Welcome, Dear Readers, to this Sunday’s edition of Gregory’s Bible Stories.
Every week Gregory attends Sunday School and every week he comes home and retells his own version of the lesson he learned.
Today in Sunday School, Gregory learned about the day Jesus brought his three favorite disciples to meet his Dad. Let’s listen in as Gregory retells the story.
Meeting Jesus’s Dad
One day Jesus decided to take his three best friends, Peter, James and John up on a high mountain alone. The bible doesn’t say how the other nine disciples felt about their not being invited and biblical scholars can only speculate that Peter, James and John came home to find their robes all tied together.
Anyway, once they all got up to the top of the mountain, the disciples watched while Jesus prayed. The more Jesus prayed, the sleepier the disciples got. Before you know it, the disciples were out like unattended oil lamps!
When the disciples opened their eyes, Jesus had changed into his heavenly civvies which the disciples described as being as bright as the sun.
But that’s not all! The disciples saw that there were now two men with Jesus. One was Moses and the other one was Elijah. The disciples knew who these two men were because most biblical scholars agree they were wearing name tags.
Peter piped up immediately and said he would like to build them all some tents. One for Jesus, one for Moses, one for Elijah and one for the little boy who lived down the lane (Peter was a kidder).
Anyway just as Peter was going on and on about tents, he was interrupted by what looked like a shiny cloud, but was actually Jesus’s Dad, God. God said:
“This is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased; hear him.”
When the disciples heard God’s voice the disciples all screamed and threw themselves face down on the ground.
After awhile, Jesus came and touched them and told them not to be afraid and when the disciples looked up the two men were gone and there was no sign of the shiny cloud.
As they came down the mountain Jesus asked the disciples not to tell anybody what they saw until the Son of Man had been raised from death. The disciples pretended to know what Jesus was talking about even though they had no idea what Jesus was talking about. (When asked about this later, the disciples insisted they did keep the story a secret and had absolutely no idea how it had gotten in the bible!)
When they got back home sure enough Peter, John and James had their robes all tied together.
But Jesus’s stuff was just as he had left it.
“Fellas I’d like you to meet Noah and Elijah.”
“No I’m Noah!”
“Oh sorry, you guys look just alike!”
And there you have it, Dear Readers. What Gregory learned in Sunday school. Please check back next week to find out what Gregory learns next.
Until next time . . . I love you
Linda Vernon Humor 
O think God wants us to enjoy this life and laugh! Your Gregory stories I try to stop by and read, they lift my spirits 🙂
Oh your comment has lifted my spirits! Thank you so much!
He never married I recall…I shall say no more!
How about a sitcom where Jesus is married to Mary Magdeline and hilarity ensues?
Dan Brown except with jokes! You know I think that works!
Ye oooooole’ tie together your robes whilst on the mountain top with Jesus’s dad prank. Oh those wacky disciples!
Haha! I do think the disciples were a lot of fun behind the scenes!
I like your mini Bible lesson! Nan
Oh thanks Nan. So glad you are enjoying them! 😀
Ok, I’m confused about the Heavenly Civvies. Are they the corporate wear to be used while doing presentations or are they the ones they used to hang out in olive groves and order goat-bacon to go at three in the morning?
I have a feeling they’re corporate. Don’t you?
Definitely corporate. I’ve spent the last three days and three nights going back over all your illustrations and I’m 99% sure. There is a label sticking out on one of the pics. Seems to say ‘70% Goat 30% Rayon’.
A bit inconclusive but you have to start somewhere.
I’ve often wondered about the not telling part too. They must have assumed he meant verbally, so they saw nothing wrong with scribbling it on a scroll. You have to be very specific when talking to disciples.
Yes. I definitely get the feeling the disciples were quite a handful even for Jesus!
Three thoughts today… Was there really a disciple named James? I thought he was some king who re-tweeted the Bible? Two, where does the guy with the apple fit into all this? And, three, is Gregory dyslexic? The stories he hears are a bit worked around from the ones I heard back in the day…
Otherwise, great history lesson; easily as believable as the one currently in vogue….
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James was quite a busy disciple, wasn’t he? I believe he was the disciple who thought up the concept of the paperback. Retweeting the Bible! HA! What a concept! I think Gregory has some sort of learning disability for sure. I think it’s called makeitupasyougolexia. Thanks for coming by. (OH and help yourself to the apples!)