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In the Miracles of Jesus 247
Similarly to Matthew, Mark, and Luke, Peter connects the transfiguration
to the second coming of Jesus. According to Matthew, Jesus said
that on the Mount of Transfiguration, Peter and James and John would
“see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom” (Matt. 16:28). Peter says
that in his teaching he had “made known to you the power and coming
of our Lord Jesus Christ” (2 Pet. 1:16). He argues that the reason this
should not be regarded as “myth” is that he was an “eyewitness” of
the “majesty.” In other words, he says, I saw the preview of the second
coming. I saw the curtain of the future lifted and the majesty of Jesus
in his future glory.
Then he goes further and adds hearing to seeing. He was not just an
eyewitness, but also an ear-witness. “When . . . the voice was borne to
him by the Majestic Glory, ‘This is my beloved Son, with whom I am
well pleased,’ we ourselves heard this very voice borne from heaven,
for we were with him on the holy mountain” (2 Pet. 1:17–18). So with
his ears and his eyes, Peter experienced a preenactment of the majesty
of Jesus at his second coming.
Then Peter makes the connection that is so relevant for our purposes
here. He connects this event with the Old Testament Scripture that
predicts the second coming: “And we have the prophetic word more
fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp
shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises
in your hearts.”
In other words, as we have seen before, Jesus confirms the authority
of the Old Testament Scriptures. This time he does so not by saying,
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I
have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them” (Matt. 5:17); rather,
he confirms the Scriptures by revealing the very glory that he will have
when he comes at the last day to fulfill all that had been written about
him. He confirms the Scriptures by a stunning pre-fulfillment of their
most glorious hope.
The point Peter is making is not that the prophetic writings lacked
solidity or sureness, and Jesus provided it. The point is that the Scriptures
were already “firm” (βέβαιος). Now they are “more firm” (βεβαιότερον).
Moses and Elijah, representing the Law and the Prophets, are
vindicated by their presence with Jesus “in glory” (Luke 9:31). Now, in