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当摩西请求见神的容面时，神拒绝了他。没有人见到神的面而仍然存活。所以摩西不得不躲在石头后面，直到神越过他去。（参出 33:18-23）

耶稣告诉祂的门徒们：“人看见了我，就是看见了父。”（参约 14:9）但祂说的不是看到父的形体。祂指的是祂自己的言行，祂的心和祂的灵都是天父的彰显。人们肉眼所能见的，只有耶稣的人性。从某种意义上说，祂的神性被隐藏在祂的人性表象之下。

但在某一天的短暂时间里，耶稣在山上变了形像。祂的衣裳“洁白如光”，脸面“明亮如日头”。祂神圣的荣耀穿透身体和衣裳闪耀出来。不仅如此，有种像面纱一样的东西被除去了，所以祂面上的荣光可以一览无余。摩西和以利亚就在祂面前，看得真切。

神的荣耀在耶稣身上完全显现出来。因此，摩西和以利亚终于看到了他们多年前就想看到的那张脸。有一天，因着耶稣的缘故，我们也将看到神的容面。何等奇妙！

When Moses asked to see the glory of God, God said no. There was no way for anyone to see the glory of God's face and to live through it. So Moses had to hide behind a rock until God passed by (Exodus 33:18-23).

Jesus told his disciples, "Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father" (John 14:9). But he wasn't talking about seeing the Father physically. He meant that his own words and actions, his own heart and spirit, were a reflection of the Father. All that anyone could see physically when looking at Jesus was his humanity. His divinity was hidden, in a sense, underneath his humanity.

But one day, for a few moments on a mountain, Jesus' appearance changed. His clothes became as bright as white light. And his face "shone like the sun." His divine glory was shining from his body through his clothes. More than that, something like a veil was removed, so his face could be seen in all its glory. And of all people, Moses was there to see it.

The glory of God was fully present in Jesus. So Moses finally saw the face he had wanted to see so many years before. And one day, because of Jesus, we too will see the face of God. How wonderful!