Photo: Clay Banks. Right from the start it became clear what Jesus expected of His people. He Himself saw His mission first to offer salvation to the Jewish people. He demands faith from His listeners, without evidence and without conditions. Where He did not find faith, all He could do was "go"; then grace becomes judgment.
Photo: Pixabay. What the disciples saw and heard on the Mount at the moment of the Transfiguration they will only understand after the resurrection of Jesus. Light clouds and voices from clouds confirm Jesus as the Christ, the Son of the living God (cf. Mt 16:17).
Photo: Pixabay. The world to come is of greater reality: the dead will be conquered, the resurrected will partake of the glory and life of God, the biological laws of the present world will become obsolete.