the transfiguration of Jesus

     Recorded in three of the Gospels (Matt. 17:1-8; Mark 9:2-8; Luke 9:28-36), and testified to by Peter an John (cf. 2 Pet. 1:16-18; John 1:14), the Transfiguration was a revelation of Jesus' deity.  The transformation in Jesus' appearance as He prayed (Luke 9:29) was a momentary transition from the concealment of His divine glory that marked His days on earth to the manifestation of glory that will be revealed when He returns.
     The bright light that shone from Jesus as His face changed (Luke 9:29) was the glory intrinsic to Him as a divine Son, "the radiance of the glory" (Heb. 1:3).  The voice from the cloud confirmed that identification that the vision had already given. 
     The Transfiguration was also a significant event in the revelation of God's kingdom.  Moses and Elijah represented the law and the prophets witnessing to Jesus and being superseded by Him.  The "departure" (Greek exodus) of which they and Jesus talked (Luke 9:31) was Jesus' death, resurrection, and ascension.  These events were not just a way of leaving this world, but of redeeming His people, just as the Exodus from Egypt led Moses was Israel's liberation from slavery.