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  EXPOSITORY THOUGHTS ON MARK - MARK 9:1-13
  by J.C. Ryle
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The connection of this passage with the end of the last chapter ought
never to be overlooked. Our Lord had been speaking of His own coming
death and passion--of the necessity of self-denial, if men would be His
disciples--of the need of losing our lives, if we would have them saved.
But in the same breath he goes on to speak of His future kingdom and
glory. He takes off the edge of His "hard sayings," by promising a sight
of that glory to some of those who heard Him. And in the history of the
transfiguration, which is here recorded, we see that promise fulfilled.

The first thing which demands our notice in these verses, is the
marvelous vision they contain of the glory which Christ and His people
shall have at His second coming.

There can be no doubt that this was one of the principal purposes of the
transfiguration. It was meant to teach the disciples, that though their
Lord was lowly and poor in appearance now, He would one day appear in
such royal majesty as became the Son of God. It was meant to teach those
who when their Master came the second time, His saints, like Moses and
Elijah, would appear with Him. It was meant to remind them, that though
reviled and persecuted now, because they belonged to Christ, they would
one day be clothed with honor, and be partakers of their Master\

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/jc-ryle/expository-thoughts-on-mark-mark-91-13/
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