The Outworking of the Transfiguration

Message Outline:

The Gospel According to Mark

The Servant Attends His Disciples:

From Galilee to Jerusalem (9:1-10:52) (Part 3)

The Transfiguration of Jesus Christ (9:1-13) (Part 3)

Jesus Revealed (Part 3)

I.The Servant’s Preparation (1:1-13)

II.The Servant Attends His People: Galilee and Beyond (1:14-8:26)

III.The Servant Attends His Disciples: From Galilee to Jerusalem (9:1-10:52)

A.The Transfiguration of Jesus Christ (9:1-13)

1.The Setting of the Transfiguration (9:1-2)

2.The Transfiguration (9:2c-8)

3.The Outworking of the Transfiguration (9:9-13)

a.Jesus Limited the Response of the Disciples (9:9)

1)The Nature of the Limitation (9:9a-b)

2)The Time Frame of the Limitation (9:9c)

b.The Disciples Reacted to Jesus’ Limitation (9:10-11)

1)Their Confusion regarding the Nature of Jesus’ Mission (9:10)

2)Their Confusion regarding the Time Frame of Jesus’ Mission (9:11)

c.Jesus Explained the Placement of His Mission (9:12-13)

1)The Prophetic Significance of Elijah (9:12)

a)Elijah is Yet to Come (9:12a-b)

b)Jesus’ Two-fold Mission (9:12c)

2)The Prophetic Significance of John the Baptist (9:13)

a)He Came in the Spirit of Elijah (9:13a)

b)He Was Rejected by the Nation (9:13b)