Future Expectations
Announcing the future can be dangerous. At work, employees are often the last to know! It is a way to control and protect change-processes, so that the corporate objectives are not sabotaged. But it is also important to manage expectations lest the staff wrongly assume what may happen in the future. After the transfiguration, the disciples' hopes about Jesus would have dramatically increased. They had seen His power and glory (Mark 9:1). Surely, this was the time for Him to reign as King; and them to reign with Him (Mark 10:35-37).