And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him."
Matthew 17:1-3
This is awesome. There are stories in the modern world about "seeing dead people" and ghost hunting and such, but this account isn't about ectoplasm or mixing the streams or being haunted... just about being able to talk to people who are beyond the veil, on the other side of death. Since we know that God is eternal and is granting us also eternal life, it doesn't seem that strange to realize that there are people that still exist even though we can't see them. It's like a spiritual version of object permanence that we need to learn even though we already learned that concept physically as children.
If we pray, we are already functionally reaching beyond the veil in talking with God, and I love the idea of being able to chat with awesome people we're read about, including Moses and Elias. Wouldn't it be cool to have their advice on things? I love that idea of knowing that everyone we love that has died, plus all of the people we ever wanted to talk to from history... they are all just barely beyond this life, and that it is a blessing that God is willing to provide in special circumstances.
Today, let's remember that death isn't even close to the end, and that all of us have a future beyond this life. Let's keep in touch with God, and stay in tune with the spirit, so that we can feel those times when the veil is thin, especially in the temple.
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