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The Road to Emmaus
This passage is probably the most vivid of all the resurrection accounts. The men are headed out of town after what was probably for them a very long and very hard weekend. It's over. He's dead and there will be no deliverance...or so they think! Jesus talks with the men for while, concealing His identity so He can communicate His message, revealing the fulfilled prophecies of the Old Testament (like our list from a few days ago). In essence Jesus communicates to the men what we read in Hebrews 1:1-4:
"Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs."
What is their response? "Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the Scriptures?” I can't even imagine it. The very Son of God preaching about Himself! I think this is the response that we should have to the Scriptures. Knowledge? Check. Application? Check. But if we do nothing more than gain knowledge and act it out we're missing something: knowing Jesus is more than just about the head and the hand; it must also be about the heart. We should seek to learn and to put what we learn into practice, but what are we becoming if it never moves us? We are more than Christian machines. May God break our often stoney hearts to burn for Him and His revelation!
The Road to Emmaus
This passage is probably the most vivid of all the resurrection accounts. The men are headed out of town after what was probably for them a very long and very hard weekend. It's over. He's dead and there will be no deliverance...or so they think! Jesus talks with the men for while, concealing His identity so He can communicate His message, revealing the fulfilled prophecies of the Old Testament (like our list from a few days ago). In essence Jesus communicates to the men what we read in Hebrews 1:1-4:
"Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs."
What is their response? "Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the Scriptures?” I can't even imagine it. The very Son of God preaching about Himself! I think this is the response that we should have to the Scriptures. Knowledge? Check. Application? Check. But if we do nothing more than gain knowledge and act it out we're missing something: knowing Jesus is more than just about the head and the hand; it must also be about the heart. We should seek to learn and to put what we learn into practice, but what are we becoming if it never moves us? We are more than Christian machines. May God break our often stoney hearts to burn for Him and His revelation!
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