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Have You Seen?

"Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white." —Matthew 17:1-2 Peter, James, and John were in the inner circle. Jesus would tell and show them things that he didn’t reveal even to the other disciples. They went everywhere with him. They saw the masses fed, the sick healed, and the dead raised. Jesus was doing things that only the prophets of God had ever done before. It was clear to them that Jesus belonged in the ranks of the holiest men known to history. But for all that they had seen, nothing could prepare them for that day on the mountain. They expected this was just another "small group meeting." They would pray for one another and for the Kingdom of God. Can you imagine their surprise when before their very eyes Jesus was transformed before them? He shown like the sun, and