MenuFor adult study: "The Transfiguration - Part 2"
Children will use a one page handout that includes a coloring picture. The story summary and questions were written in a way that makes it possible to use a New Testament reference in place of the Urantia reference. A selected chapter from a 1932 book, Treasure-House of the Living Religions, supports a spiritual theme that is found within the story.
Paper 158:0-3
The Urantia Book
Children will use a one page handout that includes a coloring picture. The story summary and questions were written in a way that makes it possible to use a New Testament reference in place of the Urantia reference. A selected chapter from a 1932 book, Treasure-House of the Living Religions, supports a spiritual theme that is found within the story.
Paper 158:0-3
The Urantia Book
They saw his glory
Students may read Paper 158:1.8-10 or all of sections 0-3
Jesus brought Peter, James, and John to a place on a high mountain. There, Jesus prayed, and the three disciples fell asleep. Upon awakening, they saw Jesus shining in heavenly light. They also saw two others standing with him and talking. This magnificent scene frightened the disciples, but Peter managed to say, “Let us make three tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah” Before Peter was done speaking, a bright cloud hovered over them, and they heard a divine voice.
Discussion Questions
Why do you think Jesus wanted Peter, James, and John to see this mysterious and magnificent scene? Talk about the two others who were standing with Jesus. Can you think of any reason why the scene of the transfiguration would include them?
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Additional reading:
Read a brief statement about Gabriel and Father Melchizedek.
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Re: Our Creator Son
128:1.10 And yet, throughout all these years of his life in the flesh he was truly divine. He was actually a Creator Son of the Paradise Father. ...
128:1.13 ... And the hosts of celestial beings throughout the great and onlooking universe likewise knew that this man of Nazareth was their beloved Sovereign and Creator-father. ...
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New Testament reference
The Revised Standard Lectionary
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Chapter 1—The One Supreme God—p.3
He is the First and the Last, the Seen and the Hidden. (Islam)
I attribute all things to the Wise Lord,
the Good, Righteous, Holy, Resplendent, Glorious;
to Whom belong all good things,
the world, righteousness prevailing in the world;
with Whose light all brilliant objects
and the luminous globes are covered. (Zoroastrianism)
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