The Transfiguration and the “Second Coming” of the Christ

12 I will, therefore, always be ready to remind you of all this, even though you know it and are firmly established in the truth that you now hold. 13 But I think it my duty, as long as I live in this “tent,” to rouse you by awakening memories of the past; 14 for I know that the time for this “tent” of mine to be put away is soon coming, as our Lord Jesus Christ himself assured me. 15 So I will do my best to enable you, at any time after my departure, to call these truths to mind. 16 For we were not following cleverly devised stories when we told you of the coming in power of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we had been eye-witnesses of his majesty. 17 For he received honour and glory from God the Father, when from the glory of the Divine Majesty there were borne to his ears words such as these – “This is my dearly loved son, who brings me great joy.” 18 These were the words that we heard, borne to our ears from heaven, when we were with him on that sacred mountain. 19 And still stronger is the assurance that we have in the teaching of the prophets; to which you will do well to pay attention (as if it were a lamp shining in a gloomy place), until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. 20 But first be assured of this: There is no prophetic teaching found in scripture that can be interpreted by a person’s unaided reason; 21 for no prophetic teaching ever came in the old days at the mere wish of people, but people, moved by the Holy Spirit, spoke direct from God.