Who Is This Bedazzled Guy?

If you would open up your Bibles to Matthew chapter 17, this morning we're going to be

Matthew 17 · chapter mention

looking at the transfiguration.

And what I want you to help you to see is that the transfiguration is not just an historical

event, it's a motivational event.

And so would you turn now to Matthew 17?

I'm actually going to start in verse 24 of 16.

Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay

each person according to what he has done.

Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see

the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.

And after six days, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, his brother, and led them

up a high mountain by themselves.

And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes

became white as light.

And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah talking with him.

And Peter said to Jesus, Lord, it is good that we are here.

If you wish, I will make three tents here, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.

He was still speaking when, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the

cloud said, this is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

Listen to him.

When the disciples heard this, they fell on their faces and were terrified.

But Jesus came and touched them, saying, rise and have no fear.

And when they lifted up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only.

And as they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, tell no one the vision

until the Son of Man is raised from the dead.

And the disciples asked him, then why do the scribes say that this first Elijah must come?

And Jesus answered, Elijah does come, and he will restore all things.

But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but did to him

whatever they pleased.

So also the Son of Man will certainly suffer at their hands.

Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them of John the Baptist.

Every day you must ask yourself a question.

Who matters most today?

Who matters most?

According to what Jesus is calling to at the end of Matthew 16, Jesus is saying, today you

have a choice.

Either you're going to live for yourself in this world which is passing away, or you're

going to live for me, the Christ, and his kingdom which goes on forever and will one day culminate

in the restoration of all things.

Choose this day who you will follow, yourself or the Christ.

And so in Matthew 16, 24, Jesus says, if anyone would come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

And then what we see in verses 25 through 28 is Christ's rationale for it.

Remember at the end of the sermon last week, I pointed you to those three fours in verse 25.

Verse 25, do you see that in chapter 16?

You read the word, for whoever would save his life will lose it.

In other words, whoever will live his life now will lose it then.

And then you see a four in verse 26.

For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul?

Let's say you gather all the money and all the possessions in this life, and then Jesus comes back,

and on that day you forfeit your soul.

What was the benefit of everything you acquired?

And then he goes on to say, it culminates in verse 27, the last four, he says,

for the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father,

and then he will repay each person according to what he has done.

And so he's saying, I'm going to come back someday, and I'm going to judge everyone.

I'm going to repay them.

So if you live this life now for yourself, I will repay you accordingly.

But on that day when I come back, if you live this life now for me, I will repay you.

You will find life.

And then in verse 28, he says, truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death

until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.

What I want you to see is the connection between verse 28 and chapter 16 and verse 1 of chapter 17.

Truly, I say to you, some of you here are not going to die until you see me a certain way.

And then Matthew says in 17.1, six days later.

The transfiguration is very much connected to this call to follow Jesus.

It's part of Jesus' rationale to come after him.

He's saying, come after me because I'm coming back.

There's a future glory, and let me give you a glimpse of this glory now.

The transfiguration is motivation to live for Christ.

Getting a glimpse of the glory of Christ compels us to follow him in all of our life for all of our days.

And so the transfiguration is not just a historical event.

It's purposed by God to motivate you to follow Jesus.

It gives you a glimpse of his glory.

So for us, here's what this means.

The transfiguration took place almost 2,000 years ago,

and God intends it to have an effect on us today in 2017.

To be followers of Jesus.

It's fuel for followership.

And so this one who calls us to deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow him,

he's the glorious one.

He's breathtaking.

He's overwhelming.

And what we're going to see is his full glory,

accompanied by an anticipation of a fullness of suffering,

that's all designed to accomplish a full salvation,

the restoration of all things.

And it results in you fully following him.

So here's how we're going to proceed.

We're going to walk through verses 1 through 13 of chapter 17,

and then I'm going to bring it to a point and ask you two questions,

and then we'll bring it to bear, say amen, sing a song, and go follow him.

All right.

If you would look at chapter 17, verse 1,

and after six days Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John,

his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.

Now here's what you've got to be aware of right away.

Matthew, you really doesn't talk that much in terms of specific times.

And so when he gets very specific about six days,

it should catch your attention.

Like, Matthew, why are you being so specific?

It's because he's making a connection.

He wants us to understand that what Jesus says in verse 28

finds its fulfillment in what happens on this mountaintop six days later.

And notice that Jesus is bringing with him three of his disciples.

These are, it's the inner group.

It's Peter, James, and John.

James and John are the sons of Zebedee.

And Jesus brings them with them up on the top of this mountain.

And these are the same three guys that in Matthew 26,

Jesus is going to pull them aside in the Garden of Gethsemane.

They played a special role.

So Jesus brings them up onto this mountaintop.

Now, if you're familiar with mountaintops and the Bible,

you'll quickly remember that throughout the Old Testament,

a lot of revelation of God's glory happens on mountaintops.

And so Moses on the mountaintop in Exodus 19 and 24 and 34,

God meets him there and reveals himself to him.

And Elijah on the mountaintop in 1 Kings 19,

when he squares off against the prophets of Baal,

and God shows up in awesome, awesome ways.

And so Jesus is very purposefully,

in verse 1, bringing these three disciples

up onto this mountaintop

so that they would behold his glory,

so that they would follow him.

In Luke chapter 9, we learned that during this whole episode,

Luke 9 · chapter mention

the disciples were really sleepy.

And chances are this all happened at night,

which is important for what's about to happen.

So here's what I want you to see so far.

Right now, in verse 1,

Jesus is bringing his disciples up to the mountaintop.

And he's just being faithful to what he said he would do in verse 28.

So already, Jesus is being faithful to his word.

And now in verse 2,

we have this Christological light show that takes place.

Do you like laser shows?

Have you been to a planetarium thing at night?

You know, dark lights.

Been to fireworks recently.

What happens on this mountaintop

supersedes them all.

We read in verse 2,

Jesus is transfigured.

Jesus is transfigured.

And we get our word metamorphosis from that word transfigured.

He was dramatically changed in his appearance before his disciples.

His face shone like the sun.

Have you recently tried to look at the sun around midday?

You can't.

Maybe for a little glimpse,

and then your eyes get that kind of like,

I can't see anything now for a little bit.

That's what's going on here.

Jesus has been transfigured,

and now there is a brilliance coming out of him.

His face shone like the sun,

and his clothes became white as light.

Do you know what to bedazzle means?

You know, there's this like bedazzling.

Ladies will bedazzle their purses.

Bedazzle your jeans.

Kind of bedazzle hats.

I've seen bedazzled fingernails.

They're kind of glimmer.

And so Jesus,

his clothes were bedazzled

from the glory that he was emanating.

Kind of harkens back to Revelation chapter 1

Revelation 1 · chapter mention

where John, the son of Zebedee,

has another vision of the glorified Christ,

and he sees him in his brilliant glory.

And in verse 17, he drops as a dead man.

Here we have on this mountaintop,

Jesus' brilliance on display.

And I just want to pause here and ask a question.

What kind of brilliance are we talking about?

On a full moon,

I can walk around my neighborhood

because it's basically lit up.

I can see pretty well.

The moon is brilliant.

It's a reflected brilliance

because we all know that the moon

does not generate its own brilliance.

That the moon is simply reflecting

the brilliance of the sun.

But when it comes to the sun,

the splendor of the sun,

it is essential to its nature.

The sun generates its own heat and light.

And so the brilliance that we see here

in verse 2 of chapter 17,

it's not a reflected brilliance.

Remember when Moses came down off the mountain

and he had to veil his face

because he was reflecting the glory of God?

It's not that kind of brilliance.

The brilliance on display here

is a brilliance of God himself

emanating outwards.

It is a radiating glory.

What we see happening here

are the disciples are getting a glimpse

of the unveiled essential splendor

of the second person of the Trinity.

This is the way he's always been like.

His pre-incarnate glory,

this is the way he's always existed.

And when he comes back someday

in Revelation 21 and 22,

do you remember the light source

of the new Jerusalem?

Doesn't need the sun anymore.

Jesus is lighting up the place

because of his essential glory

on display.

Who is this guy?

Who is this guy on this mountaintop?

He's true to his word

and we have an unveiling of his glory.

This past Wednesday night,

I was coming back from being here

at the building.

Brian Whittington had just taught

another installment

in his apologetics class

and I was coming back

and it was, you know,

this rainy craziness

that's been happening

and so it's been pretty dark

and I live by Lincoln Park

so I'm driving by Lincoln Park

and there's been this whole

kind of softball tournament

going on all week

at Lincoln Park

but it got rained out

but the lights were still on

and so I'm driving down 22nd Avenue

and I see this glory

coming over Lincoln Park.

I'm like, what's going on?

It was lit up!

And so if you were at the base

of this mountain

here at Matthew 17

at night

and you look up

and you see

this wonderful glory

happening on the top

of this mountain,

you'd be like,

what is going on?

Who is this guy?

Shining like the sun

on the mountaintop.

This is the one

who has called you

to deny yourself,

take up your cross

and follow him.

That's who this is.

He lights up your heart.

He compels you

to follow him.

Would he get a glimpse

of his glory?

You want to follow him.

In verse 3,

we realize

that this amazing event

on the mountaintop,

Jesus has some people

with him

besides the disciples.

Look at verse 3.

Who is this?

And behold,

there appeared to them

Moses and Elijah

talking with him.

If it weren't enough

that Jesus

is,

his glory

has been revealed

and he's lighting up

the place,

there are two other guys

with him,

Moses and Elijah.

Let me ask you

this question.

If you had to answer

who are the top

two presidents

of the United States

of America,

how would you answer?

It'd be interesting,

wouldn't it?

Mine would be

George Washington

and Abraham Lincoln.

George Washington

is known

for our first president.

He's the one

that started off

our nation,

right?

Abraham Lincoln,

16th president

and he's known

for the Emancipation

Proclamation

in which slaves

were delivered

from slavery.

The deliverer,

the establisher,

and the deliverer.

And so when we think

about George Washington

and Abraham Lincoln

in the history

of our nation,

we think certain things.

Moses.

Now when Jews

would think about

the key players

in Israel's history,

their minds

would go certain places.

Moses

led the people

out of Egypt.

On Mount Sinai

was given

the law.

He is the law giver.

When you hear

Moses,

you think law.

And then there's

Elijah.

Mount Carmel,

1st Corinthians 19,

defeats the prophets

of Baal.

He's early

2nd Kings.

He doesn't die.

He's taken up

in a chariot of fire.

In Malachi 4, 5,

there's this

prophecy

of Elijah.

That Elijah

will be sent

before the great

and awesome

day of the Lord.

And the understanding

is he would

usher in

the restoration

of all things.

He's a prophet.

When you hear

Moses,

you think law.

When you hear

Elijah,

you think

prophet.

So these

are heavy

hitters

from Israel's

past.

Representing

the law

and the prophets

and they're

in the presence

of Jesus

and they're

having a conversation.

Don't you wish

Matthew told us

what they were

talking about?

Wouldn't you

like to know?

I don't think

Jesus was saying,

Moses,

I don't think

you've ever met

Elijah.

This is Elijah.

Elijah,

this is Moses.

Seems like

that they're

having a conversation

well into it

that they knew

each other.

it's a good

thing that

Luke 9

tells us

what they

were talking

about.

Would you

flip over

there to

Luke chapter

Luke 9 · chapter mention

9?

I hope

your heart

is starting

to beat

a little

faster.

Because in

Luke 9

we have a

very interesting

thing that's

being talked

about in

verses 30

and 31.

And behold,

two men

were talking

with him.

Who are

they?

Moses and

Elijah.

Verse 31,

who appeared

in glory and

spoke of his

departure.

So notice,

they've appeared

in glory too

and they're

speaking of his

departure.

Do you see a

little number

next to that

word departure

in your Bible?

It's from a

Greek word

that's called

exodus.

They were

speaking of his

exodus.

Now let's

look at the

next clause

that was

about to

which he was

about to

accomplish in

Jerusalem.

They're talking

about the

second exodus

Jesus was

about to

accomplish in

Jerusalem through

his suffering,

death, and

resurrection.

They're talking

about the

salvation that

he would

accomplish in

Jerusalem by

dying on the

cross and

being raised

from the

dead.

They were

talking about

him ushering

in the

kingdom of

him through

his death,

inaugurating the

kingdom that

would consummate

into the

restoration of

all things,

which means our

relationship with

God, our

relationship with

ourselves, our

relationship to

each other, and

even our

relationship to

this world, this

created place.

That's what they

were talking about.

God's plan for

the fullness of

time.

Moses and

Elijah are

talking to

Jesus about

what he's

about to do

and accomplish

in Jerusalem.

What it gets

at is God's

plan of

salvation.

God has had a

plan from the

beginning of the

world.

And Moses and

Elijah, they

recognized they

were moving in a

direction that

would be fulfilled

in Jesus, the

Christ.

And so when

Jesus says in

Matthew 5, 17,

do not think that

I have come to

abolish the law

and the prophets.

I have not come to

abolish them, but to

fulfill them.

He's talking

about his work

of salvation on

the cross that

Moses and Elijah

and all the

prophets pointed

to.

Who is this

guy?

Who is this

guy?

He's faithful to

what he says.

He's shining like

the sun.

He's surrounded

by big hitters

like Moses and

Elijah who are

talking about what

he's about to do

in Jerusalem.

And then we

come across verse

four and it's a

bit bizarre.

Look at that

with me.

And Peter said

to Jesus, Lord,

it is good that

we are here.

If you wish, I

would make three

tents here, one

for you and one

for Moses and

one for Elijah.

And so here's

this grand display

of awesome things

and Peter starts

saying, Jesus,

I'll start making

tents, buddy.

What do you need

me to do?

In Mark 9, Mark

explains Peter's

behavior by saying

he didn't know

what to say for

they were all

terrified.

Luke says, not

knowing what he

said.

In other words,

he is speaking

without thinking,

which for Peter

is somewhat

normal.

So if you have

a rash person

who is terrified,

stupid things

typically happen,

don't you think?

That's my personal

experience with

myself.

Now, here's

what I do.

I imagine,

here's Peter

talking.

Can I make

tents for you

guys?

Moses looks

over at Jesus

and says,

are you sure

you want to

build your

church on him?

And then

Elijah is like,

he has a good

point.

And then

there's verse

five.

as Peter

is speaking,

we have

the introduction

of a whole

new thing.

A bright

cloud.

A bright

cloud

overshadowed

them.

Do you remember

when God

led his people

out of Egypt?

He led them

out as a

pillar of cloud

by day

and a pillar

of fire

by night.

If you were

listening carefully

to Rick

when he opened

up the service

in Exodus

Exodus 34 · chapter mention

chapter 34,

God came down

on the mountain

as a cloud

and met

with Moses.

When Solomon

dedicated the

temple in 1 Kings

8, a cloud

filled the

temple.

A cloud of

the glory of

God, his

presence.

temple

and then

Ezekiel

very tragically

that same

cloud

which was

in the

temple

gradually

departs

the temple

signifying

God's

judgment

and departure

from being

among his

people.

This bright

cloud is

the presence

of God

the Father

and it

says it

overshadowed

them

which is a

really interesting

way to talk

about it

because it's

a bright

cloud at

night so

maybe the

better word

would be

it over

brightened

them.

Whatever the

case it was

overwhelming

because then

if that

weren't

enough

a voice

is heard.

This is

my beloved

son with

whom I'm

well pleased.

It's the

Father speaking.

It's identical

language to

Matthew 3

17 after

Jesus has

been baptized.

This is my

beloved son with

whom I'm

well pleased.

What is

going on

here is

this.

In Matthew

16 16

Peter says

you are the

Christ the

son of the

living God

and now

God the

father on the

mountaintop

is saying

yep

that's my

boy

my beloved

one and I

am well

pleased in

him.

He's talking

about the

faithfulness of

Christ.

I'm delighting

in him and

he's delighting

in what

Christ has

made known

about himself

that he's

going to go

to Jerusalem

that he's

going to

suffer that

he's going

to be

crucified and

he's going

to be

raised.

That's

right.

That's

my son.

He's on

my plan

and I'm

delighting in

him.

with whom

I'm well

pleased is a

reference to

Isaiah 42

1 which is a

reference to

the suffering

servant my

son.

Peter,

James,

and John

hear this

voice of

God from

the cloud.

This is my

beloved son

with whom

I'm well

pleased and

they're undone.

They drop

prostrate face

down.

But before I

get there

there's a

difference between

what the

father says in

Matthew 3 and

Matthew 17.

There are

three words

difference.

Listen to

him.

This is my

beloved son

with whom

I'm well

pleased.

Listen to

him.

It's kind of

like an

immediate rebuke

of Peter who

is just kind

of talking

blah blah

blah blah

blah.

Listen to

him.

But we need

to ask

ourselves the

question what

has Jesus

just said in

the gospel of

Matthew?

And what

he's just

called us

to is to

if anyone

would come

after me he

must deny

himself take

up his cross

and follow

me.

We must

listen to

him.

A disciple

listens to

his or her

master.

And so

when you

hear those

words listen

to him

here's what

you need to

understand.

He's saying

obey him.

Not just

to listen to

gain knowledge

but listen

to obey.

So for us

this is what

it means.

We need to

take to heart

what Jesus

has already

said all the

way back to

the Sermon on

the Mount.

Listen to

him.

Obey him.

And then to

hear this call

of disciples we

must listen to

him and obey

him.

And when we

get into

Matthew 18

and 19

where Jesus

starts telling

us about what

are the

kingdom norms.

What is

kingdom greatness?

It's humility.

We must listen

to him and

obey him.

What's kingdom

purity?

What are kingdom

marriages like?

What is kingdom

peacemaking like?

What are all

these things?

We listen to

him and obey

him.

If anyone

would come

after me let

him take up

his cross and

follow me.

Let him deny

himself.

Who is this

guy on this

mountaintop?

He's the one

who's faithful to

his word.

He's the one

shining like the

sun.

He's the one

who fulfills the

Old Testament and

he's hanging out

with big hitters

from Israel's

past.

He's beloved

by his father

because he's

doing the

father's will.

And all of a

sudden upon

hearing the

father's voice

the disciples

fall prostrate

terrified.

It's a

theophany.

It's an

appearing of

God.

It's not

unusual.

When God

shows up people

drop down on

their face

terrified.

They're

overwhelmed by

the voice of

God.

It's what

happened in

Exodus chapter

I think it's

20 or 21

where the

people hear the

voice of God

from the

mountaintop and

they plead with

Moses don't let

him say anything

to us anymore.

And in verse

7 we see Jesus

do something that I

hope does good to

your soul.

He sees them

drop.

He sees them

terrified.

And this

glorious one

shows how

gentle he is.

he goes to

them

touches them

and says

rise and have

no fear.

Now they're no

longer hearing the

voice from the

cloud.

They're hearing the

voice of their

master saying

fear not.

When they pick up

their heads it's

just Jesus.

the cloud is

gone.

Moses and

Elijah are

gone.

Jesus unveiled

brilliance is now

veiled.

It's just

normal.

Dark on a

mountaintop.

But it's not

normal.

These men have

seen the glory

of Christ.

They've been

changed.

If you want to

jot down if

you're taking

notes.

2 Peter chapter

2 Peter 1:16–17

1 verses 16

through 17.

It's Peter's

account of what

happened on the

mountaintop.

Jesus is alone

there.

Who is this

guy?

Who is this

guy?

He's the one

that calls you

to follow him.

He's the one

that calls you

to deny

yourself,

take up your

cross,

and follow

him.

In verses

9 through 13

Jesus and

his disciples

make their

way down

the mountain.

What we see

in verses

1 through

8 is the

glory of

Christ on

the mountain.

Christ in

full glory.

And then

going down

the mountain

Jesus speaks

of a

fullness

of suffering

that he

will experience.

Would you

please take a

look at what

he has to

say?

Verse 9

And as they

were coming

down the

mountain,

Jesus commanded

them,

tell no one

the vision

until the

Son of Man

is raised

from the

dead.

Now this

may sound

strange to

you.

Jesus is

saying,

keep it on

the down

low guys

that what

you just

saw.

Why would

he say

this?

Because he

didn't want

to distract

them.

There's this

frenzy going

on at the

time for a

Messiah, a

political figure

to take over.

And he doesn't

want them saying

anything until

after his

resurrection.

It's the

resurrection that

will be the

greatest evidence

that he is the

Messiah.

And so he

tells them,

keep it on the

down low.

And as they're on

their way down,

verse 10,

the disciples

ask him,

then why do the

scribes say

that first

Elijah must

come?

What they're

asking is,

hey, we just

saw Elijah

with you.

The scribes

teach that they

must come

first.

What's up

with that?

And Jesus

essentially says

in verses

11 and 12,

Elijah,

yes, they're

right.

He does

come and he

will restore

all things.

He will

usher in the

kingdom of

restoring all

things.

He says,

they're right.

But they

missed him.

Verse 14,

but I tell

you that

Elijah has

already come

and they

did not

recognize him

but did

to him

whatever they

pleased.

So also

the son of

man will

certainly

suffer at

their hands.

And so

Jesus clears

up this

Elijah question.

The scribes

had been

teaching that

but they

missed

John the

Baptist

when they

came.

John the

Baptist

was the

fulfillment

of the

prophecy

in Malachi

4 or 5

of Elijah

coming before

the awesome

day of

the Lord.

But here's

what I want

you to

notice.

In

verse 9,

and as

they were

coming down

the mountain

Jesus

commanded

them,

tell no

one the

vision until

the son of

man is

raised from

the dead.

Coming

down to

reality.

me.

I'm

heading

towards

my

death

in

resurrection.

In

verse 12,

so also

the son

of man

will

certainly

suffer at

their hands.

As

John the

Baptist

went,

so will

the son

of man

go.

The

kingdom

will be

established

through

suffering.

So what

we see

going on

here is

this.

We have

God,

the glory

of Christ

on display

on the

mountaintop,

and then

on the

way

down,

Jesus

is back

talking

about

the

fullness

of

suffering

he will

experience

to accomplish

our

salvation

and restore

all things.

Who is

this guy?

He is

the all

glorious

one,

full of

glory,

and who

will suffer

fully to

accomplish a

fullness of

salvation and

give you

fullness of

grace that

will result

in you

fully

following

him.

He did

it for

you.

He did

it for

his glory.

Who is

this guy?

He's the

one who

keeps his

word.

He is

the one

shining like

the sun.

He's the

fulfiller of

the Old

Testament.

He is

beloved by

his father

because he

does the

father's

will.

He is

gentle.

Rise,

do not

fear.

And he

will suffer.

And he

will suffer

greatly in

order to

accomplish our

salvation.

So let's

bring it all

the way back.

If anyone

would come

after me,

who's the

me?

He's the

Christ,

the glorious

one.

the one

who would

suffer in

order to

save so

that we

could follow

him.

It's just

not a

historical

event,

this

transfiguration.

It's a

functional

event.

It compels

us as we

see his

glory to

follow him.

Let me

just make

this connection

for you.

if this

is Jesus,

if this

is truly

who he

is,

who we

see on

the

mountaintop

is who

he is

now.

This is

who he

is.

This is

the true

Jesus in

his glory.

He's worth

everything.

Every

minute of

your day,

every

square inch

of your

life,

every

penny in

your bank

account,

he is

worth it

all

because of

who he

is,

what he's

done,

and what

eventually

he will

do.

tomorrow

morning when

you wake

up,

I hope

you're

asking the

question

today,

who

matters

most?

And after

getting a

glimpse of

the glory

of Christ

here in

Matthew 17,

I hope

you gladly

say,

oh Lord

Jesus,

I will

gladly deny

myself,

and I

will take

up my

cross,

and I

will follow

you because

you alone

are glorious,

and you

alone are

worthy of

my life.

Let's

pray.

God in

heaven,

would you

take these

words of

yours in

Matthew 17,

especially this

glimpse of the

glory of Christ

on the

mountaintop,

and would

you press

that into

our hearts

so that

we will

never forget

it,

so that

we wake

up day

after day

with the

sense that

Lord Jesus,

you are the

glorious one,

and that

when you

come back,

we will

see you as

you are,

and we

will rejoice.

It's in your

name we pray.

Amen.

Amen.