Let us take comfort in the blessed thought that there is a resurrection and a life to come. All is not over, when the last breath is drawn. There is another world beyond the grave. But, above all, let us take comfort in the thought, that until the day dawns, and the resur- rection begins, the people of God are safe with Christ. There is much about their present condition, no doubt, which is deeply mysterious. — Where is their local habi- tation ? — What knowledge have they of things on earth P These are questions we cannot answer. But let it suffice us to know that Jesus is taking care of them, and will bring them with Him at the last day. He showed Moses and Elijah to His disciples on the Mount of Transfiguration, and He will show us all who have fallen asleep in Him, at His second advent. Our brethren and sisters in Christ are in good keeping. They are not lost, but gone before.
In the third place, this passage shows us that the Old Testament saints in glory take a deep interest in Christ's atoning death. We are told that when Moses and Elijah appeared in glory with our Lord on the Mount of Trans- figuration, they " talked with Him." And what was the sub- jectof their conversation? We are not obliged to make con- jectures and guesses about this. St. Luke tells us, "they spake of His decease, which He should accomplish at Jerusalem." They knew the moaning of that death. They knew how much depended on it. Therefore they " talked " about it.
It is a grave mistake to suppose that holy men and women under the Old Testament knew nothing about the sacrifice which Christ was to offer up for the sin of