August 6, 2021

“Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. And while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white. Suddenly they saw two men, Moses and Elijah, talking to him.” (Luke 9:28)

Churches commemorate the Transfiguration today. That’s the day that Jesus took his 3 buddies on a hike up a mountain. Suddenly, His Son of God-ness burst through and He shone with glory. And voila! – Moses and Elijah showed up.

In this scene you have the foundations of the Old Testament: the Law (Moses) and the Prophets (Elijah). But at the end, we read that Jesus is the only one left. In other words, Grace is everything. In the end, Grace is all that is left. It’s all that you can’t leave behind.

That’s been the theme running through this week’s Almost Daily. And that is God’s theme that runs through eternity, forever and ever. Amen.

“O God, who on the holy mount revealed to chosen witnesses your well-beloved Son, wonderfully transfigured, in raiment white and glistening: Mercifully grant that we, being delivered from the disquietude of this world, may by faith behold the King in his beauty; who with you, O Father, and you, O Holy Spirit, lives and reigns, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.” (The Transfiguration – BCP)