The Transfiguration and the New Exodus

In Luke's version of the Transfiguration, Luke tells us what Jesus was speaking about with Moses and Elijah: namely, Jesus' Exodus.

Luke's version evokes the original exodus... but what does this mean?

In the Old Testament the prophets like Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel spoke of the Messiah coming to inaugurate a new exodus that was both similar and dis-similar to the old Exodus.

Both involve a journey with a beginning and and end that is supposed to set God's people free and bring them home to The Promised Land.

But, the old exodus began in Egypt and ended in Jerusalem (the earthly promised land); the new exodus that Jesus will inaugurate will begin in Jersusalem and end in the heavenly promised land.


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