Luke 24:13-40
Jesus is now amazing many with appearances here and there, showing up in sealed rooms out of nowhere and the like. Yesterday I spent some time talking about the confusion of His followers so I won't go there again today with respect to the Stranger on the Road to Emmaus
but I will point out one thing from this scene. Did you notice how they finally recognized Him when He broke the bread? I wonder if it was His nail pierced hands? He's been explaining to them how everything fit into place and then they see who He really is. And then, before they can even share the moment with Him, He disappears.
I can't even imagine what it must have been like when He then appeared to the Eleven. They probably don't fully understand yet at this point, but Jesus being alive is a good thing, a very good thing, especially a Jesus who can walk through walls. But Jesus is still flesh and bones. He chooses to carry the scars that some would see as grotesque and others as beautiful. Jesus asks them why they are troubled and have doubts? Why do we? Do you see His scars as beautiful? His scars are our price to freedom, our adoption price into the family of God. A price we couldn't pay if we had a million years. But Jesus paid it, and chooses to keep the marks. Jesus has never been lost, and others are starting to realize that now, how about you?
but I will point out one thing from this scene. Did you notice how they finally recognized Him when He broke the bread? I wonder if it was His nail pierced hands? He's been explaining to them how everything fit into place and then they see who He really is. And then, before they can even share the moment with Him, He disappears.I can't even imagine what it must have been like when He then appeared to the Eleven. They probably don't fully understand yet at this point, but Jesus being alive is a good thing, a very good thing, especially a Jesus who can walk through walls. But Jesus is still flesh and bones. He chooses to carry the scars that some would see as grotesque and others as beautiful. Jesus asks them why they are troubled and have doubts? Why do we? Do you see His scars as beautiful? His scars are our price to freedom, our adoption price into the family of God. A price we couldn't pay if we had a million years. But Jesus paid it, and chooses to keep the marks. Jesus has never been lost, and others are starting to realize that now, how about you?
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