Matthew 17:3-9
Mat 17:3-4 And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him. (4) Then Peter answered and said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here; if You wish, let us make here three tabernacles: ONE FOR YOU, ONE FOR MOSES, AND ONE FOR ELIJAH.”
Just from the face of these two verses how did Peter know who Moses and Elijah were? They didn’t have pictures of the prophets, yet without hesitation Peter knew?
This is a glimpse of heaven where JESUS, and just like the FATHER revealed to Peter who JESUS was (Matthew 16:16-17) when were in heaven we shall know just as HE is known!
1Co 13:12 NLT, Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, BUT THEN WE WILL SEE EVERYTHING WITH PERFECT CLARITY. ALL THAT I KNOW NOW IS PARTIAL AND INCOMPLETE, BUT THEN I WILL KNOW EVERYTHING COMPLETELY, JUST AS GOD NOW KNOWS ME COMPLETELY.
Mat 17:5-6 While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and SUDDENLY A VOICE CAME OUT OF THE CLOUD, saying, “THIS IS MY BELOVED SON, IN WHOM I AM WELL PLEASED. HEAR HIM!” (6) AND WHEN THE DISCIPLES HEARD IT, THEY FELL ON THEIR FACES AND WERE GREATLY AFRAID.
When GOD spoke to Job it was thru a whirlwind (Job 38:1), when HE spoke to all of Israel at the base of HIS Mountain all the people were afraid!
Exo 20:18-19 NOW ALL THE PEOPLE WITNESSED THE THUNDERINGS, THE LIGHTNING FLASHES, THE SOUND OF THE TRUMPET, AND THE MOUNTAIN SMOKING; AND WHEN THE PEOPLE SAW IT, THEY TREMBLED AND STOOD AFAR OFF. (19) Then they said to Moses, “YOU SPEAK WITH US, AND WE WILL HEAR; BUT LET NOT GOD SPEAK WITH US, LEST WE DIE.”
Even Isaiah, when he saw HIS presence thought he was going to die!
Isa 6:5 So I said: “WOE IS ME, FOR I AM UNDONE! Because I am a man of unclean lips, And I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; For my eyes have seen the King, The LORD of hosts.”
When we see ourselves compared to the FATHER, we know that we are just dust, deserving of nothing and we can’t even approach HIM because of HIS purity. We are all filthy in HIS presence and we know it!
1Ti 6:16 who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see, to whom be honor and everlasting power. Amen.
Like, Peter I would also be afraid, Yet I also know that GOD, for some reason, loves us tremendously! When we come to HIM we must recognize who HE is, and that were nothing in HIS presence!
Psa 103:11-12 For as the heavens are high above the earth, So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him; (12) As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us.
Like David said, “what is man that YOU are mindful of him”? Is not who we are but who HE is!