MORNING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 10/27/2026
9:08 AM
My
Worship Time Focus: PT-2 “Previewing the Second Coming”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference:
Luke
9:27-36
Message of the verses: “27 But I say to you
truthfully, there are some of those standing here who will not taste death
until they see the kingdom of God.” 28 About eight days after
these sayings, He took along Peter, John, and James, and went up on the
mountain to pray. 29 And while He was praying, the appearance of
His face became different, and His clothing became white and
gleaming. 30 And behold, two men were talking with Him; and
they were Moses and Elijah, 31 who, appearing in glory, were
speaking of His departure, which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. 32 Now
Peter and his companions had been overcome with sleep; but when they were fully
awake, they saw His glory and the two men who were standing with Him. 33 And
as these two men were leaving Him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good
that we are here; and let’s make three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses,
and one for Elijah”—not realizing what he was saying. 34 But
while he was saying this, a cloud formed and began to overshadow them;
and they were afraid as they entered the cloud. 35 And then
a voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is My Son, My Chosen One;
listen to Him!” 36 And when the voice had spoken, Jesus was
found alone. And they kept silent, and reported to no one in those days any of the
things which they had seen.”
It was yesterday morning as I sat
down to do my morning devotions on the gospel of Luke that the power in my
neighborhood went out and I did not finish this last evening, and so I will
pick up where I left off from Sunday evening copying from MacArthur’s
commentary and also adding all the verse references so that no one who reads
this has to look them up.
“The Old Testament manifestations of
God were shrouded in mystery. ‘Behold,
these are the fringes of His ways,’ Job declared, and how faint a word we hear
of Him! But His mighty thunder, who can
understand’ (Job. 26:14). Moses cried
out to God, ‘I pray You show me Your glory!’ (Ex. 33:18). But God replied, ‘You cannot see my face, for
no man can see Me and live!’ (v. 20) and
then told Moses, ‘And it will come about, while My glory is passing by, that I
will put you in the cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I passed
by. Then I will take my hand away and
you shall see My back, but My face shall not be seen’ (vv. 22-23). The blazing fullness of God’s glory would
incinerate anyone who encountered it.
“It is in the Lord Jesus Christ that
the glory of God is most fully and clearly manifested. The writer of Hebrews began his book with a
description of Christ’s glory:
God, after
He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many
ways, in these last days has spoken to us in His Son whom He appointed heir of
all things, through whom also He made the world. And He is the radiance of His glory and the
exact representation of His nature (Heb. 1:1-3)
“The
apostle Paul called Him the ‘Lord of glory’ (1 Cor. 2:8), and in 2 Corinthians
3:3-6 states,
And even if
our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, in whose case
the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they
might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image
of God. For we do not preach ourselves
but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bond-servants for Jesus’
sake. For God, who said, ‘Light shall
shine out of darkness,’ is the One who has shone in our hearts to give the
Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.”
Now
let me stop here with MacArthur’s quotation and quote 1 Cor. 2:8 which he referenced
above.
(1 Cor. 2:8)
“8 None of the rulers of this age understood
this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.”
“James
referred to Him as ‘our glorious Lord Jesus Christ’ (James 2:1). But the event that most powerfully and
dramatically proved Jesus Christ to be the true glory of God, though veiled
while He walked on earth, is the one recorded in this passage. The transfiguration is a preview of Christ’s
unveiled second coming, when He returns in full visible glory (Matt. 24:29-30;
25:31).”
(Matt. 24:29-30; 25:31)
“29 "Immediately after the tribulation of
those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and
the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
30 Then will appear in heaven the sign
of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they
will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great
glory.”
“31
¶ "When the Son of Man comes in his
glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.”
“The last vision the world had of
Jesus was of Him hanging on a cross; only His followers saw Him after the
resurrection and witnessed His ascension.
Crucifixion was from the Gentile standpoint the ultimate act of disdain
toward society’s most wretched people, while to the Jewish people it symbolized
being cursed by God (cf. Gal. 3:13).”
(cf. Gal. 3:13)
“13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law
by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged
on a tree”
“But that is not the final view the
world will have of Jesus. While the
world sees only His first coming, Jesus spoke often of His return (cf. Luke
9:26; 12:40; 17:24-30; 18:8; 21:27, 36).
The two comings of Christ, the first in humility and the second in
glory, are the two great themes of biblical prophecy.”
(cf. Luke 9:26; 12:40; 17:24-30; 18:8;
21:27, 36)
“26 For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words,
of him will the Son of Man be ashamed when he comes in his glory and the glory
of the Father and of the holy angels.”
“40 You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is
coming at an hour you do not expect.’”
“24 For as the lightning flashes and lights up
the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day. 25 But
first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. 26 Just as it was in the days of Noah, so will
it be in the days of the Son of Man. 27
They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage,
until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them
all. 28 Likewise, just as it was in the
days of Lot—they were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and
building, 29 but on the day when Lot
went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained from heaven and destroyed them all—
30 so will it be on the day when the Son
of Man is revealed.”
“8 I tell you, he will give justice to them
speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on
earth?"
“27 And then they will see the Son of Man coming
in a cloud with power and great glory.”
“36 But stay awake at all times, praying that you
may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and
to stand before the Son of Man."
10/27/2026
9:52 AM
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