Matthew 17.1-13 Isaiah 50 Psalm 70 1 Thessalonians 5.12-28
Matthieu 17.1-13 Esaie 50 Psaumes 70 1 Thessaloniciens 5.12-28
We think we know what we’re seeing. We like to believe we’re behaving appropriately in the circumstances: ideally, we’ll be in control of them. But in Matthew’s account of the Transfiguration it is made abundantly clear that Peter, as he and his fellow disciples so often did, got hold of completely the wrong end of the stick. Initially he seems to be almost flattered that he, James and John, alone of the Twelve, have been invited by Jesus to walk with Moses and Elijah. Does he think “What a vision. Has Heaven touched Earth? Am I numbered with the elect of God?” His reaction is to try and “secularise” the situation, to offer them earthly hospitality by building shelters for them. Then things notch up a gear. God himself speaks, and the three disciples are, quite reasonably, terrified – and firmly put back in their place. However, they have Jesus with them, who being fully human as well as the Son of God, can know and understand them better than they do themselves. He is there to reassure them and explain what they have seen, like a loving older brother.
Let us pray that, like the first disciples, we try to understand what is really going on by obeying God’s instruction to listen to His Son, put our trust in Him and follow his words.
La Transfiguration: croyons-nous simplement nos yeux? Cette histoire montre que nous devons écouter la parole de Jésus pour comprendre ce qui se passe réellement.
Carol de Lusignan
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