We get a glimpse of Jesus being restored to His glory that He had with the Father when He is transfigured. He shines like the sun.

I have been seeking understanding of God’s glory. The definition my husband gave me is “copious awesomeness.” It actually works really well, which is hard to do since “glory” is used in so many varying verses.

But when God’s copious awesomeness is manifested in the perceived physical, we see it as light. God then sometimes hides the display of His copious awesomeness behind a thick cloud.

At the transfiguration, we see Jesus shine. We are being transformed into His likeness, glory to glory. Those who are righteous will shine like the sun (Matthew 13:43), like Jesus.

We are told that Elijah will come and restore all things and that this is referring to John the Baptist.

The restorer of all things is God. How does a man get ascribed this? We do the works of the Lord. He does all the work, but somehow at the same time we’re partners. John the Baptist was sent to spread the message of preparation for the Lord’s coming. If there was no preparation, there could be no receiving. Then what would be restored?

The Lord sends John, directs his life and mission. The Lord speaks through John. John restores all things. Amazing.

The disciples, at this point in the story, aren’t living fully in their mission. They still are living in the flesh apart from moments of the Lord’s Spirit moving on and through them. They aren’t able to just bring the restoration.

A boy is having seizures. Jesus restores the boy’s life and restores him to his family.

Jesus tells His disciples again about His death, but He always also tells them of His restoration, that He will be raised on the third day.

Jesus had to die. But He also had to live. He died to pay our ransom. He had to live to give us the overcoming Power we need to walk in the high places and not succumb to this world.