Saint Athanasius Lutheran Church

Not long after John the Baptist baptized Jesus, some of John's disciples came to him and told him that Jesus -- or, at least, some of Jesus' disciples -- were baptizing and all the people were going to Him! To which John said, Good! They should. He must increase and I must decrease. And maybe it seems as if that's what the Transfiguration is all about. But not so. The reality is actually the very opposite of that. What Jesus is doing, what we see testified in the Transfiguration, is not a man increasing but the Son of God decreasing.