What is the Kingdom of God like?

Mark chapter 9.

Couldn't figure what it had for me to learn.
I've been going through the Gospel of Mark one verse at a time for months. I'm learning more than I ever knew before about Jesus. Some days I spend a time on just a few words. Other days I step back and look at the big picture.

Today I read the verses about the transfiguration of Jesus on the mount. He said just before this that some people there would see the Kingdom of God. Then he took Peter, James, and John up into a mountain to give them (and us) a glimpse. So what can we learn about the Kingdom of God --- that place or time when we will be with Jesus.

They went into a high mountain. The Kingdom is part of the world yet separated from it. On a mountain, you see the world from a whole new perspective. When we get into the Kingdom, we will not see the world from the same eyes.

Jesus was changed before them. We will be changed too. Totally different than we are today. There are some things about me I'll be glad to be rid of.

Jesus clothes were whiter than anyone on earth could possibly bleach them. Things will not look the same when we get into the kingdom. The things we know will be better. Whites will be whiter. Fresh will be fresher. Sweet will be sweeter. Blues will be bluer and reds will be redder. Clear will be clearer. The best things on earth will be better. It seems we will remember the things of earth, but we will say, "Oh! That's the way it was supposed to be."
We'll declare, "Oh, that's the way strawberries were supposed to taste." and on and on.

The three disciples recognized Elijah and Moses. How? There were no photographs, no portraits, not even any discriptions in the Scripture. They would have looked like any other Jewish man. Yet they knew them. Revelation says, "We shall know as we are known."

God spoke from heaven, "This is my son." Everything in the Kingdom will point to Jesus. The focus will be on HIm. He is the joy of the kingdom.

The Kingdom is our destination. What do you think?