In the story of the two on the way home to
Emmaus, Jesus begins to explain the scriptures to them… And I can imagine him
saying something like; “You know, Moses and the prophets talked about all these
things….” And these two had no doubt read those very scriptures since their
youth…but somehow missed it. In verse 32 of that story, one of them – named
Cleopas said “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on
the road and opened the scriptures to
us?” It is the part of the Holy Spirit’s ministry to believers to “open
the scriptures”… 2 Cor. 4:4 says The god of this age has blinded the minds of
unbelievers, so they cannot see the
light of the gospel”. I sometimes think that he does that to
believers as well!
• And Jesus told His
followers (more than once, in fact four times that scripture records) that He
was going to die a cruel death at the hands of His enemies , but that He would
rise from the grave 3 days later…BUT – they missed it… NOW – Luke doesn’t record their conversation on the way back to Jerusalem…but I guarantee that more than once they said, “Man, how in the world did we miss it?” I have said those words myself from time to time!
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