<html><head></head><body><div><div><div><div><br></div>&nbsp;Mark 9;2-4<div><br></div><div><b>2. &nbsp;And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves; and he was transfigured before them,</b></div><div><b>3. &nbsp;And his garments became glistening, intensely white, as no fuller on&nbsp;&nbsp;earth could bleach them.</b></div><div><b>4. &nbsp;And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses; and they were talking to Jesus.</b></div><div><br></div><div>It is good, on this ‘Good Friday,’&nbsp;to be reminded just exactly who is that beaten, bloodied, bruised,</div><div>naked man,&nbsp;crowned with thorns, with nails driven through his hands and feet, suspended between heaven and earth, when the sun refused to shine?</div><div><br></div><div>The sign over his head simply says, <i>“Jesus of Nazareth, king of the Jews” </i>&nbsp;but that sign is completely inadequate. &nbsp;Yes, it is Jesus of Nazareth, yes, he is the Son of king David, the rightful heir of the throne of all Israel. &nbsp;But, He is so, so much more.</div><div><br></div><div>The sign <u>should say,</u>&nbsp; “This is Almighty&nbsp;God, the Creator of the universe, the giver of all life, the Great and Most&nbsp;High&nbsp;<span>King of all kings. &nbsp;This is the One whom the Law and the Prophets foretold was coming into the world! &nbsp;This is the fullness of&nbsp;what true love is and looks like.”</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>We who believe, must see Good Friday with the eyes of faith. &nbsp;We must behold Christ crucified in the unimaginable glory and radiant light of the Transfiguration. &nbsp;This is the One who is swallowing up death forever, for us.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>This is the One who cleanses us, so that He may dwell in us, so&nbsp;that we may be partakers of His Divine Nature.</span></div><div><span>As we hear in the wedding service, <i><u>“they are no longer two, but One.”</u></i><u></u></span></div><div><span><i><u><br></u></i></span></div><div><span>Christ crucified, is the restoration of the perfect union of God in His creation. &nbsp;He is the utter end of all darkness, death, and evil. &nbsp;He is LORD, our Brother, Husband, and God. &nbsp;He is our true joy and perfect&nbsp;peace, our strength and life eternal. &nbsp;We are His most holy Children forever, we are the City of God, the Temple of God, the dwelling place of God, His own new creation,&nbsp;Amen.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Love,</span></div><div><span>Dad/Baba/Eric</span></div><div><span>Grandpa Pickle Pastor</span></div><div><span>“A chapter a day, every day, progressively, be transformed, ‘soak’ in the living Word. &nbsp;God’s Word is our habitation, and we <u>are</u>&nbsp;His.”</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><br><br><div><a href="https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&amp;c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&amp;af_sub1=Acquisition&amp;af_sub2=Global_YMktg&amp;af_sub3=&amp;af_sub4=100000604&amp;af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>


 Mark 9;2-4
2.  And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves; and he was transfigured before them,3.  And his garments became glistening, intensely white, as no fuller on  earth could bleach them.4.  And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses; and they were talking to Jesus.
It is good, on this ‘Good Friday,’ to be reminded just exactly who is that beaten, bloodied, bruised,naked man, crowned with thorns, with nails driven through his hands and feet, suspended between heaven and earth, when the sun refused to shine?
The sign over his head simply says, “Jesus of Nazareth, king of the Jews”  but that sign is completely inadequate.  Yes, it is Jesus of Nazareth, yes, he is the Son of king David, the rightful heir of the throne of all Israel.  But, He is so, so much more.
The sign should say,  “This is Almighty God, the Creator of the universe, the giver of all life, the Great and Most High King of all kings.  This is the One whom the Law and the Prophets foretold was coming into the world!  This is the fullness of what true love is and looks like.”
We who believe, must see Good Friday with the eyes of faith.  We must behold Christ crucified in the unimaginable glory and radiant light of the Transfiguration.  This is the One who is swallowing up death forever, for us.
This is the One who cleanses us, so that He may dwell in us, so that we may be partakers of His Divine Nature.As we hear in the wedding service, “they are no longer two, but One.”
Christ crucified, is the restoration of the perfect union of God in His creation.  He is the utter end of all darkness, death, and evil.  He is LORD, our Brother, Husband, and God.  He is our true joy and perfect peace, our strength and life eternal.  We are His most holy Children forever, we are the City of God, the Temple of God, the dwelling place of God, His own new creation, Amen.
Love,Dad/Baba/EricGrandpa Pickle Pastor“A chapter a day, every day, progressively, be transformed, ‘soak’ in the living Word.  God’s Word is our habitation, and we are His.”



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