Apart by themselves (Mark 9:2) became Peter’s lifelong landmark: we were with Him on the holy mountain (2 Peter 1:18). Approaching death, he looked back and the memory still blazed—Jesus radiant, the Father’s voice repeating Jordan’s verdict: My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. The scene proved that every stage of the Lord’s earthly path pleased the Father. Yet the vision was never meant for private awe or permanent tents; it strengthened faith and service. Peter says it made the prophetic word more sure. True encounters with Christ always drive us deeper into Scripture, the only lamp for a world that lies in night until the Morning Star rises. Like the Emmaus travellers, we must trace Him in Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms. YouTube videos and podcasts may help, but the unfailing fountain is the Word itself. Communion with Christ enlarges confidence in that Word and equips us to shine its light.
