Transfigured Faith

Transfiguration; that great moment with Jesus, Peter, James & John and Moses and Elijah stretches the boundaries of our imagination and credulity. Did those two ancient figures really show up, standing next to Jesus? Or did Peter's enthusiasm create them there? Did Jesus actually glow or appear to glow? Those are all the questions that Peter liked to answer.
Whereas, the real truth of Transfiguration is Jesus, Jesus only, the beloved Son of the Father...listen to him.
The altar piece illustrates the supremacy of Jesus over the dark chaos of the rocks with the twin pillars of Moses and Elijah, Law and Prophets, urging Jesus ahead to his own unique Exodus, once for all from the slavery the sin wreaked on humans. His is the domminant light and referent point for all the decisions we will ever make.