Last Sunday we travelled with Jesus into the desert. This week we climb Mount Tabor with Him, and with Peter, James and John. We become witnesses, with them, of the amazing event of His Transfiguration.
This scene takes place in a very difficult moment for the Apostles. For the first time, Jesus has begun to speak openly about the fact that He will go to Jerusalem, and there He will be arrested and murdered. This is very unsettling, as they believe that He is the Messiah, and that the Messiah cannot die. They have begun to question whether or not they have followed the wrong man, and that He was now leading them into disaster, not only for Him, but for them as well. Their faith in Him has been shaken.
It is in the midst of that crisis of faith that they are granted this remarkable vision, in which they see Jesus with both Moses and Elijah. Jesus became dazzlingly white, as were His clothes. This is showing us Jesus in His resurrected form. And the two individuals with Him, Moses and Elijah, tell us a great deal about Jesus.