{"id":6193,"date":"2021-02-13T08:10:34","date_gmt":"2021-02-13T13:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/?p=6193"},"modified":"2021-02-13T08:10:34","modified_gmt":"2021-02-13T13:10:34","slug":"feb-142021-transfiguration-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/2021\/02\/feb-142021-transfiguration-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Feb. 14,2021 Transfiguration Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-canvas-width=\"227.56799999999993\">Today is the Sunday before Ash\u00a0Wednesday\u00a0(Lent begins on Ash Wednesday) and\u00a0we are\u00a0reflecting on the Transfiguration of Jesus.\u00a0Scholars down through the ages have discussed<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"319.824\">extensively the Transfiguration event. Nearly\u00a0 everyone begins by admitting that they are not\u00a0sure of exactly what\u00a0took place. Please note that\u00a0only the synoptic Gospels\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Mark 9:2-9,<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"186.71999999999997\">Luke\u00a09:28\u00a0&#8211;\u00a036 and Matthew 17:1-8\u00a0and the second letter of Peter, 1:16-18 record the event.<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"421.408\">What is the transfiguration story trying to teach\/tell us?<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"191.024\">Is it trying to tell Christians\u00a0about the unique Messiahship of Jesus? Is it trying to focus our attention on the\u00a0disciples who found it hard to believe that Jesus was the Messiah? Is it trying to do\u00a0both? Or, after all, is it trying to strengthen the faith of the disciples for the road\u00a0of\u00a0crucifixion and suffering that was ahead? Even if we resolve these issues of the\u00a0purpose of the story, the event itself still remains strange.\u00a0Elijah and Moses carry such great symbolic weight in Jewish tradition and culture that\u00a0the purpose of their\u00a0appearance on the mountaintop with Jesus is far from clear. And\u00a0then, of course, there is the presence of the \u201ccloud,\u201d the \u201cshining garment\u201d of Jesus, and<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"380.7840000000001\">those \u201cthree dwellings&#8221; Peter speaks out about. What\u00a0does the presence\u00a0of these\u00a0elements add to this\u00a0remarkable and mysterious event?\u00a0In today\u2019s world we do not like to hear about mysterious things\u00a0\u2013\u00a0but yes, there is still\u00a0mystery and mysterious things, even in today\u2019s world there are things we cannot explain\u00a0by hard cold scientific and logical evidence.<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"620.9119999999996\">Is there anything mysterious that has ever taken place in your life? What was it! How did you\u00a0feel?<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"620.9119999999996\">Your brother in Christ,<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"117.93599999999999\">Ernest Belisle<\/div>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"56.70400000000001\">(Pastor)<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is the Sunday before Ash\u00a0Wednesday\u00a0(Lent begins on Ash Wednesday) and\u00a0we are\u00a0reflecting on the Transfiguration of Jesus.\u00a0Scholars down through the ages have discussed extensively the Transfiguration event. Nearly\u00a0 everyone begins by admitting that they are not\u00a0sure of exactly what\u00a0took place. Please note that\u00a0only the synoptic Gospels\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Mark 9:2-9, Luke\u00a09:28\u00a0&#8211;\u00a036 and Matthew 17:1-8\u00a0and the second letter of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-worship-and-teaching"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6193"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6194,"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6193\/revisions\/6194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chilmarkchurch.org\/service\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}