Week Six: The Mount of Transfiguration

Important events from the Mount of Transfiguration:

• Jesus takes Peter, James, and John onto a high mountain.
• Christ is transfigured in front of them, appearing as bright as the sun and as white as the light.
• Peter, James, and John see a vision of the earth in its "future glorified position" (BD, Transfiguration, Mount of).
• Moses and Elijah appear to them and teach them, telling them of Christ's death and resurrection.
• Christ, Moses, and Elijah confer the keys of the kingdom on Peter, James, and John.
• Peter, not knowing what to say, suggests building a Tabernacle for Jesus, Moses, and Elias each.
• A bright cloud overshadows them, and God the Father's voice is heard coming from the cloud, saying:  "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him."
• Peter, James, and John fall on their faces when they hear God's voice.
• Jesus touches them, telling them to arise and to not be afraid, and they see that He appears as a man once again.
• After they come down from the mountain, Jesus tells them not to tell anyone what happened until after He had risen from the dead.
• We have not yet been told all of the events that happened there.

These events helped prepare Peter, James, and John as future leaders of the Church because they gained greater understanding of who Jesus is, were given keys of the kingdom of heaven, and heard the witness of God the Father and felt the witness of the Holy Ghost. They also saw things that were to come, which, if I am correct in this being their first time, established them in their roles as prophets, seers, and revelators.