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Luke 24:13–35

5/12/2012

 
Click here to read today's passage on Bible Gateway.

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!
Andrei
5/12/2012 07:50:12 pm

Worddd... this makes me think about dry academic and intellectual discourse that many of us, as students, are in contact with. It also makes me think about brilliant people who are highly respected, but don't have Christ. Oozing brains and withered hearts? Matthew 18:3 seemed relevant: Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

I had a question about the passage. Their names are Cleopas and Simon? It seemed like they should realize that it is Jesus after Jesus says: 'O foolish ones...' and lectures them. How come they don't realize it then?

Greg
5/13/2012 07:35:06 am

I think we can assume that Jesus' identity was masked in some way. What we don't know is whether it was supernatural or not. They may have unable to see who Jesus was because God made it that way, or it could be something as simple as His face having a hood over it or something. I don't think it needs to be super intense masking - we need to remember that they knew Jesus was dead and didn't expect to see Him again, so if He was masked in any way it probably would've been very effective. They DO recognize Him when they share fellowship. Whether it was how Jesus prayed and broke bread or something else, we can't really know, but the intimate setting of a meal is when they realized who He was.


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