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Read: Luke 9:27-36 When they became fully awake they saw his glory. (v. 32) The Disney film Tangled is about a lost princess who embarks on a journey to discover her true identity. Along the way she picks up a companion. When her royal heritage is revealed, he is first awed, but then he feels awkward, unsure how to relate to her. Luke 9 includes the account of the transfiguration. This event is prefaced by Jesus’s statement to his disciples: “I tell you truly, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God” (v. 27). Shortly thereafter, Jesus leads three of them to a mountaintop. There, they see Jesus in a radical new light. It’s not that Jesus becomes someone different so much as Jesus’s identity is fully revealed.