Mark 9:1-10 And he said to them, Truly I say to you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death… Reasons are not far to find why these two should be brought back together from the other world to take part in the scene. I. THEY WERE THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE QUICK AND DEAD. Moses had died; Elijah had ascended alive into heaven. They were types of the two great divisions which shall appear before the same Lord when He comes in the glory of which that was a glimpse and foretaste, the dead and the living both standing before the judgment seat of Christ. II. BOTH HAD PASSED FROM EARTH IN MYSTERY: the first buried by the hand of God in some unfrequented valley apart from his countrymen; the other not dying, but vanishing instantaneously in the midst of life. Both had disappeared, no more to be seen by mortal eye till, in far-distant times, the same Hand that had carried them away should bring them back on the Mount of Transfiguration. It suggests the mighty truth, that, however we are taken, whether lost to men in the depth of the sea, or consumed by the devouring fire, it matters nothing to the Great Keeper of His people, Who will bring all back again at the last day. III. But the chief motive, no doubt, was TO UNITE THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE THREE GREAT DISPENSATIONS OF DIVINE GOVERNMENT — the Law, the Prophets, and the Gospel. (H. M. Luckock, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power. |
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