2 Kings 23:25 English Standard Version (ESV) Before him there was no king like him, who turned to the Lord with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his might, according to all the Law of Moses, nor did any like him arise after him.

Only one king of Israel got it right according to the Law of Moses. There has never been his like again.

Romans 8:29 English Standard Version (ESV) For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

Being conformed to an image makes us look like Jesus but it does not make us His firstborn, there is only one firstborn, no matter what we look like.

When Jesus came to the two disciples on the road to Emmaus He took on a different appearance. If He didn’t look like Jesus what did He appear to be? We don’t know.

When Jesus met Moses and Elijah on the Mount of Transfiguration He appeared in glory like no one had ever seen before or since. His appearing to His disciples that night on the first day of the week after His resurrection, there was no indication that He looked any way other than what He appeared to be before His death.

The catching away in 1 Thessalonians makes no mention of us being changed at all, in any manner. We do not know what that will look like.

Our ultimate goal in all this is to put off these corruptible bodies and put on the incorruptible. Do we know what that looks like? Will we have a glorified body? Will we have something that does not resemble what we looked like in life? Will we recognize one another because we will look like we did in life?

The use of the word transfiguration was only meant to make us think about our own expectations of what is to come.

We will be what He wants us to be and not what we expect.