Moses and Elijah
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 24 June 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Why did Moses and Elijah appear when Jesus was transfigured in the presence of His closest disciples? Today, R.C. Sproul discusses how the law and the prophets bear witness to Christ's glory.
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R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew's Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
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| 0:00.0 | Before we begin today's episode of renewing your mind, we invite you to stay with us through |
| 0:04.7 | the end of the program to hear how you can request today's featured resource from Ligdair |
| 0:09.3 | Ministries. |
| 0:10.3 | I want you to understand that the light that the disciples see in Christ is not a reflection. |
| 0:20.4 | It is a light that is coming from inside of him, |
| 0:23.6 | bursting through the shell of his body and of his garments, |
| 0:30.6 | as the glory of his deity now explodes on the sea. |
| 0:36.6 | And when they see this, what's their reaction, it's the same reaction |
| 0:42.1 | all of us would have, they were terrified. This week, we have met people who encountered |
| 0:54.0 | Jesus face to face during his earthly ministry. |
| 0:57.0 | Most of them had brief encounters with him. |
| 1:00.0 | That wasn't the case, though, for the disciples. |
| 1:03.0 | They enjoyed a long relationship with Jesus. |
| 1:06.0 | Today, we'll look at Peter, James, and John as they observed the transfiguration. |
| 1:11.9 | If that wasn't incredible enough, two others appeared with Jesus. |
| 1:16.3 | Let's join R.C. Sproll now. |
| 1:21.3 | Well, I'm going to throw another curve today, |
| 1:24.0 | and that is we're going to look at Jesus coming face to face with two figures from the Old Testament, |
| 1:32.3 | and those persons are Moses and Elijah. |
| 1:41.0 | Now, before we look at this text, let's just consider the significance that it is these two men |
| 1:47.8 | who meet Jesus face to face in the New Testament. There is significance in their appearance |
| 1:57.6 | because Moses as the mediator of the old covenant is most famous for and noted for |
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