Glimpses of what is revealed when the curtain is pulled back and “uncreated light” blasts us with awareness of more than our finite minds can comprehend contrasts with the daily grind and the drudge of dealing with the continuous crap of mundane living. Up the mountain down!
Peter, James and John weren’t up there long (Matthew 17:1-7) but what they saw perhaps equipped them better, if not perfectly for the journey with Jesus to Jerusalem for what would become the ultimate test for them all.
What epiphanies and transfigurations act as starting blocks for our own journeys?