NT Midterm 2

who was taken to the Mount of Transfiguration?

Peter James and John

Who did they see on the mount of transfiguration?

Jesus was transfigured there, God spoke out of a cloud to testify of Him, and Moses and Elias=Elijah appeared and talked to Jesus about His atonement and death..

Where is the story told

matthew mark peter and luke

what happened

priesthood keys were given in fulfillment of a promise made to them a week earlier. They already had the Melchezidek Priesthood but not the full keys for organization, or the directing power

Why Elijah

he was the last prophet to hold the keys of the priesthood. The Savior had that power too but the sons of Levi were prejudiced.

Elijah

lived in Samaria, 850 BC, in kingdom of Ahab and Jezebel

What did they see on the Mount? A vision of...

the earth in its glorified state, mentioned in D and C and by Joseph Smith

What happened in the Kirtland Temple in 1836?

Moses, Elijah/Elias and others came to restore the keys in the same fashion that it had been in the previous times

Where is the Mount of Transfiguration?

It is not specified in the scriptures but it was in Northern Galilee, probably Mount Tabor or Mount Hermon.

Who does JST say was also at the Mount of Transfig?

John the Baptist, as a Spirit, since he had been slain recently. We don't know what his mission was to be there though. Acc to Elder McKonkie he played a part in heavenly manifestations of glory. Perhaps he was there as the last legal administrator under

Did Moses die

No! Although it says in Deut. that he was buried by the hand of the Lord it is certain that he was transLATED.. Moses had not been resurrected because Jesus hadn't died yet but he appeared for sure on the Mount of Transfig so he had to have been translate

Endowments on the Mount?

Christ told Peter James and John not to talk about the vision or what happened until after His resurrection. President Joseph Fielding Smith said that he believes they received their endowments on the mount. They also got the gathering of the keys of Isra