The Patrick Madrid Show: December 13, 2022 - Hour 2
The Patrick Madrid Show
Relevant Radio
4.8 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 13 December 2022
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Patrick answers questions about the transfiguration in the gospel of John, how early can I put up my Christmas tree, is it okay to buy bad books to throw them away, and can I go to my godson’s non-denominational wedding?
- Aurora – Question about the transfiguration in the gospel of John: Why was it Elijah and Moses who appeared?
- Cyrus asks Patrick when he puts up his Christmas tree
- Anna - Can I go to communion to a priest who is not in the state of Grace?
- Dustin - I bought a book against God just so I could throw it away. Was that okay?
- Rose - My godson is getting married in a non-denominational Church. Can I go?
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| 0:00.0 | compelling insights unpredictable conversations encouragement for your day it's the patrick |
| 0:15.3 | madrid show on relevant radio welcome back and thanks for listening. |
| 0:21.3 | If you've been meaning to call, this would be a good time because we do have, amazingly, a |
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| 0:26.5 | So you won't get a busy signal, but if you wait, you probably will. |
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| 0:33.6 | 888-914-9-14-9. |
| 0:36.0 | We'll get over to Silmar, California now and talk to Aurora. Hi, Aurora. |
| 0:41.8 | Good morning. I'm so glad I'm talking to you. Thanks for all you do. I have a question |
| 0:47.6 | about transfiguration. Why did Jesus choose Elijah or Moses, or why didn't he chose Abraham? |
| 1:00.9 | And what is the significance of Elijah and Moses in the transfiguration? |
| 1:08.1 | I don't understand that. |
| 1:09.8 | Okay, I can hope. So Moses and Elijah are the personification of the law and the prophets, |
| 1:16.8 | respectively. So Moses is the personification of the law that God gave the Ten Commandments |
| 1:22.6 | and the Mosaic ceremonial law, animal sacrifice, and all that. |
| 1:30.7 | And Elijah is the personification of all the prophets. |
| 1:38.5 | So the purpose of them being there, it seems, is to demonstrate to the apostles that Jesus is the Lord over the law and the prophets. |
| 1:42.7 | He supersedes these magnificent figures of old, Moses and Elijah, |
| 1:48.7 | as important and as authoritative as they were, they, it is shown to the apostles, are inferior |
| 1:57.6 | to Jesus. Jesus is their Lord too. So it's also a way of demonstrating by this |
| 2:03.9 | transfigurement. Now, I don't claim to have plumbed the depths of every reason that Jesus chose |
| 2:11.2 | Moses and Elijah, or to fully understand all the ramifications of the transfiguration. There's |
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