The Transfiguration

[Checkpoint]

[Checkpoint]

[Replying to post 3 by JehovahsWitness]

Checkpoint wrote:

1) Did Jesus tell anyone in advance this would happen?


Yes

What verses, if any, do you consider confirm your answer?

MATTHEW 16:28

"Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom."

I explain my understanding of the verse earlier, here us the link
http://debatingchristianity.com/forum/v ... 172#752172

Thanks.

It is also confirmed by Mark 9:1 and Luke 9:27.

Further, I believe that Matthew 10:23 actually refers to his coming transfiguration.

[polonius]

[DPMartin]

[Replying to post 1 by Checkpoint]

the transfiguration is simply an affirmation to Peter John and James that the same that was revealed to Moses and Elijah was being revealed to them in the flesh, meaning Jesus Christ, and anything God says is important.

[Checkpoint]

[polonius]

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RESPONSE: To the specific point, the story is fictional.

Well, there are two important things about that. You are considering it to be fictional from your particular perspective for your particular purpose. There is scientific fact, rational fact, philosophical fact, etc. Then, when one defines what kind of fact one is referring to, whether a particular account is fact or fiction is only important to the extent that it being fact or fiction fits the purpose of the account and/or the reader of the account.

[polonius]

RESPONSE: To the specific point, the story is fictional.

Well, there are two important things about that. You are considering it to be fictional from your particular perspective for your particular purpose. There is scientific fact, rational fact, philosophical fact, etc. Then, when one defines what kind of fact one is referring to, whether a particular account is fact or fiction is only important to the extent that it being fact or fiction fits the purpose of the account and/or the reader of the account.

RESPONSE: No. I'm considering it to be fictional because the overwhelming evidence is that it didn't happen as described. It's fiction, not history. That should be the basic question.

Matthew, Mark and Luke were not there and wrote their stories at least 50 years after the supposed fact. John is listed as being there, but wrote no such story.

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RESPONSE: No. I'm considering it to be fictional because the overwhelming evidence is that it didn't happen as described. It's fiction, not history. That should be the basic question.

Matthew, Mark and Luke were not there and wrote their stories at least 50 years after the supposed fact. John is listed as being there, but wrote no such story.

So, are you saying that Carl Sandberg's AbrahamLincoln is fiction? He never knew Abraham Lincoln and didn't start writing, what is considered a definitive work, until 58 years after Lincoln's death.