Joshua 11, Joshua 12, Luke 24:1-35, Psalm 71:1-8
Luke 24: 30-31 (ESV)
“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.”
In verses 30 and 31 from Luke 24, we read about the two men
who had been talking to Jesus while walking on the road to Emmaus. We do not know
their names and find out later that they were known to the disciples of Jesus. The
two men spoke to Jesus but they did not know they were talking to him, until he
broke bread with them. These men were not present at the Last Supper, so they
didn’t know the significance of Jesus breaking bread with them. Biblical scholars
have speculated why the two men did recognize Jesus until he broke bread with
them, and some have written that there must have been something that Jesus did
that made them realize who he was. Others have written that Jesus revealed himself
to the two men when he broke the bread, and that’s when they recognized him
I love these verses because it shows the supernatural aspect
of Christ, and how we may not recognize Jesus as being in our lives until he
reveals himself to us. And when the two men realized they were talking to Jesus,
he disappeared. That must have been a shock to them to have Jesus suddenly
vanish from their sight. These verses for me validate the stories of angel
sightings where a mysterious person shows up in people’s lives. This stranger
says or does something miraculous and then disappears or is not seen again. Was
it Jesus and the people did not recognize him, or was it an angel? I like to
think it is Jesus showing up in life of his people, and providing care and miracles
for them.
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