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modestobruce
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When Peter awoke and saw the two men talking with Jesus he knew it was Moses and Elijah. How did he know who they were since he had never before met them?
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po18guy
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Either our Lord called them by name, or it was yet another aspect of the vision/direct revelation.
But, can you imagine? You have heard of these legendary fathers all of your life. So had hundreds of other generations before them and before us. Yet no one since the time of Moses and Elijah has ever seen them, no one ever heard them speak. No images exist.
Now, all of a sudden, there they are, right in front of the three apostles! Wouldn’t you be shocked? Yet, their appearance was so startlingly real, that Peter sought to make tabernacles for them! Not only that, but he got the order exactly right: Jesus, Moses, Elijah.
Pretty amazing vision with a pretty amazing teaching and reflection.
But, can you imagine? You have heard of these legendary fathers all of your life. So had hundreds of other generations before them and before us. Yet no one since the time of Moses and Elijah has ever seen them, no one ever heard them speak. No images exist.
Now, all of a sudden, there they are, right in front of the three apostles! Wouldn’t you be shocked? Yet, their appearance was so startlingly real, that Peter sought to make tabernacles for them! Not only that, but he got the order exactly right: Jesus, Moses, Elijah.
Pretty amazing vision with a pretty amazing teaching and reflection.
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modestobruce
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I’m sure it must have been shocking to say the least. I always chuckle at the bit about peter offering to build three tents. Did he bring supplies with him to the mountain?!
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Diaconia
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Easy, one of them looked like Charleton Heston, and the other like one of the Duck Dynasty guys.
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Dovekin
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People have told me that I look like Moses. I am never quite sure what that means.
Maybe St Peter was one of those people who apparently know what Moses looked like. There are still some around.
Maybe St Peter was one of those people who apparently know what Moses looked like. There are still some around.
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Thom18
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There’s two possibilities I can imagine.
Firstly, perhaps the Jews of Jesus’ time had images or such as we have today, and Moses and Elijah appeared as they were depicted in them so that the apostles would recognize them.
Secondly (and perhaps most likely), anyone could have recognized them regardless of their appearances. Elijah was taken up body and soul, but Moses still does not have his body. Something about their souls would have let Peter and the others know exactly who they were.
Firstly, perhaps the Jews of Jesus’ time had images or such as we have today, and Moses and Elijah appeared as they were depicted in them so that the apostles would recognize them.
Secondly (and perhaps most likely), anyone could have recognized them regardless of their appearances. Elijah was taken up body and soul, but Moses still does not have his body. Something about their souls would have let Peter and the others know exactly who they were.
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modestobruce
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I like option two. As for the first option, I would assume that, if images of important people were a thing back then, there would be images of Jesus discovered by now.
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ascetic
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If he didn’t draw the inference from the conversation, we can always remind ourselves that the experience was supernatural and he may have “just known” intuitively. After all, Peter was the one who recognized Jesus as the Messiah when asked who they said he was.
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