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|  | title = "Luke 24:36–53" | ||||||
|  | date = "2023-02-26" | ||||||
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|  | ### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Lk24.36-53) | ||||||
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 | ||||||
|  | While they were talking about Jesus visiting with Simon and with Cleopas and | ||||||
|  | the other disciple, Jesus shows up again! It seems like He just suddenly | ||||||
|  | appears in the locked room with them all, without warning. This time He proves | ||||||
|  | to them that He is physically there, showing them the wounds His body still | ||||||
|  | bears, and eating some fish. I really like the phrase Luke used, "they still | ||||||
|  | disbelieved for joy" (_v. 41_) A lot of them had seen Jesus raise other people | ||||||
|  | from the dead, but this is the only time anyone has ever raised themselves, so | ||||||
|  | their disbelief is understandable. But even when they can see Him there, they | ||||||
|  | are so happy they can't really believe it. | ||||||
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 | ||||||
|  | Next, Jesus lifts the veil on their minds that kept them from fully | ||||||
|  | understanding the words He spoke about Himself concerning His death and | ||||||
|  | resurrection. He explains to them as He did on the road to Emmaus how so many | ||||||
|  | things in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and even the Psalms are about | ||||||
|  | Himself. Not only passages like Genesis 3 and Isaiah 9, but like Psalm 22 and 2 | ||||||
|  | as well. | ||||||
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 | ||||||
|  | Jesus commissions His disciples to be His witnesses of these things, that | ||||||
|  | Christ has suffered and died, but rose again. Therefore, they are to call the | ||||||
|  | people to repent and gain forgiveness of their sins in the name of Jesus. They | ||||||
|  | are witnesses of a factual account, not a made-up story for the accolades of | ||||||
|  | man. God has done wonderful things in their lives, and now they should tell | ||||||
|  | everyone about them. The first place they should start is Jerusalem. Jesus | ||||||
|  | tells them to stay there in the city until power from Heaven comes down on | ||||||
|  | them. | ||||||
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 | ||||||
|  | "Then", that is forty days later (as Luke tells us in the sequel), Jesus takes | ||||||
|  | them a couple of miles from Jerusalem, prays over them, and ascends into | ||||||
|  | Heaven. The disciples respond with worship and great joy. | ||||||
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|  | * * * | ||||||
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 | ||||||
|  | Stir up our hearts and move us to respond to Your great message to the world. | ||||||
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