The Bible answers many of life’s biggest questions, but there are also mysteries that remain.
Is there a question from Scripture that you’ve always wondered about and hope to understand more fully one day?
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I have one. (Not important but looking for interesting theories and conjectures…)
How was Peter, James, and John able to identify Moses and Elijah during the Transfiguration of Jesus?
I don’t think Moses and Elijah had name tags on them but it seems even though the disciples were still in the physical realm, they were able to discern their identities because they, the disciples, were in the spiritual realm of the transfiguration.
What do you think? God bless.
I have two. One serious, and one, huh? The serious one may people seem to have an answer for. Both claim they are right with Bible verses to back them up. OSAS. I would love to be able to ask this directly to Jesus Himself.
And this.
“And a young man followed him, with nothing but a linen cloth about his body. And they seized him, but he left the linen cloth and ran away naked.” Mark 14:51-52
Why was this guy following them around in the cold in a loincloth?
Peter
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Pastor @PeterC
RE: The two “questions” you mention. First…
…and I would love to be standing beside you when you do.
For me, at this point in my spiritual growth, OSAS is more than just a statement of doctrine, but it is also a undeniable conclusion. OSAS is the conclusion one must come to after accepting the full implications of predestination (Rom.8 & Eph 1). If, as the scripture says, “all have sinned” and there are none worthy of redemption, yet God “draws” some out of their condition of death, the implication is God made the decision, and it cannot be reversed; God revived the unrighteous person, making him eternally righteous, so the implication is what God has done in perfection (eternally complete) cannot be undone, or it would have to have been imperfect. It comes down to “who made the salvation decision”. If fallible man makes the decision for himself, surely it can be reversed (salvation can be lost), if Infallible God makes the decision, surely it cannot be.
Regarding your second question:
This unique recounting in Mark always plays in my head like he just came out of the shower to find a mob had gathered outside the bathroom. I’ve been there. I think the mid-night event is more likely to be explained by what one might be wearing to sleep on a hot Meditranian night. However, the need to tell this unusual occurnce reads, to me, much like a humble confession, an honesty, a contrite willingness to admit, in writing, that Jesus was right when he told them,
"All of you will be made to stumble because of Me this night, for it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, And the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’ (Matthew 26:31)
It seems the unnamed young man was in such fear that maintaining his dignity was of less importance than facing that angry mob, but afterward was moved to admit his shameful fear resulting in his embarrasing escape.
Just some friendly thoughts.
KP
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Wow! That is a totally in-the-air question. What would that signify?
All it requires is a thorough acquaintance with Hebrew, the Greek of the LXX, grammar and morphology, and, of course, your unique writing style brother @Kpuff.
You have a profound, unique gift of teaching.
…this is not merely gnōsis, the accumulation of knowledge, but epignōsis, a full, mature, and transformative knowledge that culminates in the highest doxology and eulogy for what our Lord Jesus Christ has accomplished on our behalf.
J.
And here you made me smile, I had to show this to my brother.
J.
"I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, so that you may become rich; and white garments so that you may be clothed, and that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed*; and eye salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see"" (Rev. 3:18)
It could be tied to this verse.*