Well this is the big weekend! This is what everything has been leading up to. This is the weekend of transfiguration! If you follow the church calendar this Sunday is the last Sunday of Epiphany better known as Transfiguration Sunday. On this Sunday we traditionally celebrate Jesus changing appearance on the mountain. He glows white and Moses and Elijah appear with him and the Father speaks from heaven. For the disciples that see this it is an amazing sight. They are so overcome by it that they don't even know what to say. They know one thing they don't want to ever leave.
A few miles from here another transfiguration is also happening. In fact this transfiguration has been years in the planning. I am of course talking about the Superbowl in Glendale (suburb of Phoenix) I know you think you are your own town, your not, get over it, we own you and you know it. If you have watched the news you have seen all the lights and you have heard about all the fuss. That section of Phoenix has been completely changed for this event. Why, well because its the Superbowl the show case event for what is the richest sports league of any kind in the world. And more than that the whole country, the whole world in fact is watching. We want to look good. Why do we want to look good, well because we want them to give us another Superbowl in the near future and we want people to come on vacation here and spend, spend, spend. We also want people to move here and buy all those houses that no one can pay for. We also want Phoenix to be mentioned in the same breath that New York, Chicago or L.A. is. This is our big chance to get the world to say, "Wow, that city in the desert has it going on." So we transfigure everything and light up the night sky. But you know what on Monday Glendale (suburb of Phoenix) is going to look like a Hollyward star after a hard night out. It is not going to be pretty.
Jesus transfiguration was a completely different deal. He lite up the mountain top and wowed the disciples. When it was all over they didn't know what to think, but they knew they had seen something divine. They knew they had received a glimpse of the glory of God. And they didn't forget it either. In 2 Peter 1:16-18 Peter says, "We did not follow cleverly invented stories when we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice come to him from the Majestic glory, saying, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased." We ourselves heard the voice that came from heaven when we were with him on the sacred mountain." The transfiguration became part of the foundation of their faith. It is also part of our faith, because the story of the transfiguration has been shared now for two thousand years in the gospels. Jesus' transfiguration has helped lead to our transfiguration.
So enjoy the Superbowl I know I will be. I don't plan on missing a second of it or the commercials. Enjoy the transfiguration
Pastor Fred
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