第十七章

最好能將全章略讀一遍，再專注於以下經文段落：

 

1過了六天，耶穌帶著彼得、雅各，和雅各的兄弟約翰，暗暗地上了高山，2 就在他們面前變了形像，臉面明亮如日頭，衣裳潔白如光。3 忽然，有摩西、以利亞向他們顯現，同耶穌說話。4 彼得對耶穌說：「主啊，我們在這裏真好！你若願意，我就在這裏搭三座棚，一座為你，一座為摩西，一座為以利亞。」5 說話之間，忽然有一朵光明的雲彩遮蓋他們，且有聲音從雲彩裏出來，說：「這是我的愛子，我所喜悅的。你們要聽他！」6 門徒聽見﹐就俯伏在地，極其害怕。7 耶穌進前來，摸他們，說：「起來，不要害怕！」8 他們舉目不見一人，只見耶穌在那裏。9 下山的時候，耶穌吩咐他們說：「人子還沒有從死裏復活，你們不要將所看見的告訴人。」10 門徒問耶穌說：「文士為甚麼說以利亞必須先來？」11 耶穌回答說：「以利亞固然先來，並要復興萬事；12 只是我告訴你們，以利亞已經來了，人卻不認識他，竟任意待他。人子也將要這樣受他們的害。」13 門徒這才明白耶穌所說的是指著施洗的約翰。

 

默想：

1. 彼得、雅各，和約翰三個人在高山上親眼目睹了一件非常特殊的事件，以致他們仆倒在變了相的耶穌面前。當他們抬頭時，「他們舉目不見一人，只見耶穌在那裏」。何等奇妙的山頂經驗，耶穌熟悉的臉面明亮如日頭，衣裳潔白如光，在光明的雲彩遮蓋他們時，他們聽見有聲音宣佈，耶穌是神的愛子，他們窺見了耶穌的榮耀。所以他們就全然地沉浸在敬拜的當中。
2. 回想自己信主的歷程中，我在什麼情況下承認「耶穌是超越一切，我應當聽從祂」？神怎樣向我宣佈：「這是我的愛子，我所喜悅的」？我有怎樣的回應？

禱告與筆錄：

繼續安靜在神面前，與神對話，並聆聽祂對我說的話。將心中的思想（心得），或是與神的禱告，記錄在“靈程筆記”本上面。

 

Chapter 17

If possible, read the whole chapter to see the full picture of what is happening here. Then focus on the following section:

¹After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. ²There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. ³Just then there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus. ⁴Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will put up three shelters—one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.” ⁵While he was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!” ⁶When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown to the ground, terrified. ⁷But Jesus came and touched them. “Get up,” he said. “Don’t be afraid.” ⁸When they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus. ⁹As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus instructed them, “Don’t tell anyone what you have seen, until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.” ¹⁰The disciples asked him, “Why then do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?” ¹¹Jesus replied, “To be sure, Elijah comes and will restore all things. ¹²But I tell you, Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but have done to him everything they wished. In the same way the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.” ¹³Then the disciples understood that he was talking to them about John the Baptist.

Meditation:

1. Peter, James and John witnessed a special event on the mountaintop. They fell down before the transformed Jesus and when they looked up “they saw no one except Jesus”. What a mountaintop experience that was. In the rays that blazed from His familiar form, in the bright cloud that enveloped them, and in the voice announcing Jesus as God’s Son, Christ’s essential glory was glimpsed. They were deeply, completely, totally immersed in worship.
2. How did I ever come to realize that Jesus was the one above all others that I should listen to? How has God said to me, “This is my child, whom I love, with whom I am well pleased”? What was my response?

Prayer & Journaling:

Stay with God for a little while longer. Continue to converse with God and listen to what he wants to tell me. Then write down any thought and/or prayer in the 2011 “Spiritual Journal” book.