Secrets from Beyond The Grave

prophets; let them hear them" (Luke 16:29). Moses not only had information that was a picture of the suffering Messiah from his own experience while on Earth, but all of the Old Testament prophets--including Isaiah, Jeremiah, Zechariah, and others who had passed--were sent into Abraham's bosom and would have also continually informed Moses of their own predictions and revelations concerning the Messiah. Perhaps Elijah would have revealed the most details of Christ's suffering. After his translation, this prophet entered a special realm of heaven and, to this time, has been preserved supernaturally for the end of days, when he will emerge on the scene in Israel as one of the two witnesses (Mal. 4:5; Rev. 11:3). At the time of the Transfiguration, Elijah had been in heaven for twelve hundred years. In fact, he had been there in heaven prior to the Incarnation, when Christ came to Earth in the form of a babe and took on flesh! Whatever insight Christ had of His future destiny, more information was related to Him through these two Old Testament prophets. This would indicate that in eternity we enjoy an increased capability to gain previously unknown knowledge. During this meeting on the mountain, the Bible says that Christ was transfigured. The Greek word is metamorphoo and means "to change or to transform." Christ was glowing in white and was surrounded by a unique glory cloud. One reason for this supernatural cloud surrounding the three men may have been to prevent Satan and his spiritual agents from hearing the conversation and the detailed plan and purpose of Christ's suffering. Much of what occurred was hidden from the general public for this reason. Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. --1 Corinthians 2:8, KJV Do you believe that Satan would have entered Judas's heart and motivated the religious leaders to conduct an illegal trial at night condemning Jesus to death if Satan had known that the crucifixion would initiate his ultimate eternal defeat? Thus it was necessary that the information released on the mountain in the conversation between Moses, Christ, and Elijah remain known only to them. Twelve Legions of Angels Move now from the Mountain of Transfiguration to Christ's sufferings in the Garden of Gethsemane. After Christ spent three hours in an all-night prayer meeting, a band of men (about six hundred Roman soldiers) was assigned to arrest Christ. Peter overreacted and sliced the ear off the head of the high priest's servant. Christ rebuked Peter, informing him that He had the power and could have called upon twelve legions of angels to interrupt this divine assignment and prevent His death (Matt. 26:53). When Christ was at the height of His physical agony in Gethsemane, an angel came to strengthen Him (Luke 22:43). This angel may have brought the news from heaven that upon Christ's request, angels were standing ready to intervene. With all that Christ knew, there was certainly one thing that He did not know, and that was the set day and hour He would return to Earth. But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. --Mark 13:32