Coming Down the Mountain
Mark 9:9 As they came down the mountain, Jesus ordered them, “Don't tell anyone what you have seen, until the Son of Man has risen from death.” Good News Translation (GNT) Copyright © 1992 by American Bible Society So down the side of the mountain they come. Excitement, confusion, they are filled with an array of emotion, those who aren't divine. What did all of this mean? Elijah, Moses, the teacher's face bathed in radiant sunlight. They have heard him say to others, not His chosen, to keep silent about the miracles witnessed, but they have never considered themselves stymied by those words. And what of this rising from death? How can this occur? Why should it be allowed to happen? They are simple men who desire simple lives. Miracles have been set out before their eyes like a banquet filled with every treat ever desired. This man, this prophet, this God has shown them everything their hearts have longed to see. They have heard the voice...