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Discussion Questions
for a study of
The Urantia Book
by Dr. Meredith J. Sprunger
Paper 158: The Mount of Transfiguration
1. Did the transfiguration significantly influence Christianity of emphasize the divinity of Jesus?
2. Why was it natural for Peter to assume the heavenly persons were Moses and Elijah?
3. What did Jesus mean when he said, "you shall see greater things than this?"
4. What was Jesus referring to when he spoke of "the sorrows of your own choosing?"
5. What was the basic reason Jesus gave for the apostles not being able to cure James of Safed's son?
6. After Jesus clearly told the apostles that he was not the Messiah and that he would be killed, why didn't they believe what he told them?
7. What did Jesus mean when he said, "many of you now standing before me shall not taste death till you shall see this kingdom of God come with power?"
8. What spiritual level might have been necessary for all of the apostles to witness the transfiguration?
9. Is there any significance in that the transfiguration took place in the land of the gentiles?
10. Why did Jesus request that the three apostles not tell anyone about the transfiguration until his resurrection?
11. How can we tell when something is standing in the way of our growth in the kingdom of God?
12. What is the meaning of the statement, "All things are possible to him who really believes?"
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