NOTES:
1] Moses represents the Law, Elijah, the Prophets. Important as both are, Christians see them superseded by Jesus, a new & greater Moses & Elijah. 2] In EX 34:29 Moses face glows as he comes down Mt.Sinai with the Law. 3] LK 9: 30-31 tells what Moses, Elijah, & Jesus were talking about. 4] For Peter's version, see 2PET 1:16-18. 5] This event is a 'theophany', a revealing of God. 6] For the tents, see (LEV23:39-44).

WARMING UP: If we were going to climb a mountain,  who would we want to  go with us?

TREASURES OLD & NEW: Identify God at work in anything this week?

ENTERING INTO THE STORY:

2-3        Did we have company when we had some / any great life-changing experience? Have our main spiritual experiences usually been personal or shared? What makes a religious experience significant? Have we ever sensed such an experience was about to happen, or did it just 'jump' us? Have we ever experienced some 'transfiguration', like Jesus here, even if not on the same scale? Have we ever seen such a thing happen to someone else? What does the whiteness / lightness of Jesus in this incident symbolise for us?

4           How important, if at all, have Moses & Elijah been in our own spiritual journey? Could we summarise what the Law of Moses & the message of the Prophets mean to us? Or have Moses, The Law, Elijah, the Prophets dropped too far out of our Christian scene today for us to be able to appreciate the part they played as precursors of Jesus the Christ?

5-6       What kinds of things make us aware we are in God's presence? How conscious are we that it is good to be in God's presence? Just sometimes, or always? Are we ever out of God's presence, even if we're not  mindful that we are in it? Is it just wishful thinking that: a) we can still have religious experiences? b) that we can prolong them by anything we do?

7-8       Do experiences such as Jesus' transfiguration have any reality for us, or do they seem too far fetched? Is there some  way of explaining them away? Do we feel a need need to do that? How do we explain what they mean to us, to those who regard them as just a trick of the imagination, primitive thinking, etc.? Do 'theophanies' (see N.5 above) still happen today? Do we still have 'eyes' to see such things?

9          Do we have trouble balancing the seemingly opposing divine power / human servanthood aspects of the title Son of Man (Jesus' favourite way of referring to himself)? Which 'end' of the paradox of Jesus' divinity & humanity do we set more stock by? Does that have anything to do with how hard we're finding the Christian journey at any given time? How do we go about reconciling both 'ends' of this seeming paradox in daily life?