LEARNING DAILY

Luke 24:13 -16, That very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were kept from recognizing him.

Two men, one named Cleopas and the other not named, are walking to their village which is seven miles from Jerusalem. They are talking about the event that have happened in Jerusalem, Jesus of Nazareth has been crucified. “These men are disciples of Jesus, possibly part of the seventy He had sent out” (David Jeremiah Study Bible), traveling home on the third day after the crucifixion, and Jesus shows up to walk with them. In verse 19 of this conversation the men indicate that Jesus was “a prophet mighty in deed and word.” Pastor Ed Newton said, “Two men had put their hope in politics. They did not get in Him what they expected [a leader, a king who would take away the Roman authority]. They believed Jesus was a prophet; now their hope was gone. The two men cannot see the One walking with them is Jesus, the King of kings, the Lord of lords.”

As they walked together, Jesus “interpreted the Scriptures to them, in all the scriptures the things concerning Himself” (V. 27). Jesus said that the entire Old Testament pointed to Him (Pastor). Jesus told the men that He was the One who would crush Satan’s head (Gen. 3:15). He was the Passover Lamb in Exodus. He was the One Isaiah said would be crushed for our iniquities and with His wounds we would be healed. Jesus “tells people today to be careful when they read Scriptures that they do not miss Him by thinking about our own story instead of reading to see Him. The Scriptures are about Jesus, not us” (EN). John 5:39-40, “You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me, yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life.” Scripture still points people to Jesus!

The men still do not know they are walking with Jesus! Not until they invite Him into their home. “When He was at table with them, He took the bread and blessed and broke it and gave it to them. And their eyes were opened, and they recognized Him. And He vanished from their sight” (v. 30-31). When Jesus broke the bread, their eyes were opened and they recognized Him. At that point did they remember Isaiah’s prophecy at the sound of the breaking of the bread? Notice when their eyes were opened, Jesus vanished. “He was communicating to them that He wanted them to walk by faith and not by sight” (EN).

Believers do not need more information about Jesus. There is everything anyone needs to learn more about Him and everything else in His Word. No, “every Believer needs to see Jesus. Open your eyes and heart to see Him and what He has done for you” (EN). Today, “the Holy Spirit of the Living God is speaking to all who open up His Word. Start listening!” (EN).