Thank you, Dr. John. It makes sense now. Why hasn't this understanding been taught to the laity, before? We are hungry for deeper insight from our Church.
@capecodder049 ай бұрын
I'm a 59 year old cradle Catholic and I never knew the significance of Moses and Elijah showing up at the transfiguration. I loved your conversion story BTW; the one titled 3 reasons why I became Catholic (or similar wording). I've watched it several times over the past few years and have sent it to many people. Dominus Vobiscum Pax
@SheldonDsouza1263 жыл бұрын
Wow!!! Dr. Bergsma... Love that allusion and allegory.
@emilialyngdoh5490 Жыл бұрын
I always like to listen to you Dr John Bergsma
@kelly173333 жыл бұрын
Cosmic royalty....that is beautiful. This teaching blew my mind. Thank you
@sarasofiacastro67503 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Dr. Bergsma! And Thank you St. Paul Center! God bless all who hear the Word through you. 🙏🙏🙏
@joolz57473 жыл бұрын
I love the Transfiguration. Thank you for your teaching.
@humphreyobanor8663 жыл бұрын
God bless you Dr Bergsma
@stephenler38503 жыл бұрын
Thank You Dr John. God Bless You 🙏
@lisam7313 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for this clear and great explanation. I went to catholic school up until 9th grade and this is the very first time that I hear the Transfiguration explained this way. Thank you again and God bless.
@hallower19803 жыл бұрын
Many things in the Bible have significance on multiple levels. The "Son of Man" seems to be such a title. It not only fulfills messianic prophecy but emphasizes the God took on human nature for our sake. That form is a consequence of (derivative of = "Son of") His great love for us. I often see this mistake among theologians. They claim Jesus says something only to fulfill prophecy. But nothing the Lord does is an empty gesture, going through the motions merely to confirm a prediction. The actions have meaning in themselves, even apart from prophecy.
@emilialyngdoh5490 Жыл бұрын
I waited for this feast the whole year, but in the end, on the very day of this beautiful feast of Light, I missed all its essence. I was suddenly lazy to pray and to connect myself that day.
@raphaelpetersamat98973 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for the insight Dr.John n St.Paul Centre.. GOD Bless..all the way from Borneo,Malaysia.🙏
@AJKPenguin3 жыл бұрын
I'd like to think Christ's conversation with Moses and Elijah was the perfect example of the perfect man receiving intercession from two saints; they, in a sense of their interceding, helped prepare him, and hence the world, for the crucifixion and resurrection and glorification of the Truth. I first heard about the Transfiguration as the guide for asking the saints their prayers a few years ago. I only pray the idea isn't too novel, but rather closer to antiquity in age. : )
@MsHburnett3 жыл бұрын
Interesting. Th comparison between Jesus between 2 saints in the transfiguration and Jesus between 2 sinners. on calvary .
@exotericidymnic35303 жыл бұрын
Dr. Bergsma, regarding the assumption of Moses, the time honored tradition has been that Deuteronomy 33:21 refers to Moses being buried in the land of Gad.
@romanmarquez45513 жыл бұрын
So amazing understanding the mean of each event from the bible.
@marieleahy70333 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this explanation of the Transfiguration. It is great to see how the Old and the New Testaments are intertwined in this episode in the life of Christ. Greetings from Ireland. 🇮🇪
@erikatapia2213 жыл бұрын
Beautiful! Thank you Dr. John 🙏🏻🙌🏼 God bless
@angier.48263 жыл бұрын
Thank you Dr. Bergsma. Godshine on you and on St. Paul Center.
@castoreyes3 жыл бұрын
They were all previous pontifs (bridge builders) from what I learned from Christopher Carstens. And Jesus was about to build the ultimate bridge by his Crucifixion and Redirection.
@carolplan1713 жыл бұрын
The Transfiguration - meditating on this my favorite miracle, I imagine myself in the presence of the three biblical, cosmic royalty, I would be frightened too as the three disciples who accompanied Jesus to Mt. Tabor.
@sumnerwaite63903 жыл бұрын
“Cosmic Royalty”, well said.
@mazikode3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Dr Bergsma!! Happy feast of the Transfiguration and God bless you
@kjlkathandjohn6061 Жыл бұрын
They were on the Mount because they each climbed their mountain in their respective times to meet with the LORD, and this is the meeting they had with the LORD before they returned down their mountain. Moses was slow walking, hearing something behind him about Jesus being said to the three disciples, so when he got back down he told Israel, "A prophet like me will be raised up; 'Listen to Him'." You experience the same 'presence' at Mass.
@ileana11433 жыл бұрын
Thank you Dr Bergsma! Amazing explanation. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@nathanngumi846713 күн бұрын
Great insights!
@ApostoladoPetrino3 жыл бұрын
Great explanation
@wreloise13 жыл бұрын
Reminded me … “THE MYSTERIES OF THE ROSARY Fourth Mystery of Light: The Transfiguration. "And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain apart. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his garments became white as light" (Mt 17:1-2). “
@CatholicKen.3 жыл бұрын
These videos are truly excellent. Concise and full of inisght. A great blessing for us.
@karenbrooks41893 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this teaching, illuminating! God Bless from New Zealand 🙏✝️
@thomasjorge47343 жыл бұрын
Thus the Bodies already in Heaven are: Enoch, Moses, Elijah, Jesus and Mary.
@helenleach84913 жыл бұрын
The apostles recognized Moses and Elijah from their conversation with Jesus, because I guess they wouldn't know what they looked like? So even before the Ascension there were saints in Heaven? In some bodily form?
@ernestoespiritu54292 жыл бұрын
EXCELLENT VIDEO. Thanks much, Dr. Bergsma.👍🙏❤️
@ln11862 жыл бұрын
Excellent explanation dr. Bergsma. I never understood the meaning of the “Transfiguration” before. Makes sense now, Mose being about the law and Elijah about prophets. Thank you!
@nakagoseiryu69212 жыл бұрын
Because Elijah and Moses will be the 2 witnesses in the future just like writren in Book of Revelation
@nba2k11allstar11 ай бұрын
Bingo‼️💯
@reemsuekar81123 жыл бұрын
AMEN. Thank you.
@rayc76knoxville2 жыл бұрын
Excellent. God Bless.
@chete44793 жыл бұрын
If you take the meaning of Transfiguration as : _Going Beyond Human Body own's limits_ You can consider then , at least , 5 times Jesus is Transfigurated : 1)mount Tabor , already seen. 2) &3) after his resurrection , meets 2 times his apostles reunited , with Thomas later, going through the walls while the doors are closed. 4) when Jesus walks over the Sea. 5) according to Maria Valtorta : Jesus is Born crossing through Mary's womb walls to her own hands. That's why Mary is Virgin : before , during and after Jesus is Born.
@michaelmicek3 жыл бұрын
But on point 5, Valtorta's work has been condemned by the Church. And I would say she's using an obsolete definition of "virgin".
@standupstathentes684211 ай бұрын
I had taken the experience, for a long time, longer than I can remember when it started, that what the 3 Apostles saw on the Mount was a transcending of Space/Time where they beheld the opposite end of the visions/experiences of both Moses and Elijah meeting with Christ in their own lives. Thoughts?
@flyesouisi3 жыл бұрын
Is there a parallel between Moses' receiving the Law which the people must "listen to," and which soon after was broken, and the Transfiguration?
@lindacowles756 Жыл бұрын
G'day, Lawrence Fortune! I understand what you mean, i.e., the Shema (Hear, O Israel) and "Listen to Him", meaning Jesus.
@smeatonlighthouse43843 жыл бұрын
There is a two fold reason why Moses and Elijah were at the transfiguration. Firstly, Moses represents the Law and Elijah represents the Prophets and when the disciples were trying to put them on a 'par' with the Lord Jesus by building them 3 tabernacles, then God intervened, covered them with His presence in the cloud and the Law and the Prophets disappeared, leaving the Son of God, Jesus Christ, supreme and the disciples were told to 'hear ye Him'. The Law and the Prophets were given only UNTIL the Son came and they now have no significance as regards hearing from God. We now have 'the Word' made flesh. Secondly - Moses is a type of those who have died, while Elijah is a type of those who will be caught up at the rapture to meet the Lord in the air. The transfiguration is a picture of the Lord coming in glory and those that love Him, meeting Him in the air.
@momochago21363 жыл бұрын
Your vídeo image says why are you here. Then your title talks about the transfigiration. I liked the teaching. Specially the info about son of man. but i was mislead by the title as to what the topic would be. I felt duped.