Jordan - Matthew 17

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The transfiguration is one of the oddest stories.  Jesus takes Peter, James and John to the top of a hill and meets up with Elijah and Moses.  This meeting is very symbolic as Jesus is now on the same pedestool as the two revered prophets, both of whom didn't really die, but were taken up to heaven.  The three lucky disciples hear God claim Jesus as His Son!  What an honor!  But why them?  Why didn't the transfiguration happen in front of all of the disciples or maybe even one of the crowds?  Wouldn't that have a more dramatic effect?

I think that is just the point.  Jesus wasn't about making believers out of people.  Those who believed before they even saw him or heard him were the ones that Jesus favored the most.  In fact, the very next set of versus is Jesus telling his own disciples that they didn't even have faith the size of a mustard seed.  If they had, they could move mountains!