The Transfiguration
The transfiguration as recorded by Matthew, states: “After six days…” (Matt. 17:1). When Mark wrote about this same event he also said, “After six days…” (Mark 9:2). However, when Luke told the story, he said, “After about eight days…” (Luke 9:28).
Seemingly, there are folks who read the Bible for no purpose other than to search for flaws. Of course, there are no mistakes in God’s Word; nonetheless, there are those who have attempted to discredit the Bible’s message and they have used these verses, concerning the number of days, to support of their claim of a discrepancy.
Yet, there is no conflict here. Seldom does any event begin at exactly the same moment a day begins. Concerning an experience that last more than
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Luke included a part of the day that preceded the six full days and a portion of the day that followed them.
Was it six days or about eight days? Both are correct. It’s simply a matter of observing the same period of time from a different viewpoint.
Anyway, Jesus took Peter, James and John up on a high mountain. Although, the Bible does not name the mountain, logically there are only two possibilities; Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon. Peter called it “The Holy Mountain” (II Peter 1:18). Matthew and Mark both said they were up there alone on a high mountain by themselves. (Matt. 17:1 & Mark 9:2) Mount Tabor is only 1,900 feet and at the time of the transfiguration, a Roman Garrison occupied a portion of the mountain. Mount Hermon rises 9,200 feet.
While they were upon the high mountain, as the Lord prayed his appearance changed and two other men, identified as Moses and Elijah, appeared with Him and they were talking. (Luke 9:29).
Here are three men. Elijah was from the eternal world or heaven; He went to heaven alive without dying physically. (II Kings 2:11-12) Another was from the intermediate or hadean world where the souls of the dead go to await the resurrection. (Luke 16:19-31). Moses had died on Mount Nebo (Deut. 34:1-5). And, of course, since Jesus had not yet died, nor gone back to heaven, He represented the present
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The Magical Realist technique that the author uses is the closeness or near merging (Faris) two different days. This becomes apparent when the narrator states that it was "a day with two days in it" (206).
Jesus grew up to become a carpenter in Bethlehem. He continued to do this until the age of 30; at which he started his ministry, approximately at 24 BCE. He gathered 12 apostles (Peter, James the Greater, James the Lesser, Andrew, Bartholomew, Judas Iscariot, John, Simon, Phillip, Jude, Matthew, Thomas), who were his innermost circle of supporters, and hundreds of disciples, who followed him and agreed with his views on religion. As Jesus proliferated his message all over Judea, he also performed many miracles, such as turning water into wine and walking on water. About a week before his death, Jesus returned triumphantly to Jerusalem, a day that is still celebrated by Christians all over the world as Palm Sunday. However, just as soon as Jesus gained popularity, everything suddenly changed.
This is because though if one opens their Bible to Genesis 1, it will say ‘And there was evening and morning the xth day’ but the Hebrew only says evening morning xth day and lacks ‘and there was’. The Hebrew also lacks any word to indicate a long but closed period of time aside from yom, as olam or qedem refer to indefinite periods of time. The appearance of evening and morning also do not indicate a solar day as in Psalm 90:6 which refers to the life cycle of grass, which takes weeks or months not a day. The fact that yom appears with a number is also not conclusive as in Zechariah 3:9-10, which obviously refers to a period of time as people would not invite their neighbors over for just one solar day. If God wanted to indicate a solar day more clearly He could have said that He did x in the morning and y in the evening. He also would not refer to a supposed week as one day, which indicates that the days of creation are actually ages. Since the Bible establishes long indefinite periods of time, we can look to science and gather that they may have been millions or even billions of years. This also does not limit God, as He could have done the major events of creation in a day, but He indicated in His word that He did not. Another strange view still held my most Christians in the United States, is that the Sun was created on day four
It is known to most that the gospels often differ from historical facts due to the writer of each gospel putting significant emphasis on particular actions and attributes of Jesus. Also a major part in this difference is the fact that the gospels were written 35-60 years after the death of Jesus and some of these memories have altered over time. Differences in conflicting evidence, writing to different communities, writing during a different time period, and with different intentions are all more reasons as to why these gospels conflict with historical facts. There is said to be six accounts that are subdivided into two separate traditions. These two traditions are those having to do with the appearance of Jesus in Galilee and the others are the appearances of Jesus to the eleven disciples in Jerusalem. These two traditions seem to not have any knowledge of one another and when the two were attempted to be combined into one tradition it was proven that this is not only impossible but it is unbeneficial.
To begin, before a person can debate the validity of anything, they must first understand the topic they are debating. So is the case here. A person must first understand the Bible and its origins before they can try and prove or disprove it. The Bible itself is composed of 66 books divided int...
Response: (The chapter pointed to the evening and morning given after each day along with the number given with each day, and finally the relation of yom to the heavenly bodies.) This proves nothing, though, as in Psalm 90:5-6 Moses says “You sweep them away as with a flood; they are like a dream,like grass that is renewed in the morning: in the morning it flourishes and is renewed; in the evening it fades and withers.” This is in relation to grass which has a lifetime of several weeks or months and not 24 hours. Though this Psalm is using figurative language, it proves that day even with evening or morning does not mean day. Next, the Creation account is unique and the Hebrews would have had no other way to describe an age aside from yom, it is argued that they could have used olam or qedem. They could not, though, as olam means eternity, or forever and qedem means east or old, but it is never used to denote a period of time. Also the position of the days of creation being ages means percisely that, if the days were eternal, (accept for the seventh day) then we would not exist.
The Hebrew word used for "day" is the word yom. Every other time the word is used in the Old Testament in conjunction with a number, a literal, 24-hour period of time is being described; what we know as a day. The word is never used metaphorically in the Bible.
In the days of Christ’s life on this earth, believers did not have access to the Bible in its entirety as we know and are familiar with today. Believers in this ancient time period only had access to the Old Testament. However, through their access to the Old Testament, believers were provided a foundation for New Testament times. This foundation provided New Testament believers with the Lord’s established principles of right and wrong they were expected to follow. In addition, the Old Testament is overflowing with accounts of people whose lives exemplified the future life of Christ on this earth. These pictures allowed the Israelite nation to begin to have an understanding of why Christ needed to come as their Messiah and the work He needed to do on earth. Finally, there are common themes that are interwoven throughout the entire Old Testament. Three of these themes: transgression, redemption, and consummation point to the purpose of Christ’s atoning death on the cross. These themes portray God’s work both in the lives of Old Testament believers, but they also foreshadow God’s desire and plan for believers in New Testament times and beyond.
After, they went to the Garden of Gethsemane. Here they prayed and Jesus was in great fear of what was to come. Judas went out...
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... for personal reasons you to are using exegetical approaches to the scriptures. We do this every time we read something or hear it spoken. The Bible is no different besides that you have to decipher it correctly. By reading other commentaries on that book or verse you can form your own exegetical hypothesis, but make sure it is a biblical one.
The rule of Biblical interpretation that was not followed and should have been was when a contradiction like this appears, the emphasis should only be given to the multiple passages that are clear rather than to a passage that is isolated and obscure. The only basis for establishing a doctrine cannot be based off the historical occurrence of an event. As well as the writer’s original intent must be the only valid interpretation of a Scripture passage.