The Transfiguration:
"This is my Son, the chosen one. Listen to him."
Peter, John and James have gone up the mountain with Jesus several days after he told them he is going to die.
They see a vision of Jesus, glowing - transfigured - talking to Moses and Elijah.
Here we have another explanation of seeing the Kingdom of God before death. Through journeying, as the shamans would describe it, or visioning, one experiences divine revelations.
The disciples hear a voice saying, "This is my Son, the chosen one. Listen to him."
"My Son, the chosen one" is elsewhere expressed as "Beloved, son of man." The expression "son of man" is used to mean "one of the genre of Man."
Was God telling Peter, John and James that they were beloved sons of man and they should listen to themselves - to their inner voice, or "higher selves"?
Journeying, visioning or meditating can take us closer to the Kingdom of God to gain insights for our life on earth.
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