9现在我们必须看见得荣耀的意义。基督这位神成了人时,祂的神性化身在祂的人性里。祂是独一兼有神性和人性的人。祂的神性隐藏在祂的人性里。祂外面是人,里面却是神。神隐藏、包含、隐匿在这人里面。荣耀就是神得着显明,神得着彰显。……隐藏在耶稣人性里的神,就是荣耀。因此,荣耀神圣的元素隐藏在耶稣人性的元素里。祂在地上行走时,没有人能看见祂荣耀的神性。许多人看见了神迹,领悟祂是不寻常的人,但在祂变化形像之前,从来没有人看见过隐藏在祂里面的荣耀。有一天,祂把三个最亲密的门徒领到高山,在他们面前变了形像。主耶稣变化形像,意思就是祂的人性被祂的神性所浸透、饱和。……这个变化形像,就是祂的得荣耀,等于祂在祂国里的来临。这指明基督在祂国里的来临,联于祂的变化形像。……国度的来临乃是主的得荣耀,主的变化形像;祂的得荣耀就是祂的人性被祂的神性所浸透。……因着主已经变化形像,祂现今就在荣耀里。
9Now we must see what it means to be glorified. When Christ, who is God, became a man, His divinity was incarnated in His humanity. He was a unique person, one possessing both divinity and humanity. His divinity was concealed within His humanity. Outwardly, He was a man, but inwardly, He was the very God. God was hidden, contained, concealed, within this man. Glory is God manifested, God expressed…The God hidden within the humanity of Jesus was the very glory. Thus, the glorious divine element was concealed within the human element of Jesus. As He walked on earth, no one could see His glorious divinity. Many saw the miracles and realized that He was someone extraordinary, but prior to His transfiguration no one had ever seen the glory concealed within Him. Then one day He brought three of His most intimate disciples to a high mountain and was there transfigured before them. For the Lord Jesus to be transfigured meant that His humanity was saturated and permeated with His divinity… This transfiguration, which was His glorification, was equal to His coming in His kingdom. This indicates that Christ’s coming in His kingdom is linked with His transfiguration…The coming of the kingdom is the Lord’s glorification, His transfiguration; and His glorification is the saturation of His humanity by His divinity…Because the Lord has been transfigured, He is now in glory.