http://www.hieropraxis.com/2010/02/hope-and-love-on-the-way-of-the-cross-the-transfiguration-of-jesus/ Literature and faith, truth and beauty Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:23:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.hieropraxis.com/2010/02/hope-and-love-on-the-way-of-the-cross-the-transfiguration-of-jesus/#comment-69 pwgilbert Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:38:10 +0000 http://www.hieropraxis.com/?p=401#comment-69 Recently we completed a study of Hebrews in our Monday night Bible study. The writer makes the argument that the New covenant is superior to the Old, and that salvation through Jesus' blood is superior to attempts to achieve righteousness through obedience to the law. I couldn't find the right image to represent this argument until, while listening to a podcast of the Scriptural Rosary, Luminous mysteries, the passage about the Transfiguration was read. At one point, Moses and Elijah leave Jesus, and we're told the three disciples saw "only Jesus." That sums up Hebrews well; Moses represented the law and the Tabernacle, the old covenant; Elijah was the first of the prophets, and is said to have been a forerunner of Jesus. Jesus called John the Baptist an Elijah figure. Jesus then, alone, is all we need; Jesus' atoning death and glorious resurrection fulfilled the promise of the law and prophets. God knows we need mountain top experiences to sustain us through Lent! Recently we completed a study of Hebrews in our Monday night Bible study. The writer makes the argument that the New covenant is superior to the Old, and that salvation through Jesus’ blood is superior to attempts to achieve righteousness through obedience to the law. I couldn’t find the right image to represent this argument until, while listening to a podcast of the Scriptural Rosary, Luminous mysteries, the passage about the Transfiguration was read. At one point, Moses and Elijah leave Jesus, and we’re told the three disciples saw “only Jesus.” That sums up Hebrews well; Moses represented the law and the Tabernacle, the old covenant; Elijah was the first of the prophets, and is said to have been a forerunner of Jesus. Jesus called John the Baptist an Elijah figure. Jesus then, alone, is all we need; Jesus’ atoning death and glorious resurrection fulfilled the promise of the law and prophets. God knows we need mountain top experiences to sustain us through Lent!

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