I turned a new page in my calendar to see a new picture of the holy land, a depiction of an ancient olive tree that just might have seen the face of Jesus. In this photo, the light of dawn streams through it’s branches, coloring it, and the ground around it, a translucent gold. How appropriate that we should see the light of the world shining through the olive tree and it’s branches, as they represent the law and the prophets, and also, the law and prophets speak of Jesus to us. He is coming to us as the dawn, He is the Light of the world, and only He can inform us on the meanings of scripture.
This was the sight greeting me as I turned to read the next chapter of the book of Matthew, chapter 17, the number that means resurrection revelation. This gospel was written to the Jews. On the day of the resurrection of the body of Christ, the light shown will come from Him and His white clothing that He also gives to us. We will see His glory because we will be like HIM! He will also, by snatching away His Elijah, and taking him to the top of the mountain, be revealing His identity to the Jews, at least those capable of seeing or hearing, who might not have taken to heart His first resurrection.
The chapter starts out with the words “after six days”. Here, there is no preceding event, to link to the six days, so as to be able to answer the obvious question, “ six days after WHAT?” The six days, then, are the six days of creation, letting us know when the son of man will be revealed to believers, those who are His Body. He had taken them up on the mountain to reveal Himself.
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