The sun could not perpetrate the thick covering of the Holy of Holies. The flickering glow of the candles was not seen. The light shone in the darkness yet the darkness did not overcome it. The light that overcame the darkness in the Holy of Holies was the Shekanah glory of God.
When Jesus was transfigured on the mountain what did Peter, James and John see? "His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light." (Matthew 17:2) This was the same Shekinanh glory that illuminated the Holy of Holies yet when he came down from the mountain his glory was cloaked by human flesh.
At the foot of the mountain where Peter, James and John had seen Jesus transfigured a desperate father knelt before him begging for mercy for his son. While Jesus had been on the mountain his disciples had tried unsuccessfully to release this man's son from the demons that tried to destroy him. With one eye on Jesus and and the other eye on his son the father poured out his heart. He explained how the evil spirits would often cast his son into fire and into water to destroy him. Then he said "But if you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us."
"The light shines in the darkness yet the darkness has not overcome it...The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. "(John 1:5, 9, 10) Jesus who moments before had shone with Shekinanh glory responded to the question of "if you can" by saying, " If you can! All things are possible for one who believes."
Lord Jesus I confess that I too like the father in this story am sometimes more aware of the power of the darkness than I am of your Shekinanh glory. Thank you for giving me this honest prayer, "Lord, I believe help thou my unbelief." Please let me behold You glory with an unveiled face.
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