RELA 211 Lesson 8

We can discern from the Bible that some of the Pharisees had adulterous tendencies because they

repeatedly asked Jesus for a sign from heaven to prove he was the Messiah

A major purpose of the events on the Mount of Transfiguration was to

give special keys of authority to Peter, James, and John

The Transfiguration

was of major importance in the establishment of the kingdom of God on earth in New Testament times
was possibly the most important event between the baptism and atonement of Jesus
made it possible for the Twelve to carry on the work of the Church after Je

What annual Jewish festival was celebrated at the time of the events of the Mount of Transfiguration?

Tabernacles

When the woman said to Jesus, "Truth Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from the masters' table," to whom did the word dogs refer?

Gentiles

According to the JST (Mark 9:4), who appeared to Jesus and his disciples on the Mount of Transfiguration besides Moses and Elijah?

John the Baptist

At what time of the year did Peter bear his powerful testimony of the Lord, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the Living God," at Caesarea Philippi?

fall

The Lord told Peter that he would build his church upon "this rock." Joseph Smith said the rock was

revelation

While on the Mount, the disciples saw a vision of

the pattern of the earth when it shall be transfigured

When the Pharisees and scribes complained to Jesus that his disciples did not wash their hands when they ate bread, he replied that

a man is defiled not by what goes into his mouth, but by what comes out of it

Although it is recorded in Deuteronomy that Moses died a natural death, we know it could not have been so. Why? Select all that apply.

He would not have been able to bestow keys, even though he might have appeared.
He would not have had a body of flesh and bone with which to lay hands on the apostles at the Mount of Transfiguration.

After Peter's testimony that Jesus was the Christ, Jesus gave his disciples a charge to

tell no man that he was the Christ, until later

Why did the Lord first decline to heal the daughter of the woman of Canaan?

She was not a member of the House of Israel.

To be "transfigured" is to be

lifted temporarily to a higher spiritual plane

Keys of the priesthood" are

the directing power of the priesthood
the right to authorize others to use the priesthood to perform ordinances
the power of presidency in the priesthood

According to Elder Joseph Fielding Smith, the three chief apostles may also have had what experience on the Mount of Transfiguration?

They may have received their endowments.

Together with Matthew 17, what does modern revelation helps us understand?

Jesus was transfigured.
Peter, James, and John were also transfigured with Christ.
Peter, James, and John saw a vision of the future pattern of the earth.

The events of the Transfiguration were similar to experiences at the

Kirtland Temple

When Jesus warned against the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees, he was referring to

the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees