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| [1]������ This often snow-capped mountain is some 9000 feet above sea level.� It is about thirty miles east of the Mediterranean Sea and on a clear day must have provided an amazing view.� It was known even centuries before as a place of religious contemplation; ancient artifacts found here show evidence of a few scattered pagan monastaries and temples.� Today it is called Jebel eth-Thilj, "mount of snow." | ||||||||||
| [2]������ THE BIBLE, JOHN 5:18; MARK 3:6 [NIV]; JOHN 7:1,25; - [APRIL AD 28] That really set them off.� The Jews were now not only out to expose him; they were out to kill him....[MAY AD 28] Then the Pharisees went out and began to plot with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus....[APRIL, AD 29] He didn't want to travel to Judea because the Jews there were looking for a chance to kill him...."Isn't this the one they were out to kill?� And here he is out in open?" | ||||||||||
| [3]������ SEE VOLUME IV, FOLK HERO, "Heart Hunger" | ||||||||||
| [4]������ THE BIBLE, JOHN 6:32-35 - "The real significance...is not that Moses gave you bread [manna] from heaven but that my Father is right now offering you bread from heaven, the real bread....I am the Bread of Life." | ||||||||||
| [5]������ THE BIBLE, HEBREWS 2:18 - Then when he [Jesus]� came before God as high priest to get rid of the people's sin, he would have already experienced it all himself ~ all the pain, all the testing ~ and would be able to help where help was needed. | ||||||||||
| [6]������ THE BIBLE, MARK 8:31-32 - "It is necessary that the Son of Man proceed to an ordeal of suffering, be tried and found guilty by the elders, high priests, and religion scholars, be killed, and after three days rise up alive."� He said this simply and clearly so they couldn't miss it.� But Peter grabbed him in protest.� Turning and seeing his disciples wavering...Jesus confronted..."Get out of my way!� Satan, get lost!� You have no idea how God works!" | ||||||||||
| [7]������ THE BIBLE, JOHN 1:29 [NIV] - The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!" | ||||||||||
| [8]������ THE BIBLE, LUKE 9:28 - About eight days after saying this, he climbed the mountain to pray, taking Peter, John, and James along. | ||||||||||
| [9]������ THE BIBLE, LUKE 9:29 - While he was in prayer, the appearance of his face changed and his clothes became blinding white. | ||||||||||
| [10]����� THE BIBLE, DEUTERONOMY 4:21-22; 3:26-27 - "The Lord was angry with me...and he solemnly swore that I would not cross the Jordan and enter the good land the Lord your God is giving you as your inheritance.� I will die in this land....'That is enough,' the Lord said.� 'Do not speak to me anymore about this matter.� Go up to the top of Pisgah and....look at the land with your own eyes since you are not going to cross this Jordan.' " | ||||||||||
| [11]���� A statements of Jesus that appear in italics are not found in the Bible, but are inserted as speculation, and speculation only, by the author. | ||||||||||
| [12]����� THE BIBLE, DEUTERONOMY 34:1, 7; LUKE 3:25 - Then Moses climbed Mount Nebo from the Plains of Moab to the top of Pisgah, across from the Jordan....Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died....Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry. | ||||||||||
| [13]����� THE BIBLE, DEUTERONOMY 29:5 - "During the forty years that I led you through the desert, your clothes did not wear out, nor did the sandals on your feet." | ||||||||||
| [14]����� THE BIBLE, EXODUS 17:3-4; 32:31; NUMBERS 14:2, 11, 19 - But the people...grumbled against Moses.� They said, "Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to...die of thirst?"� Then Moses cried out to the Lord, "What am I to do with these people?� They are almost ready to stone me"...."But now, please forgive their sin ~ but if not, then blot me out of the book you have written"....All the Israelites grumbled against Moses...."If only we had died in Egypt!� Or in this desert"....The Lord said to Moses, 'How long will these people treat me with contempt?� How long will they refuse to believe in me, in spite of all the miraculous signs"....."In accordance with your great love, forgive the sin of these people, just as you have pardoned them from the time they left Egypt until now." | ||||||||||
| [15]����� THE BIBLE, JUDE 9 - The Archangel Michael, who went to the mat with the Devil as they fought over the body of Moses.... | ||||||||||
| [16]����� THE BIBLE, EXODUS 12:5, 7, 13 - "The animals you choose must be...without defect...sheep or goats....Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the door frames of the houses where they eat the lambs....The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you.� No destructive plague will touch you." | ||||||||||
| [17]����� THE BIBLE, LUKE 9:30-31 - Two men, Moses and Elijah, appeared in glorious splendor, talking with Jesus.� They spoke about his departure, which he was about to bring to fulfillment at Jerusalem. | ||||||||||
| [18]����� THE BIBLE, I KINGS 19:1-4 - Now [King] Ahab told [Queen] Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the [Baal] prophets with the sword.� So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, "May the gods deal with me...if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.� Elijah was afraid and ran for his life....He...sat down...and prayed that he might die.� "I have had enough, Lord," he said.� "Take my life." | ||||||||||
| [19]����� THE BIBLE, I KINGS 17:2-3; 18:1 - The word of the Lord came to Elijah:� "Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan"....In the third year, the word of the Lord came to Elijah:� "Go and present yourself to Ahab." | ||||||||||
| [20]����� THE BIBLE, II KINGS 2:11; LUKE 16:22a - Suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind...."The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him." | ||||||||||
| [21]����� THE BIBLE, II CORINTHIANS 5:21 [NIV]; I PETER 2:24� - God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God....He used his servant body to carry our sins to the Cross so we could be rid of them, free to live the right way.� His wounds became your healing. | ||||||||||
| [22]����� SEE VOLUME VII, SHADOW OF DEATH, "The Bowels of Hell" | ||||||||||
| [23]����� THE BIBLE, DEUTERONOMY 9:6; II CORINTHIANS 12:10 [NIV] - "It is not because of your righteousness that the Lord your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people"...."That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties.� For when I am weak, then I am strong." | ||||||||||
| [24]����� THE BIBLE, I CORINTHIANS 15:54-56 - Then the saying will come true:� "Death swallowed by triumphant Life!� Who got the last word, oh, Death?� Oh, Death, who's afraid of you now?"� It was sin that made death so frightening and law-code guilt that gave sin its leverage, its destructive power.� But now in a single victorious stroke of Life, all three ~ sin, guilt, death ~ are gone, the gift of our Master, Jesus Christ.� Thank God! | ||||||||||
| [25]����� THE BIBLE, JOHN 14:6 - Jesus said, "I am the road, also the Truth, also the Life." | ||||||||||
| [26]����� THE BIBLE, PSALM 23:4; LUKE 1:78-79 - Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil....through the heartfelt mercies of our God, God's Sunrise will break in upon us, shining on those in the darkness, those sitting in the shadow of death. | ||||||||||
| [27]����� THE BIBLE, LUKE 9:32 - Meanwhile, Peter and those with him were slumped over in sleep.� When they came to, rubbing their eyes, they saw Jesus in his glory and the two men standing with him. | ||||||||||
| [28]����� THE BIBLE, LUKE 9:33 [NIV] - As the men were leaving Jesus, Peter said to him, "Master, it is good for us to be here.� Let us put up three shelters ~ one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah."� (He did not know what he was saying.) | ||||||||||
| [29]����� THE BIBLE, LUKE 9:34 [NIV] - While he was speaking, a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud. | ||||||||||
| [30]����� THE BIBLE, EXODUS 40:34-35 - Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.� Moses could not enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had settled upon it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. | ||||||||||
| [31]����� THE BIBLE, LUKE 9:35 [NIV] - A voice came from the cloud saying, "This is my Son, whom I have chosen; listen to him." | ||||||||||
| [32]����� THE BIBLE, LUKE 9:36a [NIV] - When the voice had spoken, they found that Jesus was alone. | ||||||||||
| [33]����� THE BIBLE, MARK 9:9-11 - Coming down the mountain, Jesus swore them to secrecy.� "Don't tell a soul what you saw.� After the Son of Man rises from the dead, you're free to talk."� They puzzled over that, wondering what on earth "rising from the dead" meant. | ||||||||||
| [34]����� THE BIBLE, MARK 9:11; MALACHI 4:5 [prophesied 450 years earlier] - Meanwhile they were asking, "Why do the religion scholars say that Elijah has to come first?"..."See, I will send you the prophet Elijah, before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes." | ||||||||||
| [35]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 17:11-12 - Jesus answered, "Elijah does come and get everything ready.� I'm telling you, Elijah has already come but they didn't know him when they saw him.� They treated him like dirt, the same way they are about to treat the Son of Man." | ||||||||||
| [36]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 17:13 - That's when the disciples realized that all along he had been talking about John the Baptizer. | ||||||||||
| [37]����� THE BIBLE, MARK 9:30-31a; MATTHEW 17:24a - Leaving there, they went through Galilee.� He didn't want anyone to know their whereabouts, for he wanted to teach his disciples....When they arrived in Capernaum.... | ||||||||||
| [38]����� THE BIBLE, MARK 9:31-32 - He told them, "The Son of Man is about to be betrayed to some people who want nothing to do with God.� They will murder him.� Three days after his murder, he will rise, alive."� They didn't know what he was talking about, but were afraid to ask him about it. | ||||||||||
| [39]����� THE BIBLE, LUKE 9:51; MARK 10:32a [NIV] - When it came close to the time for his Ascension, he gathered up his courage and steeled himself for the journey to Jerusalem....They were on their way up to Jerusalem, with Jesus leading the way, and the disciples were astonished, while those who followed were afraid. | ||||||||||
| [40]����� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 27:55; LUKE 24:13; JOHN 19:25 - There were quite a few women watching from a distance, women who had followed Jesus from Galilee in order to serve him....That same day two of them were walking...about seven miles out of Jerusalem....Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. | ||||||||||
| [42]����� THE BIBLE, MARK 10:32-34 - He took the Twelve and began again to go over what to expect next.� "Listen to me carefully.� We're on our way to Jerusalem.� When we get there, the Son of Man will be betrayed to the religious leaders and scholars.� They will sentence him to death.� Then they will hand him over to the Romans, who will mock and spit on him, give him the third degree, and kill him.� After three days he will rise alive." | ||||||||||