human nature meets God: the
meeting place for the temporal and the
eternal, with Jesus himself as the connecting
point, acting as the bridge between heaven
and earth.

…Let us pray to the Lord. and for all who serve in our
…Lord, have mercy. armed forces...
1. God has revealed His 4. For the many educational
glory in the face of Christ. institutions of the church:
 Use your prayer notes. Confident in His love, let us her day schools and high
 Use a verse from the intercede for His Church schools, her colleges and
bible to reflect on.
and for all people. seminaries, that those who
 Pray about Jesus‟ glory
2. For the baptized, that teach and those who learn
 P raise those reborn in the font in them would be
R epentance
A ppreciation would give a ready ear to transformed by the wisdom
Y ou the words of God‟s beloved of Christ...
E veryone Son, and find them to be the 5. For this parish and its
R esolve very bread of life... mission and especially for
3. For the nations, that our catechumens, that
injustice and oppression beholding the glory of God
may come to an end, and in the face of Christ we
that the disinherited of this would be changed into His
world be given a share in image...
the goodness of creation

6. For those who are in glories to come...
need: the sick, the dying, 8. For Moses and Elijah,
the mourning, the lonely for Peter and James and
and forsaken, and all who John, and for all the saints
 Use your prayer notes.
pass through difficult and who gather around the
 Use a verse from the
bible to reflect on. trying times glorified Lord Jesus, let us
 Pray about God [especially_______] that give thanks and praise,
glorified in the temple. Christ would grant them asking that in His time we
 P raise relief and comfort through be given our portion with
R epentance the promise of sharing in His saints in light...
A ppreciation
His eternal glory... 9. All these things and
Y ou
E veryone 7. For all who come to the whatever else You see that
R esolve Holy Eucharist today, that we need, grant to us, Holy
they be granted a living Father, for the sake of Your
faith to find at this table beloved Son, who lives
spiritual sustenance for and reigns with You and
their earthly pilgrimage the Holy Spirit, one God,
and a foretaste of the now and forever. Amen.

1 O wondrous type! O vision fair What glory shall be theirs above
Of glory that the Church may share, Who joy in God with perfect love.
Which Christ upon the mountain shows,
Where brighter than the sun He glows! 4 And faithful hearts are raised on high
By this great vision's mystery,
2 With Moses and Elijah nigh For which in joyful strains we raise
The incarnate Lord holds converse high; The voice of prayer, the hymn of praise.
And from the cloud the Holy One
Bears record to the only Son. 5 O Father, with the eternal Son
And Holy Spirit ever one,
3 With shining face and bright array We pray Thee, bring us by Thy grace
Christ deigns to manifest today To see Thy glory face to face

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Jesus Is Transfigured and
Manifests His Glory
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 What are the major points of your text?
 How does your topic fit the pericope
theme?
 How does it connect to the other texts?
How is it unique?

Exodus 34:29-35 people of Israel came near, and he
The Shining Face of Moses commanded them all that the
29 When Moses came down from LORD had spoken with him in
Mount Sinai, with the two tablets Mount Sinai. 33 And when Moses
of the testimony in his hand as he had finished speaking with them,
came down from the mountain, he put a veil over his face.
Moses did not know that the skin 34 Whenever Moses went in before
of his face shone because he had the LORD to speak with him, he
been talking with God.[a] 30 Aaron would remove the veil, until he
and all the people of Israel saw came out. And when he came out
Moses, and behold, the skin of his and told the people of Israel what
face shone, and they were afraid to he was commanded, 35 the people
come near him. 31 But Moses of Israel would see the face of
called to them, and Aaron and all Moses, that the skin of Moses' face
the leaders of the congregation was shining. And Moses would put
returned to him, and Moses talked the veil over his face again, until he
with them.32 Afterward all the went in to speak with him.

Exodus 3:1-14 have come down to deliver them out of the
The Burning Bush hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out
3 Now Moses was keeping the flock of his of that land to agood and broad land, a land
father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the
he led his flock to the west side of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the
wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 9 And
God. 2 And the angel of the LORDappeared to now, behold, the cry of the people of Israel has
him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. come to me, and I have also seen the oppression
He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, with which the Egyptians oppress them. 10
yet it was not consumed.3 And Moses said, “I Come, I will send you to Pharaoh that you may
will turn aside to see this great sight, why the bring my people, the children of Israel, out of
bush is not burned.” 4 When the LORD saw Egypt.” 11 But Moses said to God, “Who am I
that he turned aside to see, God called to him that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the
out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, children of Israel out of Egypt?” 12 He said,
“Here I am.”5 Then he said, “Do not come near; “But I will be with you, and this shall be the
take your sandals off your feet, for the place on sign for you, that I have sent you: when you
which you are standing is holy ground.” 6 And have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall
he said, “I am the God of your father, the God serve God on this mountain.”
of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of 13 Then Moses said to God, “If I come to the
Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for he was people of Israel and say to them, „The God of
afraid to look at God. your fathers has sent me to you,‟ and they ask
7 Then the LORD said, “I have surely seen the me, „What is his name?‟ what shall I say to
affliction of my people who are in Egypt and them?” 14 God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I
have heard their cry because of their AM.”[a] And he said, “Say this to the people of
taskmasters. I know their sufferings, 8 and I Israel, „I AM has sent me to you.‟”

2 Peter 1:16-21 heaven, for we were with him on
Christ's Glory and the the holy mountain. 19 And we
Prophetic Word have the prophetic word more
16 For we did not follow fully confirmed, to which you
cleverly devised myths when we will do well to pay attention as
made known to you the power to a lamp shining in a dark place,
and coming of our Lord Jesus until the day dawns and the
Christ, but we were eyewitnesses morning star rises in your hearts,
of his majesty. 17 For when he 20 knowing this first of all, that
received honor and glory from no prophecy of Scripture comes
God the Father, and the voice from someone's own
was borne to him by the interpretation. 21 For no
Majestic Glory, “This is my prophecy was ever produced by
beloved Son,[a] with whom I am the will of man, but men spoke
well pleased,” 18 we ourselves from God as they were carried
heard this very voice borne from along by the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 17:1-9 cloud overshadowed them, and a
The Transfiguration voice from the cloud said, “This is
17 And after six days Jesus took my beloved Son,[a] with whom I
with him Peter and James, and am well pleased;listen to him.” 6
John his brother, and led them up When the disciples heard this,
a high mountain by themselves. 2 they fell on their faces and were
And he was transfigured before terrified. 7 But Jesus came and
them, and his face shone like the touched them, saying, “Rise, and
sun, and his clothes became white have no fear.” 8 And when they
as light. 3 And behold, there lifted up their eyes, they saw no
appeared to them Moses and one but Jesus only.
Elijah, talking with him. 4 And 9 And as they were coming down
Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is the mountain, Jesus commanded
good that we are here. If you them, “Tell no one the vision,
wish, I will make three tents here, until the Son of Man is raised
one for you and one for Moses from the dead.”
and one for Elijah.” 5 He was still
speaking when, behold, a bright

Psalm 2 7 I will tell of the decree:
The Reign of the LORD's The LORD said to me, “You are my
Anointed Son;
2 Why do the nations rage[a] today I have begotten you.
and the peoples plot in vain? 8 Ask of me, and I will make the
2 The kings of the earth set nations your heritage,
themselves, and the ends of the earth your
and the rulers take counsel possession.
together, 9 You shall break[b] them with a rod
against the LORD and against his of iron
Anointed, saying, and dash them in pieces like a
3 “Let us burst their bonds apart potter's vessel.”
and cast away their cords from 10 Now therefore, O kings, be wise;
us.” be warned, O rulers of the earth.
4 He who sits in the heavens laughs; 11 Serve the LORD with fear,
the Lord holds them in derision. and rejoice with trembling.
5 Then he will speak to them in his 12 Kiss the Son,
wrath, lest he be angry, and you perish in
and terrify them in his fury, the way,
saying, for his wrath is quickly kindled.
6 “As for me, I have set my King Blessed are all who take refuge in
on Zion, my holy hill.” him.

TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD

Exodus 34:29–35
or Exodus 3:1–14
2 Peter 1:16–21
Matthew 17:1–9

Jesus Is Transfigured and Manifests His Glory

The Lord appeared to Moses in the light of the burning bush (Ex. 3:1–14). Later Moses‟
face would shine with the light of God‟s glory when he came down from Mount Sinai (Ex.
34:29–35). At the Transfiguration, Moses and Elijah appeared with the One who is the
Light of Light Himself (Matt. 17:1–9). Jesus‟ glory as God shines with brilliant splendor in
and through His human nature. By this epiphany, our Lord confirmed the prophetic word
(2 Pet. 1:16–21), revealing that He is the fulfillment of the Law and the Prophets. He
manifested His majesty as the eternal Son of the Father, and He wonderfully foreshowed
our adoption as sons (Collect). We who have been baptized into Christ‟s body are given a
glimpse of the glory that we will share with Him in the resurrection on the Last Day.

 1 'Tis good, Lord, to be here!
Thy glory fills the night;  4 Before we taste of death,
Thy face and garments, like the We see Thy kingdom come;
sun, We long to hold the vision
Shine with unborrowed light. bright,
And make this hill our home.
 2 'Tis good, Lord, to be here,
Thy beauty to behold  5 'Tis good, Lord, to be here!
Where Moses and Elijah stand, Yet we may not remain;
Thy messengers of old. But since you bidst us leave the
mount,
 3 Fulfiller of the past Come with us to the plain.
And hope of things to be,
We hail Thy body glorified
And our redemption see.

 PRE-LENT
 Septuagesima
 Ex. 17:1-7 Water from the
Rock
 1 Cor. 9:24-10:5 Paul
Surrenders His Rights;
Warning Against Idolatry
 Matt. 20: 1-16 Laborers in the
Vineyard
 Psalm 95:1-9 Let Us Sing
Songs of Praise
 Grace Alone

PRE-LENT Septuagesima; Grace Alone keep it under control, lest after preaching to worked only one hour, and you have made them
Ex. 17:1-7; 1 Cor. 9:24-10:5; Matt. 20: 1-16; others I myself should be disqualified. equal to us who have borne the burden of the
Psalm 95:1-9 ; Warning Against Idolatry day and the scorching heat.‟13 But he replied to
Exodus 17:1-7 10 For I do not want you to be unaware, one of them, „Friend, I am doing you no wrong.
Water from the Rock brothers, that our fathers were all under the Did you not agree with me for a denarius?14
17 All the congregation of the people of Israel cloud, and all passed through the sea, 2 and all Take what belongs to you and go. I choose to
moved on from the wilderness of Sin by stages, were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the give to this last worker as I give to you. 15 Am I
according to the commandment of the LORD, sea, 3 and all ate the same spiritual food, 4 and not allowed to do what I choose with what
and camped at Rephidim, but there was no all drank the same spiritual drink. For they belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my
water for the people to drink. 2 Therefore the drank from the spiritual Rock that followed generosity?‟ 16 So the last will be first, and the
people quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us them, and the Rock was Christ. 5 Nevertheless, first last.”
water to drink.” And Moses said to them, “Why with most of them God was not pleased, for they Psalm 95:1-9
do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the were overthrown in the wilderness. Let Us Sing Songs of Praise
LORD?” 3 But the people thirsted there for Matthew 20:1-16 95 Oh come, let us sing to the LORD;
water, and the people grumbled against Moses Laborers in the Vineyard let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our
and said, “Why did you bring us up out of 20 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a master salvation!
Egypt, to kill us and our children and our of a house who went out early in the morning to 2 Let us come into his presence with
livestock with thirst?” 4 So Moses cried to the hire laborers for his vineyard. 2 After agreeing thanksgiving;
LORD, “What shall I do with this people? They with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of
are almost ready to stone me.” 5 And theLORD them into his vineyard. 3 And going out about praise!
said to Moses, “Pass on before the people, taking the third hour he saw others standing idle in the 3 For the LORD is a great God,
with you some of the elders of Israel, and take in marketplace, 4 and to them he said, „You go into and a great King above all gods.
your hand the staff with which you struck the the vineyard too, and whatever is right I will give 4 In his hand are the depths of the earth;
Nile, and go.6 Behold, I will stand before you you.‟5 So they went. Going out again about the the heights of the mountains are his also.
there on the rock at Horeb, and you shall strike sixth hour and the ninth hour, he did the same. 6 5 The sea is his, for he made it,
the rock, and water shall come out of it, and the And about the eleventh hour he went out and and his hands formed the dry land.
people will drink.” And Moses did so, in the sight found others standing. And he said to them, 6 Oh come, let us worship and bow down;
of the elders of Israel. 7 And he called the name „Why do you stand here idle all day?‟ 7 They let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker!
of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the said to him, „Because no one has hired us.‟ He 7 For he is our God,
quarreling of the people of Israel, and because said to them, „You go into the vineyard too.‟ 8 and we are the people of his pasture,
they tested the LORD by saying, “Is the LORD And when evening came, the owner of the and the sheep of his hand.
among us or not?” vineyard said to his foreman, „Call the laborers Today, if you hear his voice,
1 Corinthians 9:24-10:5 and pay them their wages, beginning with the 8 do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah,
4 Do you not know that in a race all the runners last, up to the first.‟ 9 And when those hired as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,
run, but only one receives the prize? So run that about the eleventh hour came, each of them 9 when your fathers put me to the test
you may obtain it. 25 Every athlete exercises self- received a denarius.10 Now when those hired and put me to the proof, though they had seen
control in all things. They do it to receive a first came, they thought they would receive my work.
perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. 26 So more, but each of them also received a denarius.
I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one 11 And on receiving it they grumbled at the
beating the air. 27 But I discipline my body and master of the house, 12 saying, „These last

13.01.18 exegesis – transfiguration exodus 34.29-35, exodus 3.1-14, 2 peter 1.16-21, matthew 17.1-9, psalm 2

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