death of all men.’ No man knew of the sepulchre of Moses, (34:6) and Elijah had passed away in
the chariot and horses of fire. (2 Kings 2:11) Both were associated in men’s minds with the glory
of the kingdom of the Christ. The Jerusalem Targum on (Exodus 12:1) ... connects the coming of
Moses with that of the Messiah. Another Jewish tradition predicts his appearance with that of
Elijah.” Moses the law giver and Elijah the chief of the prophets both appear talking with Christ
the source of the gospel, to show that they are all one and agree in one. St. Luke, (Luke 9:31) adds
the subject of their communing: “They spake of his decease which he should accomplish at
Jerusalem.” Among the apostles the three favorite disciples, Peter, James and John were the sole
witnesses of the scene— “the sons of thunder and the man of rock.” The event itself .—The
transfiguration or transformation, or, as the Germans call it, the glorification, consisted in a visible
manifestation of the inner glory of Christ’s person, accompanied by an audible voice from heaven.
It was the revelation and anticipation of his future state of glory, which was concealed under the
veil of his humanity in the state of humiliation. The cloud which overshadowed the witnesses was
bright or light-like, luminous, of the same kind as the cloud at the ascension. Significance of the
miracle .—
•It served as a solemn inauguration of the history of the passion and final consummation of Christ’s
work on earth.
•It confirmed the faith of the three favorite disciples, and prepared them for the great trial which
was approaching, by showing them the real glory and power of Jesus.
•It was a witness that the spirits of the lawgiver and the prophet accepted the sufferings and the
death which had shaken the faith of the disciples as the necessary conditions of the messianic
kingdom.—Ellicott. As envoys from the eternal Majesty, audibly affirmed that it was the will the
Father that with his own precious blood he should make atonement for sin. They impressed a new
seal upon the ancient, eternal truth that the partition wall which sin had raised could he broken
down by no other means than by the power of his sufferings; that he as the good Shepherd could
only ransom his sheep with the price of his own life.-Krummacher.
•It furnishes also to us all a striking proof of the unity of the Old and New Testaments, for personal
immortality, and the mysterious intercommunion of the visible and invisible worlds. Both meet
in Jesus Christ; he is the connecting link between the Old and New Testaments, between heaven
and earth, between the kingdom of grace and the kingdom of glory. It is very significant that at
the end of the scene the disciples saw no man save Jesus alive. Moses and Elijah, the law and the
promise, types and shadows, pass away; the gospel, the fulfillment, the substance Christ
remains—the only one who can relieve the misery of earth and glorify our nature, Christ all in all.
(chiefly from Smith’s larger Bib. Dic.—ED.)
Treasurecities
The kings of Judah had keepers of their treasures both in city and country (1 Chronicles 27:25)
and the places where these magazines were laid up were called treasure-cities. and the buildings
treasure-houses. Pharaoh compelled the Hebrews to build him treasure-cities. (Exodus
1:11)—McClintock and Strong. [Pithom]
Treasury
(Mark 12:41; Luke 21:1) a name given by the rabbins to thirteen chests in the temple, called
trumpets from their shape. They stood in the court of the women. It would seem probable that this
court was sometimes itself called “the treasury” because it contained these repositories.
Trespass Offering
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