Kinship With Jesus

Had Jesus remained transfigured, he would have lost his kinship with those he had brought to this mountain.  His radiance would have intruded upon the bond between them.  Perhaps he was, underneath it all, a person whose garments were meant to shine, but that would be no more than a barrier were it to remain.  People can marvel for a little while in the face of such glory but marveling is not sharing.  It is too one-sided to permit communication.  Whatever it might have foreshadowed, their relationship was grounded in a moment that could not be wasted on too much of the brilliance and brightness of transfiguration, and so it was ended.