{"id":14182,"date":"2017-10-25T08:43:12","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T12:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/?p=14182"},"modified":"2017-10-25T08:43:12","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T12:43:12","slug":"daily-bible-reading-devotional-luke-928-36-october-18-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/2017\/10\/25\/daily-bible-reading-devotional-luke-928-36-october-18-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Bible Reading Devotional [Luke 9:28-36-]-October 18, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Transfiguration<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span class=\"text Luke-9-28\"><sup class=\"versenum\">28\u00a0<\/sup>Now about eight days after these sayings he took with him\u00a0Peter and John and James and\u00a0went up on the mountain to pray.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-ESV-25322\" class=\"text Luke-9-29\"><sup class=\"versenum\">29\u00a0<\/sup>And as he was praying, the appearance of his face was\u00a0altered, and\u00a0his clothing became dazzling white.<\/span><span id=\"en-ESV-25323\" class=\"text Luke-9-30\"><sup class=\"versenum\">30\u00a0<\/sup>And behold, two men were talking with him, Moses and Elijah,<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-ESV-25324\" class=\"text Luke-9-31\"><sup class=\"versenum\">31\u00a0<\/sup>who appeared in glory and spoke of his departure,\u00a0which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-ESV-25325\" class=\"text Luke-9-32\"><sup class=\"versenum\">32\u00a0<\/sup>Now Peter and those who were with him\u00a0were heavy with sleep, but when they became fully awake\u00a0they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-ESV-25326\" class=\"text Luke-9-33\"><sup class=\"versenum\">33\u00a0<\/sup>And as the men were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, \u201cMaster, it is good that we are here. Let us make three\u00a0tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah\u201d\u2014not knowing what he said.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-ESV-25327\" class=\"text Luke-9-34\"><sup class=\"versenum\">34\u00a0<\/sup>As he was saying these things,\u00a0a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud.<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-ESV-25328\" class=\"text Luke-9-35\"><sup class=\"versenum\">35\u00a0<\/sup>And\u00a0a voice came out of the cloud, saying, \u201cThis is my Son,\u00a0my Chosen One;\u00a0listen to him!\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-ESV-25329\" class=\"text Luke-9-36\"><sup class=\"versenum\">36\u00a0<\/sup>And when the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone.\u00a0And they kept silent and told no one in those days anything of what they had seen.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Observations and Reflections<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2766\" src=\"http:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Picture-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Lydia.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Picture-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Picture-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Picture-198x198.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>There were many prophets and those chosen by God who walked the earth and fulfilled God&#8217;s purposes and plan for this world. Elijah and Moses were two main figures that God used to rescue and save the nation of Israel. However, these men and many others, were not on the same level of Jesus Christ. It is fundamental that we understand that now that Jesus has entered the scene, He was going to not only save the nation of Israel, but the entire world.<\/p>\n<p>Peter had to realize that Jesus Christ was\u00a0<em>the\u00a0<\/em>one and only chosen one. The true Savior of this world and therefore the only one whom they should be glorifying and worshipping. This passage sets Jesus apart from any other prophet that walked this earth. Moses and Elijah did not have the power to rescue the entire world. God was the one who enacted through them, but they by no means, deserve any glory or praise. It all belongs to Jesus Christ alone.<\/p>\n<p>It is important that even in today&#8217;s world, that we are careful not to elevate our church elders, leaders and pastors. They are men and women in whom God has chosen to do His work but they are no means a way to salvation. Salvation can only be found in Jesus Christ alone and it is through His death on the cross and resurrection that we are able to find forgiveness of our sins and secure our place in eternity with Him.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Transfiguration 28\u00a0Now about eight days after these sayings he took with him\u00a0Peter and John and James and\u00a0went up on the mountain to pray.\u00a029\u00a0And as he was praying, the appearance of his face was\u00a0altered, and\u00a0his clothing became dazzling white.30\u00a0And behold, two men were talking with him, Moses and Elijah,\u00a031\u00a0who appeared in glory and spoke of &#8230; <a title=\"Daily Bible Reading Devotional [Luke 9:28-36-]-October 18, 2017\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/2017\/10\/25\/daily-bible-reading-devotional-luke-928-36-october-18-2017\/\" aria-label=\"More on Daily Bible Reading Devotional [Luke 9:28-36-]-October 18, 2017\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12227,"featured_media":12435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2280],"tags":[1900,7265,2344,7268,7266,7267,7351],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14182"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12227"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dustoffthebible.com\/Blog-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}