Dr Paul Allen

English: Icon of Jesus Christ (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ , the Son of the living God ” (Matt. 16:16). As we reflect on the glory of Christ , we cannot do so without considering the glorious confession of His true identity in Caesarea Philippi . Jesus ’ glory had been hidden from the world, a glory that He had possessed for all eternity and shared with the Father . But, while veiled, that glory was manifested at various times during Jesus’ life—and, of course, after His death when He walked among His followers as the resurrected Christ and then ascended into heaven as Lord and King. One particular manifestation of Jesus ’ glory before the resurrection and ascension was in Philipi, not far from Mount Hermon . Jesus’ public ministry had been dwindling as the crowds became frustrated and bitter that He would not rally as the revolutionary they so desperately wanted. And for Jesus Himself, the shadow of the cross was growing longer. T...

Image via Wikipedia "And I besought the LORD at that time, saying, O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might? I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon ." ( Deuteronomy 3:23-25 )   This was the heartfelt prayer of Moses , for he was longing to see the Promised Land that had been his goal for so many years. He knew that God, rebuking his disobedience at Meribah , had said: "Therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them" ( Numbers 20:12 ). Yet he desired greatly to "go over" the Jordan, to see firsthand the "goodly mountain."   The "goodly mountain" most likely was majestic Mount Hermon , the 9,200-foot, snow-capped peak dominating the southern end of the mountain ranges of Lebanon. Go...