<p>9:7 <em>And there came a cloud overshadowing them- </em>Moses had previously entered the cloud of glory, seen God&rsquo;s glory and heard God&rsquo;s voice- on the top of a mountain. Moses&rsquo; ascent into the mountain and into the very cloud of Divine glory was understood in Judaism as the very zenith of human spiritual achievement of all time, coming so close to the very personal presence of God, never to be repeated amongst men. And now, three fishermen were having the very same experience. No wonder they feared as they themselves entered into that cloud (Lk. 9:34).&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><em>And there came a voice out of the cloud: This is My beloved Son. Hear him</em>- This was literally the word of God, and yet it was actually a string of three quotations from God&rsquo;s word in the Old Testament: &ldquo;You are My Son&rdquo; (Ps. 2:7), &ldquo;In whom My soul delights&rdquo; (Is. 42:1), &ldquo;Hear Him&rdquo; (Dt. 18:15). It must have been a profound evidence of the Bible&rsquo;s Divine inspiration. The very voice of God repeating His own words as found in the Law, Psalms and Prophets- the three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures.&nbsp;&quot;Hear him&quot; was intended to take the mind back to Dt. 18:15, where it was written that Messiah would be &lsquo;heard&rsquo; by the faithful. But Peter fell down paralyzed with fear; he didn&rsquo;t really hear the son of God then. Yet in Acts 3:22, Peter quotes Dt. 18:15 and asks his hearers to obey the passage by hearing Jesus, through his preaching of Him. He was asking his audience to do what he himself hadn&rsquo;t done. &nbsp;</p>