Luke 24: 25-27, 30,31
Then He said unto them, O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into His glory?" And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, He expounded unto them, in all the Scriptures, the things concerning Himself... and it came to pass, as He sat eating with them, He took bread, and blessed it, and broke it and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened, and they recognized Him; and He vanished out of their sight.
THE ROAD TO EMMAUS
"Cleopas and his companion, on the Emmaus Road had the inestimable privilege of hearing the incarnate Word, Christ the risen LORD, expound the written Word, the Holy Scripture. In doing so, the LORD JESUS gave them the great key to the understanding of Scripture - that He Himself is its subject and that in Him the entire Book finds its unity." (The New Scofield Reference Bible; pg.1121 note #2).
Cleopas and his companion were eye witnesses of JESUS risen from the dead. They didn't recognize JESUS because they were thinking about the events of the day, thus they were blinded by their focus. They were also blinded by their lack of belief in the possibility of JESUS being raised from the dead. They were locked in the horror of the crucifixion, so their focus was on the death of a person. JESUS walked with them, talked with them, and taught them the Word of GOD, yet they didn't change their focus on death.
It was only when the LORD blessed the bread, broke it and gave it to them, that they changed their focus and the scales were removed from their eyes so that they could SEE THE LORD.
How many times have we been just like Cleopas and his companion? We are focused on what we think happened to us, our circumstances, and we fail to see JESUS walking with us. We are "foolish and slow of heart" not remembering the words of the Scripture concerning our life. We are "foolish and slow of heart" not remembering that JESUS walks with us along our road. He is the Word of GOD and by His Holy Spirit, brings all things into our remembrance, whatsoever JESUS has said, about what concerns us.
We are never alone; the risen LORD walks with us along our road of life and will lead us into the Eternal Road of Living with Him.
Then He said unto them, O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into His glory?" And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, He expounded unto them, in all the Scriptures, the things concerning Himself... and it came to pass, as He sat eating with them, He took bread, and blessed it, and broke it and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened, and they recognized Him; and He vanished out of their sight.
THE ROAD TO EMMAUS
"Cleopas and his companion, on the Emmaus Road had the inestimable privilege of hearing the incarnate Word, Christ the risen LORD, expound the written Word, the Holy Scripture. In doing so, the LORD JESUS gave them the great key to the understanding of Scripture - that He Himself is its subject and that in Him the entire Book finds its unity." (The New Scofield Reference Bible; pg.1121 note #2).
Cleopas and his companion were eye witnesses of JESUS risen from the dead. They didn't recognize JESUS because they were thinking about the events of the day, thus they were blinded by their focus. They were also blinded by their lack of belief in the possibility of JESUS being raised from the dead. They were locked in the horror of the crucifixion, so their focus was on the death of a person. JESUS walked with them, talked with them, and taught them the Word of GOD, yet they didn't change their focus on death.
It was only when the LORD blessed the bread, broke it and gave it to them, that they changed their focus and the scales were removed from their eyes so that they could SEE THE LORD.
How many times have we been just like Cleopas and his companion? We are focused on what we think happened to us, our circumstances, and we fail to see JESUS walking with us. We are "foolish and slow of heart" not remembering the words of the Scripture concerning our life. We are "foolish and slow of heart" not remembering that JESUS walks with us along our road. He is the Word of GOD and by His Holy Spirit, brings all things into our remembrance, whatsoever JESUS has said, about what concerns us.
We are never alone; the risen LORD walks with us along our road of life and will lead us into the Eternal Road of Living with Him.
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