Transfiguration Sunday

After the Israelites were led out of their bondage in Egypt, the Lord had them go to Mount Sinai to receive the Law to show them how they were to live as His people.  Then, in Exodus 24, Moses took the blood of a sacrifice and sprinkled it on the people to seal the covenant between them and God.  They were to be God’s people, a kingdom of priests and a holy nation, as the Lord had said earlier in Exodus 19.

Then, Moses and the elders of Israel went up onto the mountain and saw the God of Isra...