If your master took you up on a mountain, rays of light started beaming from his body, two old prophets appeared, and the words of God himself called your master Son ---- wouldn't you believe that you had seen the Kingdom of God come into power? That happened a few days after Jesus said the words above.
I just feel like the statement made by Jesus must be talking about the transfiguration since there is no other context. There is literally only the statement by Jesus in Mark 9:1and then Mark 9:2 describes the Transfiguration event. What other reason would the statement be made if not in setting the stage for the transfiguration? The writer must have included this seemingly one-off prophecy for a reason. He almost certainly believed the 2 things to be connected.
This may be completely wrong, but Jewish people of the day believed that the Messiah was going to come and restore worldly power and autonomy to the Jews. Maybe Jesus was trying to set the record straight in Luke 17 that His authority was not going to be a worldly one.
If your master took you up on a mountain, rays of light started beaming from his body, two old prophets appeared, and the words of God himself called your master Son ---- wouldn't you believe that you had seen the Kingdom of God come into power? That happened a few days after Jesus said the words above.
I just feel like the statement made by Jesus must be talking about the transfiguration since there is no other context. There is literally only the statement by Jesus in Mark 9:1and then Mark 9:2 describes the Transfiguration event. What other reason would the statement be made if not in setting the stage for the transfiguration? The writer must have included this seemingly one-off prophecy for a reason. He almost certainly believed the 2 things to be connected.
This may be completely wrong, but Jewish people of the day believed that the Messiah was going to come and restore worldly power and autonomy to the Jews. Maybe Jesus was trying to set the record straight in Luke 17 that His authority was not going to be a worldly one.