A Little Walk with Jesus [33:51m]:
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Luke 24:13-35 [+/-]Luke 24:13-35
[13]That very day two of them were going to a village
named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, [14]and
they were talking with each other about all these things
that had happened. [15]While they were talking and
discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with
them. [16]But their eyes were kept from recognizing him.
[17]And he said to them, "What is this conversation that
you are holding with each other as you walk?" And they
stood still, looking sad. [18]Then one of them, named
Cleopas, answered him, "Are you the only visitor to
Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened
there in these days?" [19]And he said to them, "What
things?" And they said to him, "Concerning Jesus of
Nazareth, a man who was a prophet mighty in deed and word
before God and all the people, [20]and how our chief
priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to
death, and crucified him. [21]But we had hoped that he was
the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is
now the third day since these things happened.
[22]Moreover, some women of our company amazed us. They
were at the tomb early in the morning, [23]and when they
did not find his body, they came back saying that they had
even seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive.
[24]Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and
found it just as the women had said, but him they did not
see." [25]And he said to them, "O foolish ones, and slow of
heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! [26]Was
it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things
and enter into his glory?" [27]And beginning with Moses and
all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the
Scriptures the things concerning himself.
[28]So they drew near to the village to which they were
going. He acted as if he were going farther, [29]but they
urged him strongly, saying, "Stay with us, for it is toward
evening and the day is now far spent." So he went in to
stay with them. [30]When he was at table with them, he took
the bread and blessed and broke it and gave it to them.
[31]And their eyes were opened, and they recognized him.
And he vanished from their sight. [32]They said to each
other, "Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked
to us on the road, while he opened to us the Scriptures?"
[33]And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem.
And they found the eleven and those who were with them
gathered together, [34]saying, "The Lord has risen indeed,
and has appeared to Simon!" [35]Then they told what had
happened on the road, and how he was known to them in the
breaking of the bread. (ESV)
He was dead. And it was not just any kind of death. It was the most shame- filled and suffering filled form of death known during those days. It was shame filled because it was reserved for the very worst of the worst kind of criminals and it was full of suffering because what brought death was the interminably slow process of suffocation as the sufferers lungs filled with fluid and as he pushed up to breathe the pain from his nail-pierced legs was excruciating; the only thing worse was when he couldn’t stand that pain any longer and relaxed only to be suffocating again. The Romans had put Him there because of treason; they taught that there was only one king and only one kingdom and that kingdom was Rome and that king was Caesar. It was Rome, right or wrong; to be a good citizen of Rome was considered the most clear expression of being a child of God. But Jesus stood against such a perverse and pagan perspective. He taught that there was a greatest king and a greatest kingdom and no matter where we live on earth those who belong to God are citizens of the heavenly Kingdom to which we give honor as we seek to obey the King of heaven.
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