2736.—The Type of His Coming.
By G. C. S.
What did Jesus mean when He said there were some standing there who would not taste of death till they saw the Son of Man coming in His kingdom? Matt. 16:28. In the accounts given by all the synoptic Gospels of the transfiguration, a similar statement precedes. In Matthew we are told in the 27th verse that the Son of Man is coming. Then follows the statement to which our querist refers. Then after six days Jesus takes three of His disciples up into the mountain where He was transfigured with glory. Moses and Elijah appear and talk with Him, and God owns Him as His beloved Son. Now, this was a type of the second coming of Jesus Christ. When He comes the second time He will be glorified. There will be two classes represented by Moses and Elijah,—the one raised from the dead as was Moses (See Jude 9), the other translated without seeing death as was Elijah (See 2 Kings 2:11). Peter referring to this very event declares: "For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty. For He received from God the Father honor and glory, when there was borne such a voice to Him by the Majestic Glory, This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased: and this voice we ourselves heard borne out of heaven, when we were with Him in the holy mount." That transfiguration was a miniature representation of Christ's second coming.