While he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were fearful as they entered the cloud. And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is My beloved Son. Hear Him!" Luke 9:34-35
I find the Transfiguration to be something very confusing. The description we get in the Gospels doesn't seem to warrant so much to make an important feast day out of it in the church calendar. Perhaps, when I compare it to the Passion, the Nativity, or the end times, this description pales in comparison.
However, every time I come back to reading about it, I feel that God speaks to me in a different way. A detail that stuck out to me this time around was the passage I copied above. The disciples whom Jesus had brought along for this event were filled with so many questions, as can be evidenced by Peter's suggestion to build tabernacles for the three men. In addition to that, they were frightened. Their teacher's face had just started glowing!
Despite all this uncertainty, though, they entered the cloud. And, as they entered, they began to receive the gift of understanding. Jesus is one with God. In the same way, we should take this approach to our own lives. We will encounter so many different things where we won't know all the answers. However, when we take the leap forward, even with our doubts, our questions, our fears, we will get the answer. God is wherever we are, but we need to receive God. I find that the physical church building can be seen as a sort of parallel to the cloud. Within the church's walls, we hear the voice of God in the form of song, prayer, and scripture. We can also look at our own moments of deep meditation as entering the cloud - the cloud of our own souls. Within our meditations, we can hear the voice of God. Another parallel of the cloud is the bible. When we open up the covers, we can start to receive the revelation of God. And, each time that we receive the revelations, we understand the same message: "Jesus is my beloved son. Hear him!"
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