<p>9:31 <i>Who appeared in glory and spoke of his departure which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem</i>- See on 2 Pet. 1:15. &quot;In glory&quot; suggests they were presented as it were already in the Kingdom, and from that kingdom perspective they talked with the Lord about His upcoming short term sufferings. We too must try to see our sharings in the cross as being in the context of the Kingdom. &quot;Departure&quot; is <i>eksodos</i>- Moses and Elijah had each experienced death at their exodus. And yet the Lord's exodus was all the more meaningful because it would enable the final delivery of God's people from the slavery of sin and death.</p><p>They appeared &ldquo;in glory&rdquo;, as the Lord did- this is clearly a vision of the Kingdom. The Lord Jesus was the firstfruits from the dead, who opened the way to immortality. So there is no way that they were already glorified before His death and resurrection. It was a vision (Mt. 17:9), of the Kingdom. Just as Jesus was not then glorified Himself at that time, neither were they. They spoke of how the Lord was going to &ldquo;fulfil&rdquo; the&nbsp;<i>exodus</i>&nbsp;in His death at Jerusalem. It was Moses who could supremely explain this to the Lord, having himself slain the Passover lamb and experienced the&nbsp;<i>exodus</i>&nbsp;made possible thereby.</p>