The Transfiguration is one of the most stunning moments in the Gospels. Jesus took three disciples — Peter, James, and John — up a high mountain (traditionally Mount Tabor, though some scholars argue for Mount Hermon) to pray. "He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light" (Matthew 17:2). Then Moses and Elijah appeared and talked with Him about "His decease which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem" (Luke 9:31). The word for "decease" is exodus in Greek — Jesus' death was not defeat but a departure, an exodus, a deliverance He was about to lead. Peter, characteristically, tried to preserve the moment: "It is good for us to be here; let us make three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah" — not knowing what He said. A cloud overshadowed them — the same Shekinah cloud of God's glory — and a voice spoke: "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!" (Matthew 17:5). The Father's voice had spoken the same words at Jesus' baptism, but now added a command: Hear Him. Moses and Elijah — representing the Law and the Prophets — then disappeared, leaving "Jesus only" (17:8). The Transfiguration was the Father's authentication of the Son before the very disciples who would soon see Him crucified. It was a glimpse of the glory that belonged to Christ before the incarnation and that will belong to Him again at His return. Peter never forgot it: "We were eyewitnesses of His majesty" (2 Peter 1:16). The Transfiguration reminds us that the broken, bleeding Christ of Calvary is also the blazing, glorified Christ of the mount — the same Person, both views equally true.