Gas stations seem to be getting more and more creative in how they post their gas prices. Remember the days when only one price was listed? Nowadays there is a cash price, a credit price, a car wash discount price, and for this place a "cash card" price. You have to read carefully to understand just what you are getting.
Now I would never accuse God of false advertising... or even trying to lure us in with cheap prices with all sorts of strings attached. God just isn't like that. In fact, God is very much the opposite. With Jesus, you usually get more than you paid for. A better deal than you anticipated. Granted, the price was very high...
And yet there is something about the transfiguration, something that reveals that Jesus was not exactly what everyone expected. There was a part of Jesus that remained hidden. A side that he didn't want fully revealed until the right time. Jesus was very intentional about how and when he revealed his divine nature. Only a few witnessed the transfiguration. Others witnesses miracles, but only specific miracles. Miracles that pointed to the presence of the kingdom of God in specific ways.
Jesus did not want to draw people to himself with spectacular promises or with a charismatic personality. He didn't want people to follow him because he was some sort of magician or miracle worker. He wanted people to look at him and see the kingdom of God.
Do we do the same as the church? Or do we try to offer cheap prices with all sorts of strings attached?
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