What did the Transfiguration mean for them and for us? It meant he is divine; he is the Son of God. Here is a preview of his glory. He is timeless, he will endure death through the resurrection. His humiliation will be entirely voluntary, just look at his power, he doesn’t have to do this. He is doing it for us. Look at his purity and his holiness. He is qualified to be our representative, our Messiah, our sin bearer. His kingdom is not earthly, it is heavenly. This is about a heavenly kingdom, the kingdom of Christ. The Old Testament bows to him; its representatives are subservient to him. All the promises meet in him. Look at the majesty and the divinity he is investing in the cross of Calvary for us. Like Peter, you will be able to speak with him and address him and approach him one day. Don’t doubt him – hear him – not only his teaching but his commands. The Transfiguration breathes all this. We cannot even begin to imagine it but there it was to teach and to fortify that inner band of disciples, who would not speak of it until after the resurrection. The people who did not see he was Messiah mustn’t see this, but it is ours as Christian people. We see it, as it were, in our mind’s eye and we say, ‘That is our Saviour. We will hear him. We will obey him. He is the one who will rule us in his glory eternally.’