Suddenly, 

looking around, 

they no longer saw anyone with them 

except Jesus.

As they were coming down the mountain, he ordered them to tell no one what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

They kept this word to themselves, questioning what "rising from the dead" meant.

Mark 9:8-10 CSB

One day this will be our experience: suddenly we'll look around and all we will see is Jesus!

#heaven

As quickly as these events began, it was over. The spectacular, terrifying glimpse of the eternal went.

And to add to the mystery was talk of "rising from the dead". They had no category for that.

No experience of it.

And no further explanation from Jesus at that time.

There's things about God we don't get, that don't make sense in our world, and we'd just love some more explanation of... but Jesus is OK with not filling in all the gaps, giving all the answers, but to keep following him, to keep the faith, even when we're swimming in the deep end of the mystery pool...

#faith

#followersofJesus

#mystery