Editor

(Mat 17:2 KJV)  And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
(Mat 17:3 KJV)  And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.

In Wednesday night Bible study, someone asked the question, “Why is this story in the Bible?”   I don’t think we ever got an adequate answer, but that’s just the nature of our Wednesday night Bible study.  One thought that occurred to me was that everything Jesus said and did is not included in the Bible.  John tells us that at the end of his gospel.  The writer had to decide what to put in and what to leave out.  Then you have the belief that the Holy Spirit is the One who guided the writing.

Think of God as being the editor of the gospel of Matthew.  He put in what He wanted to put in for His own purposes.  I wonder if the mention of these two prophets is to give us an awareness of the faith of Old Testament saints.  There were many Jews who did not believe in an afterlife.  Although the New Testament is for Christians, Matthew was written towards the Jews.  This may have been reminding them that there is an afterlife.  It may also help tie Jesus to the Old Testament plan of the atonement.

So?  Read and learn.  Let your mind investigate.  God teaches in many different ways.