33 The Transfiguration

Jesus let His disciples know that some of them would not die until they that seen a glimpse of the Kingdom of God. He had just finished explaining to them that if anybody would be ashamed of Jesus now Jesus would be ashamed of them when He returned. As a consequence they would be rejected from eternal life and Heaven. Many can battle in the armed forces or prevail in powerful debates but when it comes to confessing the name of Jesus they cower in fear and embarrassment over His name and will not stand up for Him. What laid yet future to them were the death, Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus as well as the formation of the Church on the first day of Pentecost. In all of these events they would see the appearance of some of the celestial beings that occupy Heaven. This would include the angels and the Holy Spirit who all reside in the Kingdom of Heaven. The only apostle who would not see it would be Judas because he would take his own life in humiliation over his betrayal of Jesus to the ruling Jewish authorities. The transfiguration which followed this statement almost a week later served as a preview of the future earthly Millennial Kingdom which will be established at Jesus Second Coming.