Our Guide Jacob At Mount Tabor
Mount Tabor's Divine Revelation: A Journey with Johnny Cash
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We are now up on top of Mount Tabor
We have reached the summit of Mount Tabor.
And Jacob you're our guide so how about
Jacob, you are our guide; please share your firsthand account.
Telling us in your own words
Jacob is urged to narrate the events at Mount Tabor.
Just what happened at this place
A request for a detailed account of the happenings at this location.
I hope the wind is not making too much noise
Concern about wind noise disturbing the narration.
We are at a great height up here
Observation of the significant elevation at Mount Tabor.
Here we are this is Mount Tabor
Confirmation of being at Mount Tabor.
We are standing on the highest of the
Standing at the highest point of the Lower Galilee mountains.
Lower Galilee mountains watching around us
Witnessing the breathtaking view surrounding the mountains.
A most magnificent view really one
Acknowledgment of an exceptionally magnificent view.
Can except to see this of course is the
Expressing the expected grandeur of the sight; reference to the Mountain of Trans-Figuration.
Mountain of Trans-Figuration
Identification of the location as the Mountain of Trans-Figuration.
Where Christ with his three elder
Mention of Christ and his three elder disciples ascending the mountain.
Disciples climbed up the mountain
The disciples climbed the mountain.
And that is when at the same
Describing the moment when they all spoke.
Time they all spoke saying
Simultaneous dialogue among Christ and the disciples.
Master Master can we have
Disciples addressing Christ as Master.
Three tents made here
The disciples express a desire to build three tents on the mountain.
The place is so beautiful we want to stay
Attraction to the beauty of the place; a wish to stay.
And at that same moment they
At the same moment, they observe Christ in conversation.
Saw Christ was conversing
Recognition of Christ conversing with Moses and Elijah.
With Moses and Delijah the prophet
A significant encounter on the mountain.
A cloud came from which the voice
The emergence of a cloud from which the voice of the Lord is heard.
Of the Lord was heard saying
The voice declares Christ as the chosen son to be obeyed.
This is my son my chosen son Thou shalt obey
A divine proclamation regarding Christ.
They watched to the face of
Observation of Christ's face at that moment.
Christ at that time
The disciples watch Christ's face.
And saw that there was light around it
Noticing a radiant light around Christ.
He was transfigured His tunic became
Christ undergoes transfiguration; his tunic turns as white as snow.
As white as snow so it's called the
Highlighting the transformative event on the Mountain of Trans-Figuration.
Mountain of Trans-Figuration
Reiteration of the significance of the location.
This is where it happened
A confirmation of the specific site of the event.
Thank you very much Jacob and you know
Expression of gratitude towards Jacob for sharing the information.
There was another time that Moses
Reference to another instance involving Moses.
That you were talking about
Recollection of a conversation about Moses climbing the mountain.
Moses climbed the mountain
Confirmation of Moses climbing a mountain.
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