WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.719 As I said at the beginning, we're going to read Luke chapter 24, verses 13 to 32. 00:00:05.719 --> 00:00:08.720 If you've got a church Bible, it's on page 885. 00:00:10.220 --> 00:00:16.160 That very day, two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. 00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:20.199 And they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened. 00:00:21.120 --> 00:00:26.519 While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. 00:00:27.199 --> 00:00:29.719 But their eyes were kept from recognizing him. 00:00:29.719 --> 00:00:34.840 And he said to them, What is this conversation that you are holding with each other as you walk? 00:00:35.420 --> 00:00:37.600 And they stood still, looking sad. 00:00:38.340 --> 00:00:40.939 Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him, 00:00:41.579 --> 00:00:46.799 Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days? 00:00:47.500 --> 00:00:49.719 And he said to them, What things? 00:00:50.500 --> 00:00:55.439 And they said to him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was a prophet, 00:00:55.439 --> 00:00:59.019 mighty in deed and word before God and all the people. 00:00:59.820 --> 00:01:05.599 And how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death and crucified him. 00:01:06.400 --> 00:01:09.359 But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. 00:01:10.120 --> 00:01:14.719 Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened. 00:01:15.719 --> 00:01:18.560 Moreover, some women of our company amazed us. 00:01:19.180 --> 00:01:22.819 They were at the tomb early in the morning, and when they did not find his body, 00:01:22.819 --> 00:01:26.539 they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, 00:01:26.539 --> 00:01:28.559 who said that he was alive. 00:01:29.379 --> 00:01:33.780 Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, 00:01:34.419 --> 00:01:35.739 but him they did not see. 00:01:36.719 --> 00:01:39.179 And he said to them, O foolish ones, 00:01:39.319 --> 00:01:42.419 and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken. 00:01:43.259 --> 00:01:46.519 Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things 00:01:46.519 --> 00:01:48.359 and enter into his glory? 00:01:49.079 --> 00:01:51.739 And beginning with Moses and all the prophets, 00:01:52.179 --> 00:01:56.399 he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. 00:01:57.879 --> 00:02:00.359 So they drew near to the village to which they were going. 00:02:01.280 --> 00:02:03.060 He acted as if he were going further, 00:02:03.280 --> 00:02:04.899 but they urged him strongly, saying, 00:02:05.359 --> 00:02:07.439 Stay with us, for it is towards evening, 00:02:07.819 --> 00:02:09.479 and the day is now far spent. 00:02:10.199 --> 00:02:11.979 So he went in to stay with them. 00:02:11.979 --> 00:02:14.579 When he was at table with them, 00:02:14.639 --> 00:02:17.659 he took the bread and blessed and broke it and gave it to them. 00:02:18.039 --> 00:02:19.359 And their eyes were opened, 00:02:19.859 --> 00:02:21.019 and they recognized him, 00:02:21.679 --> 00:02:23.259 and he vanished from their sight. 00:02:24.019 --> 00:02:25.339 They said to each other, 00:02:25.879 --> 00:02:27.719 Did not our hearts burn within us 00:02:27.719 --> 00:02:29.479 while he talked to us on the road, 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:31.599 while he opened to us the scriptures? 00:02:32.459 --> 00:02:35.099 And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem. 00:02:35.759 --> 00:02:37.039 And they found the eleven, 00:02:37.359 --> 00:02:39.519 and those who were with them gathered together, 00:02:40.019 --> 00:02:40.339 saying, 00:02:40.340 --> 00:02:43.439 The Lord has risen indeed and has appeared to Simon. 00:02:44.159 --> 00:02:46.360 Then they told what had happened on the road 00:02:46.360 --> 00:02:49.659 and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread. 00:02:50.580 --> 00:02:50.939 Amen. 00:02:53.439 --> 00:02:56.819 We're starting a month-long series today on the road to Emmaus. 00:02:57.199 --> 00:02:59.480 And we've got some time for some depth 00:02:59.480 --> 00:03:03.000 because we'll read the same passage four weeks in a row that we just read. 00:03:03.259 --> 00:03:06.640 And we'll look at biblical interpretation and the Lord's Supper 00:03:06.639 --> 00:03:10.319 and how Jesus sets the mission of the church in this story. 00:03:11.459 --> 00:03:13.119 But that's all in the weeks to come. 00:03:13.219 --> 00:03:15.339 Today, we'll just look at the story itself 00:03:15.339 --> 00:03:16.679 and the main movements of the story 00:03:16.679 --> 00:03:20.039 and see what Luke wants us to see from this story. 00:03:20.259 --> 00:03:22.359 So let's think about first, the road. 00:03:23.339 --> 00:03:25.560 Secondly, the second traveler. 00:03:26.539 --> 00:03:28.099 Third, the stranger. 00:03:28.099 --> 00:03:30.719 And finally, eyes to see. 00:03:31.780 --> 00:03:33.979 So first, the road. 00:03:34.199 --> 00:03:36.500 Now, in verse 13, where we started the passage today, 00:03:37.519 --> 00:03:38.000 Luke writes, 00:03:38.240 --> 00:03:40.539 That very day two of them were going. 00:03:41.519 --> 00:03:44.299 So what is—the first question he wants the reader to ask is, 00:03:44.419 --> 00:03:45.060 What is the day? 00:03:45.159 --> 00:03:46.060 What day is this? 00:03:46.060 --> 00:03:49.000 And if you just cast your eyes just to the story above, 00:03:49.159 --> 00:03:51.060 it's the day of Jesus' resurrection. 00:03:51.259 --> 00:03:53.680 So this is Sunday morning even, maybe. 00:03:54.800 --> 00:03:57.240 And you can see that back in verse 12, 00:03:57.300 --> 00:03:58.039 if you have a Bible, 00:03:58.199 --> 00:04:01.140 that Peter runs to the tomb on Sunday morning, 00:04:01.240 --> 00:04:03.939 and he looks and he sees the linen cloths wrapped up, 00:04:04.000 --> 00:04:05.259 and the tomb was empty. 00:04:05.500 --> 00:04:07.640 And so this is resurrection Sunday morning. 00:04:08.240 --> 00:04:12.340 And what's remarkable is that as a reader, 00:04:12.539 --> 00:04:14.180 if you're reading this for the first time, 00:04:14.180 --> 00:04:15.379 you want to say, 00:04:16.199 --> 00:04:19.100 Where is Jesus on resurrection Sunday? 00:04:20.019 --> 00:04:22.660 Because when Peter goes to the tomb, 00:04:23.199 --> 00:04:24.379 the tomb is just empty. 00:04:24.459 --> 00:04:25.800 He doesn't find Jesus there. 00:04:26.680 --> 00:04:30.280 Now, Luke gives us three resurrection appearances. 00:04:30.840 --> 00:04:32.340 We know from 1 Corinthians 15 00:04:32.340 --> 00:04:34.079 that there were so many resurrection appearances 00:04:34.079 --> 00:04:36.340 that Jesus appeared to James, 00:04:36.420 --> 00:04:38.079 his biological brother, for example, 00:04:38.280 --> 00:04:39.660 and to more than 500 people. 00:04:40.639 --> 00:04:42.960 But Luke only chooses three to tell us. 00:04:42.959 --> 00:04:44.879 And so he's very selective as a historian, 00:04:44.879 --> 00:04:46.579 and he's a storyteller, 00:04:46.659 --> 00:04:47.759 and he wants to pull us in 00:04:47.759 --> 00:04:49.560 and to get us to ask why. 00:04:50.399 --> 00:04:53.159 And just even the way Peter comes to the tomb, 00:04:53.479 --> 00:04:54.000 Luke writes, 00:04:54.099 --> 00:04:55.740 he marveled at what happened. 00:04:56.560 --> 00:04:58.060 And so he's struck and saying, 00:04:58.319 --> 00:04:58.539 you know, 00:04:58.579 --> 00:04:59.099 what happened? 00:04:59.159 --> 00:05:00.399 And then you as the reader says, 00:05:00.459 --> 00:05:00.599 well, 00:05:00.659 --> 00:05:01.659 what did happen? 00:05:02.259 --> 00:05:02.779 What happened? 00:05:02.879 --> 00:05:04.439 And then verse 13 says, 00:05:04.979 --> 00:05:06.359 and that very day. 00:05:06.419 --> 00:05:08.199 That's just the Greek word behold. 00:05:08.199 --> 00:05:08.319 Behold. 00:05:09.000 --> 00:05:10.620 So the next verse just says, 00:05:10.740 --> 00:05:11.139 behold. 00:05:11.360 --> 00:05:11.899 And so you say, 00:05:11.939 --> 00:05:12.719 what are we to behold? 00:05:12.800 --> 00:05:13.939 And I think it's something like this. 00:05:14.719 --> 00:05:15.659 Imagine that you, 00:05:15.819 --> 00:05:20.019 you were in charge of running the press release. 00:05:20.159 --> 00:05:21.800 You were the media chair 00:05:21.800 --> 00:05:23.300 of the announcement of the resurrection. 00:05:24.339 --> 00:05:24.740 Okay. 00:05:24.779 --> 00:05:25.139 And you, 00:05:25.519 --> 00:05:25.759 you know, 00:05:25.779 --> 00:05:26.199 you're in charge. 00:05:26.240 --> 00:05:26.819 It's a big job. 00:05:27.620 --> 00:05:28.939 And if you were to say, 00:05:28.939 --> 00:05:32.699 where am I going to make sure Jesus is publicly seen 00:05:32.699 --> 00:05:36.339 for the first moment of his resurrected body? 00:05:37.199 --> 00:05:37.399 I, 00:05:37.540 --> 00:05:39.079 if I'm the press secretary, 00:05:39.079 --> 00:05:41.399 I'm going to put it in the Roman praetorium 00:05:41.399 --> 00:05:42.500 where he was convicted. 00:05:42.680 --> 00:05:44.339 I'm going to have him kicking the doors down 00:05:44.339 --> 00:05:45.699 of the Roman praetorium 00:05:45.699 --> 00:05:47.680 and going to Pilate and Caiaphas and saying, 00:05:48.000 --> 00:05:48.860 you see me? 00:05:48.980 --> 00:05:49.120 I'm, 00:05:49.120 --> 00:05:50.279 I rose from the dead. 00:05:51.040 --> 00:05:53.279 Or I'm going to have him going straight to, 00:05:53.319 --> 00:05:56.379 to Rome or even to the Jerusalem temple 00:05:56.379 --> 00:05:57.480 and going right through the door, 00:05:57.480 --> 00:05:58.379 shining and white, 00:05:58.460 --> 00:05:59.220 25 feet tall. 00:06:00.980 --> 00:06:03.400 And what's so remarkable is that 00:06:03.400 --> 00:06:04.920 this is resurrection Sunday 00:06:04.920 --> 00:06:09.340 and Jesus is on a completely 00:06:09.340 --> 00:06:12.080 no named ordinary dirt road 00:06:12.080 --> 00:06:15.140 with two people that are effectively nobodies 00:06:15.140 --> 00:06:17.520 in the story going to Emmaus, 00:06:17.640 --> 00:06:18.500 which is nowhere. 00:06:18.500 --> 00:06:20.060 We don't even know what Emmaus is. 00:06:20.120 --> 00:06:21.180 It's been lost to history. 00:06:22.480 --> 00:06:24.020 And so what's extraordinary here 00:06:24.020 --> 00:06:27.460 is how ordinary the first resurrection appearance is. 00:06:27.660 --> 00:06:29.259 Now, look, if this was a legend, 00:06:29.700 --> 00:06:33.500 you just wouldn't use this as the first story. 00:06:34.160 --> 00:06:37.400 Instead, you would have Jesus being five meters tall 00:06:37.400 --> 00:06:39.759 going straight through the doors of the temple 00:06:39.759 --> 00:06:41.740 announcing that he's risen from the dead 00:06:41.740 --> 00:06:42.819 and there would be the biggest crowd 00:06:42.819 --> 00:06:43.660 and everybody would see it. 00:06:44.460 --> 00:06:45.460 We know this. 00:06:45.640 --> 00:06:47.680 I think this is the way we think as modern people, 00:06:47.800 --> 00:06:50.460 but this is also what people in the first century 00:06:50.460 --> 00:06:51.120 would do too, 00:06:51.220 --> 00:06:53.580 because if it was just a legend, 00:06:53.579 --> 00:06:55.819 we have one in the second century. 00:06:56.099 --> 00:06:58.939 There was a set of apocryphal texts 00:06:58.939 --> 00:07:00.319 called Gospels written. 00:07:00.659 --> 00:07:02.240 One of them is the Gospel of Peter. 00:07:02.939 --> 00:07:03.939 And in the Gospel of Peter, 00:07:04.019 --> 00:07:05.240 it's a second century text. 00:07:05.839 --> 00:07:07.419 The story of the resurrection of Jesus 00:07:07.419 --> 00:07:09.539 includes this moment where Jesus, 00:07:10.259 --> 00:07:11.339 alongside two angels, 00:07:11.479 --> 00:07:12.279 walks out of the tomb. 00:07:12.779 --> 00:07:13.699 And there's two angels 00:07:13.699 --> 00:07:15.879 and their heads are sticking into the clouds 00:07:15.879 --> 00:07:17.279 in the Gospel of Peter. 00:07:17.279 --> 00:07:21.819 And it says Jesus had hung above the cloud line. 00:07:21.879 --> 00:07:23.459 You couldn't even see the top of his body. 00:07:24.019 --> 00:07:25.059 So when he steps out of the tomb, 00:07:25.119 --> 00:07:26.719 he's a giant and he's in heaven. 00:07:27.139 --> 00:07:28.759 Now that's exactly what I would expect 00:07:28.759 --> 00:07:30.119 if it were a legend. 00:07:31.279 --> 00:07:32.500 But what you would expect, 00:07:32.919 --> 00:07:33.919 what you would never write 00:07:33.919 --> 00:07:36.659 is that he shows up to completely ordinary people 00:07:36.659 --> 00:07:38.339 on a very ordinary road 00:07:38.339 --> 00:07:39.599 going to effectively nowhere. 00:07:40.719 --> 00:07:42.959 And that's the extraordinary ordinariness 00:07:42.959 --> 00:07:43.579 of this moment. 00:07:43.579 --> 00:07:45.800 Now, in this passage, 00:07:46.199 --> 00:07:48.560 several times Luke uses the phrase 00:07:48.560 --> 00:07:50.139 on the road. 00:07:50.300 --> 00:07:53.199 So it's down in verse 32 and 35. 00:07:54.459 --> 00:07:57.639 And it says that Jesus had drawn near on the road 00:07:57.639 --> 00:07:58.519 and the disciples say, 00:07:58.800 --> 00:08:00.120 we met him on the road. 00:08:01.159 --> 00:08:04.319 And in the book of Acts that Luke also wrote, 00:08:04.439 --> 00:08:05.979 Luke's the author of Luke and Acts, 00:08:06.680 --> 00:08:09.439 that same word, exact Greek word, 00:08:09.439 --> 00:08:11.860 is used six times to describe 00:08:11.860 --> 00:08:12.899 the Christian movement. 00:08:13.579 --> 00:08:14.620 The way. 00:08:15.699 --> 00:08:16.620 So in this passage, 00:08:16.719 --> 00:08:17.939 he shows up on the road 00:08:17.939 --> 00:08:19.180 as the first resurrection appearance, 00:08:19.300 --> 00:08:20.259 also called the way. 00:08:20.939 --> 00:08:21.620 And in the gospel, 00:08:21.819 --> 00:08:22.319 it's not the gospel, 00:08:22.560 --> 00:08:22.919 pardon me, 00:08:23.199 --> 00:08:24.139 the book of Acts, 00:08:25.000 --> 00:08:26.120 the whole Christian movement 00:08:26.120 --> 00:08:26.860 is called the way. 00:08:27.759 --> 00:08:29.079 And why is this happening? 00:08:29.219 --> 00:08:30.819 Why is Luke's trying to connect all that? 00:08:30.879 --> 00:08:31.459 And what is he saying? 00:08:31.500 --> 00:08:33.120 He's saying that this moment, 00:08:33.340 --> 00:08:34.159 this ordinary moment 00:08:34.159 --> 00:08:35.340 where Jesus shows up 00:08:35.340 --> 00:08:37.399 right after he's risen from the dead 00:08:37.399 --> 00:08:38.620 on the Emmaus road 00:08:38.620 --> 00:08:40.519 is the paradigm 00:08:40.519 --> 00:08:42.980 of the normal Christian life. 00:08:42.980 --> 00:08:44.800 It's the paradigm of discipleship. 00:08:45.200 --> 00:08:46.279 It's that Jesus Christ 00:08:46.279 --> 00:08:47.960 does indeed just show up 00:08:47.960 --> 00:08:50.320 alongside ordinary human beings 00:08:50.320 --> 00:08:51.259 on the road, 00:08:51.360 --> 00:08:51.800 the way, 00:08:51.980 --> 00:08:53.220 and invite them 00:08:53.220 --> 00:08:55.399 to walk the way with him, 00:08:55.500 --> 00:08:56.080 to walk the path 00:08:56.080 --> 00:08:57.139 of discipleship with him. 00:08:57.680 --> 00:08:58.779 It's incredibly ordinary. 00:08:59.720 --> 00:09:01.360 And we have this language 00:09:01.360 --> 00:09:01.980 all throughout the Bible. 00:09:02.100 --> 00:09:03.220 You have the Old Testament, 00:09:03.340 --> 00:09:03.519 Isaiah, 00:09:03.659 --> 00:09:04.940 the way of the Lord. 00:09:05.659 --> 00:09:06.740 And if you come to the New Testament, 00:09:06.820 --> 00:09:07.879 you think of that very famous moment 00:09:07.879 --> 00:09:08.800 where Jesus Christ says, 00:09:08.799 --> 00:09:09.740 I am the way. 00:09:10.859 --> 00:09:12.079 And all of these are just pointing 00:09:12.079 --> 00:09:13.019 to this normal path 00:09:13.019 --> 00:09:14.159 that we all are walking 00:09:14.159 --> 00:09:14.819 down a road, 00:09:14.959 --> 00:09:15.539 a way, 00:09:15.659 --> 00:09:16.219 a life. 00:09:16.859 --> 00:09:19.299 And Jesus comes so near. 00:09:20.759 --> 00:09:21.179 He might, 00:09:22.479 --> 00:09:23.759 the disciples will come to this 00:09:23.759 --> 00:09:24.199 in just a moment. 00:09:24.299 --> 00:09:25.259 They're incredibly disappointed 00:09:25.259 --> 00:09:26.359 when he meets them. 00:09:26.799 --> 00:09:27.319 They're sad. 00:09:28.079 --> 00:09:29.019 And Jesus Christ, 00:09:29.399 --> 00:09:30.240 you might be disappointed 00:09:30.240 --> 00:09:30.759 or sad today, 00:09:30.959 --> 00:09:31.799 but Jesus Christ, 00:09:31.879 --> 00:09:32.479 we're being told here, 00:09:32.839 --> 00:09:35.120 may only be a foot away from you, 00:09:35.179 --> 00:09:36.019 the light shining, 00:09:36.019 --> 00:09:37.399 and in the midst of disappointment, 00:09:37.519 --> 00:09:38.199 you can't see it. 00:09:38.860 --> 00:09:40.360 You can't see how close 00:09:40.360 --> 00:09:41.319 he actually is. 00:09:41.939 --> 00:09:43.139 And that means that this passage 00:09:43.139 --> 00:09:44.340 is paradigmatic 00:09:44.340 --> 00:09:46.019 for the whole of the Christian life. 00:09:47.039 --> 00:09:47.419 Now what? 00:09:48.379 --> 00:09:50.259 Why does Luke tell us this story? 00:09:50.579 --> 00:09:51.340 First resurrection appearance. 00:09:51.439 --> 00:09:51.860 Number one, 00:09:52.659 --> 00:09:53.519 because it happened. 00:09:54.679 --> 00:09:55.460 Let me just give you 00:09:55.460 --> 00:09:56.299 one more note on that. 00:09:56.699 --> 00:09:57.379 And that's that 00:09:57.379 --> 00:09:59.500 when they're talking to him 00:09:59.500 --> 00:10:00.759 on this road in verse 18, 00:10:02.019 --> 00:10:02.519 they say, 00:10:03.500 --> 00:10:05.019 are you the only visitor 00:10:05.019 --> 00:10:05.679 to Jerusalem 00:10:05.679 --> 00:10:06.460 who doesn't know 00:10:06.460 --> 00:10:07.100 what's happened? 00:10:07.819 --> 00:10:08.340 And of course, 00:10:08.379 --> 00:10:09.199 he's the only one 00:10:09.199 --> 00:10:10.279 who does know truly, 00:10:10.480 --> 00:10:11.299 deeply, right? 00:10:11.620 --> 00:10:12.779 You're supposed to laugh at it. 00:10:12.799 --> 00:10:13.439 It's supposed to be funny. 00:10:14.840 --> 00:10:17.379 And you know what that indicates? 00:10:17.460 --> 00:10:17.939 That indicates 00:10:17.939 --> 00:10:19.779 everybody in Jerusalem 00:10:19.779 --> 00:10:20.939 knew about the crucifixion. 00:10:21.980 --> 00:10:22.939 Everybody in Jerusalem 00:10:22.939 --> 00:10:24.100 knew that his body 00:10:24.100 --> 00:10:25.220 was not in the tomb anymore. 00:10:25.419 --> 00:10:25.659 They're saying, 00:10:25.740 --> 00:10:26.639 are you the only one? 00:10:26.919 --> 00:10:27.600 Everybody knows. 00:10:27.639 --> 00:10:28.600 No matter what they believe, 00:10:28.799 --> 00:10:29.319 they all knew. 00:10:29.399 --> 00:10:30.799 And then at the end 00:10:30.799 --> 00:10:32.259 of Luke's second volume, 00:10:32.360 --> 00:10:33.000 the book of Acts, 00:10:33.059 --> 00:10:34.179 in Acts chapter 26, 00:10:34.179 --> 00:10:36.599 Paul is defending Christianity 00:10:36.599 --> 00:10:38.399 before Festus and Agrippa, 00:10:38.819 --> 00:10:39.459 King Agrippa. 00:10:39.939 --> 00:10:41.839 Agrippa was a Jewish king, 00:10:41.959 --> 00:10:43.859 Festus a Gentile pagan ruler. 00:10:44.219 --> 00:10:45.699 And he tells them the story 00:10:45.699 --> 00:10:47.620 and Festus turns to Paul 00:10:47.620 --> 00:10:48.159 and says, 00:10:49.059 --> 00:10:49.919 I think, Paul, 00:10:50.279 --> 00:10:51.279 this whole stuff 00:10:51.279 --> 00:10:52.519 about Jesus dying 00:10:52.519 --> 00:10:53.399 and rising from the dead 00:10:53.399 --> 00:10:54.719 has made you go insane. 00:10:54.879 --> 00:10:56.079 You've studied too much. 00:10:56.159 --> 00:10:56.939 You've read too many books. 00:10:58.019 --> 00:10:58.939 And Paul turns 00:10:58.939 --> 00:10:59.659 and what does he say? 00:11:00.399 --> 00:11:01.419 He says to Festus, 00:11:01.419 --> 00:11:03.120 I am not mad, 00:11:03.639 --> 00:11:04.439 noble Festus. 00:11:04.699 --> 00:11:05.639 What I'm saying 00:11:05.639 --> 00:11:06.659 is both true 00:11:06.659 --> 00:11:07.539 and reasonable. 00:11:08.439 --> 00:11:09.099 And then he turns 00:11:09.099 --> 00:11:09.719 to Agrippa, 00:11:09.959 --> 00:11:10.919 the Jewish king. 00:11:11.039 --> 00:11:12.319 Because he's a Jewish king, 00:11:12.379 --> 00:11:13.240 he knows more 00:11:13.240 --> 00:11:13.959 about what had happened. 00:11:14.019 --> 00:11:14.399 And he said, 00:11:14.979 --> 00:11:15.919 the king is familiar 00:11:15.919 --> 00:11:16.839 with all these things. 00:11:16.939 --> 00:11:17.899 I'm sure none of these 00:11:17.899 --> 00:11:19.360 has escaped his notice 00:11:19.360 --> 00:11:20.120 for these things 00:11:20.120 --> 00:11:21.079 were not done 00:11:21.079 --> 00:11:22.559 in a corner. 00:11:23.219 --> 00:11:23.939 They weren't hidden. 00:11:24.399 --> 00:11:24.599 Now, 00:11:24.699 --> 00:11:25.579 when the disciples 00:11:25.579 --> 00:11:26.099 are on the road 00:11:26.099 --> 00:11:26.500 with Jesus, 00:11:26.500 --> 00:11:27.039 they say, 00:11:27.120 --> 00:11:28.379 are you the only person 00:11:28.379 --> 00:11:30.100 who doesn't know 00:11:30.100 --> 00:11:31.340 all that's taken place? 00:11:31.519 --> 00:11:32.740 Because everybody did. 00:11:33.559 --> 00:11:34.299 And then he goes 00:11:34.299 --> 00:11:35.600 25 years later 00:11:35.600 --> 00:11:36.460 to a king 00:11:36.460 --> 00:11:37.019 on the other side 00:11:37.019 --> 00:11:37.379 of the world 00:11:37.379 --> 00:11:37.840 and says, 00:11:38.139 --> 00:11:39.399 I know that you heard 00:11:39.399 --> 00:11:40.659 because everybody did. 00:11:41.439 --> 00:11:42.179 These things were not 00:11:42.179 --> 00:11:42.840 done in a corner. 00:11:43.220 --> 00:11:43.379 See, 00:11:43.539 --> 00:11:44.320 why does he tell us this 00:11:44.320 --> 00:11:46.100 first resurrection appearance 00:11:46.100 --> 00:11:47.419 to two no-name people? 00:11:47.919 --> 00:11:48.759 Because it happened. 00:11:49.580 --> 00:11:50.039 That's why, 00:11:50.120 --> 00:11:50.919 because it wasn't done 00:11:50.919 --> 00:11:51.340 in a corner. 00:11:51.480 --> 00:11:52.539 Everybody knew about it. 00:11:53.120 --> 00:11:54.100 This is exactly 00:11:54.100 --> 00:11:54.440 what happened. 00:11:54.500 --> 00:11:55.000 It's not a legend. 00:11:55.100 --> 00:11:55.679 The second reason, 00:11:56.080 --> 00:11:56.620 as we said, 00:11:56.620 --> 00:11:58.700 is because it's a paradigm 00:11:58.700 --> 00:11:59.340 for us. 00:12:00.259 --> 00:12:01.460 What he does for them 00:12:01.460 --> 00:12:02.879 in this moment, 00:12:02.960 --> 00:12:03.799 he does for us. 00:12:04.879 --> 00:12:06.139 In the Pilgrim's Progress, 00:12:06.419 --> 00:12:07.980 John Bunyan's great story, 00:12:08.419 --> 00:12:10.139 the second most published 00:12:10.139 --> 00:12:11.279 and sold book 00:12:11.279 --> 00:12:12.179 in world history 00:12:12.179 --> 00:12:12.879 beside the Bible, 00:12:15.220 --> 00:12:16.259 the pilgrim 00:12:16.259 --> 00:12:17.220 who becomes a Christian, 00:12:17.460 --> 00:12:17.620 he's, 00:12:17.980 --> 00:12:19.340 John tells this story, 00:12:19.440 --> 00:12:20.659 he's walking 00:12:20.659 --> 00:12:22.340 toward the celestial city, 00:12:22.440 --> 00:12:23.600 the eternal city, 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:25.200 and the road 00:12:25.200 --> 00:12:26.120 that he's walking down 00:12:26.120 --> 00:12:27.860 has walls on both sides. 00:12:28.740 --> 00:12:29.940 And Bunyan calls them 00:12:29.940 --> 00:12:31.379 the walls of salvation. 00:12:31.580 --> 00:12:32.340 So on either side 00:12:32.340 --> 00:12:33.379 of this narrow way 00:12:33.379 --> 00:12:35.000 towards the eternal city 00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:37.419 is these walls of salvation. 00:12:37.679 --> 00:12:38.279 They're really just 00:12:38.279 --> 00:12:39.159 walls of grace. 00:12:39.379 --> 00:12:40.500 The grace is keeping 00:12:40.500 --> 00:12:42.039 the pilgrim on the way. 00:12:42.480 --> 00:12:43.700 And the very first stop, 00:12:43.980 --> 00:12:44.620 if you know the book, 00:12:44.720 --> 00:12:45.399 he comes to 00:12:45.399 --> 00:12:46.820 is the cross 00:12:46.820 --> 00:12:48.379 and the empty tomb. 00:12:49.340 --> 00:12:50.039 And this is what 00:12:50.039 --> 00:12:50.759 Pilgrim says 00:12:50.759 --> 00:12:51.720 when he arrives 00:12:51.720 --> 00:12:52.120 at the cross 00:12:52.120 --> 00:12:52.820 and the empty tomb. 00:12:53.200 --> 00:12:53.899 He says, 00:12:53.899 --> 00:12:55.039 must here 00:12:55.039 --> 00:12:56.000 be the beginning 00:12:56.000 --> 00:12:57.139 of all my bliss. 00:12:57.639 --> 00:12:58.519 Must here 00:12:58.519 --> 00:12:59.699 the burden 00:12:59.699 --> 00:13:01.279 fall from my back. 00:13:02.220 --> 00:13:03.220 And so at the very beginning 00:13:03.220 --> 00:13:04.059 of the road, 00:13:04.720 --> 00:13:06.459 when Jesus Christ 00:13:06.459 --> 00:13:07.360 encounters you, 00:13:07.840 --> 00:13:09.120 you come to the cross 00:13:09.120 --> 00:13:10.240 and the empty tomb first. 00:13:11.620 --> 00:13:12.860 And you say, 00:13:13.459 --> 00:13:14.600 must not the burden 00:13:14.600 --> 00:13:15.779 fall from my back 00:13:15.779 --> 00:13:17.319 as I walk this road? 00:13:17.360 --> 00:13:17.759 You see what that, 00:13:18.059 --> 00:13:18.600 you see why 00:13:18.600 --> 00:13:20.019 this resurrection appearance? 00:13:20.139 --> 00:13:21.240 It's because Jesus Christ, 00:13:21.240 --> 00:13:22.759 he is the road, 00:13:22.860 --> 00:13:23.560 he is the way, 00:13:23.659 --> 00:13:24.740 he is the journeyman 00:13:24.740 --> 00:13:25.820 who has already 00:13:25.820 --> 00:13:26.620 gone before you. 00:13:26.919 --> 00:13:27.360 In other words, 00:13:27.399 --> 00:13:28.200 he paved the road, 00:13:28.279 --> 00:13:28.940 it's secured. 00:13:29.820 --> 00:13:31.159 Easter has already happened. 00:13:32.560 --> 00:13:33.639 So he's not coming 00:13:33.639 --> 00:13:34.379 to them and saying, 00:13:34.580 --> 00:13:35.740 if you get on this road 00:13:35.740 --> 00:13:36.399 and you walk 00:13:36.399 --> 00:13:37.320 the narrow path 00:13:37.320 --> 00:13:38.879 and you obey me perfectly, 00:13:39.060 --> 00:13:40.159 then I might get you 00:13:40.159 --> 00:13:41.200 to the celestial city. 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:42.279 No, he's saying 00:13:42.279 --> 00:13:43.580 the road has already 00:13:43.580 --> 00:13:43.960 been paved 00:13:43.960 --> 00:13:44.740 because Easter, 00:13:45.580 --> 00:13:46.139 the victory 00:13:46.139 --> 00:13:46.899 has already happened. 00:13:46.899 --> 00:13:49.240 You see, 00:13:49.559 --> 00:13:50.079 this is, 00:13:50.659 --> 00:13:51.240 this is the, 00:13:51.439 --> 00:13:52.079 Luke includes this 00:13:52.079 --> 00:13:52.720 because this is just 00:13:52.720 --> 00:13:53.220 the paradigm 00:13:53.220 --> 00:13:54.600 of the normal Christian life. 00:13:55.659 --> 00:13:56.100 Now secondly, 00:13:57.019 --> 00:13:58.139 the second traveler. 00:13:58.879 --> 00:13:59.959 Now we don't know 00:13:59.959 --> 00:14:01.819 where Emmaus is, 00:14:01.899 --> 00:14:03.100 it's been lost to us, 00:14:03.240 --> 00:14:03.840 people guess, 00:14:03.980 --> 00:14:04.600 but nobody knows. 00:14:05.360 --> 00:14:06.919 And we only know 00:14:06.919 --> 00:14:08.240 of one of the two travelers 00:14:08.240 --> 00:14:08.919 in the story, 00:14:09.019 --> 00:14:10.039 a man named Cleopas, 00:14:10.120 --> 00:14:10.699 verse 18. 00:14:11.840 --> 00:14:13.039 That's a Greek name 00:14:13.039 --> 00:14:15.139 and it's a famous name, 00:14:15.220 --> 00:14:16.220 it's the masculine form 00:14:16.220 --> 00:14:17.019 of Cleopatra, 00:14:17.560 --> 00:14:18.300 that famous name, 00:14:19.019 --> 00:14:20.240 Queen Cleopatra. 00:14:21.080 --> 00:14:21.840 He may be, 00:14:21.840 --> 00:14:23.779 he may be Clopas, 00:14:23.899 --> 00:14:24.820 the wife of one 00:14:24.820 --> 00:14:25.420 of the Marys 00:14:25.420 --> 00:14:26.660 that was at the cross, 00:14:27.040 --> 00:14:27.580 probably part of 00:14:27.580 --> 00:14:28.379 the extended family 00:14:28.379 --> 00:14:28.759 of Jesus, 00:14:28.899 --> 00:14:29.440 but we don't know 00:14:29.440 --> 00:14:30.040 who he was. 00:14:31.019 --> 00:14:32.139 But what's really striking 00:14:32.139 --> 00:14:32.960 in this story 00:14:32.960 --> 00:14:34.240 is that we're told 00:14:34.240 --> 00:14:35.660 about a second traveler, 00:14:35.940 --> 00:14:37.139 a second journeyman, 00:14:37.740 --> 00:14:38.440 a person, 00:14:38.680 --> 00:14:39.840 and there's no indication 00:14:39.840 --> 00:14:40.700 of who they are at all. 00:14:41.340 --> 00:14:42.540 So we don't really know Cleopas, 00:14:42.620 --> 00:14:43.899 but we surely do not know 00:14:43.899 --> 00:14:45.180 who the second traveler is. 00:14:45.179 --> 00:14:45.679 Now why, 00:14:46.379 --> 00:14:46.899 by the way, 00:14:47.179 --> 00:14:48.120 in Mark 16, 00:14:48.239 --> 00:14:49.120 the only other instance 00:14:49.120 --> 00:14:50.359 of the road to Emmaus story, 00:14:50.959 --> 00:14:52.399 both the travelers 00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:53.199 are unnamed. 00:14:54.139 --> 00:14:55.379 Now why the silence? 00:14:55.620 --> 00:14:56.179 Why don't we, 00:14:56.479 --> 00:14:57.620 most everybody else 00:14:57.620 --> 00:14:58.099 at the end 00:14:58.099 --> 00:14:59.779 of the crucifixion stories, 00:14:59.859 --> 00:15:00.559 the resurrection stories, 00:15:00.599 --> 00:15:01.159 get named, 00:15:01.319 --> 00:15:02.879 but not the second traveler? 00:15:03.259 --> 00:15:03.959 Why the silence? 00:15:04.120 --> 00:15:05.959 And in the same way 00:15:05.959 --> 00:15:09.339 that this is an incredibly ordinary, 00:15:09.519 --> 00:15:11.179 extraordinarily ordinary moment, 00:15:11.639 --> 00:15:12.419 a pattern for 00:15:12.419 --> 00:15:14.139 just the average Christian life, 00:15:14.139 --> 00:15:15.740 I think what Luke is doing 00:15:15.740 --> 00:15:18.039 is trying to ask you 00:15:18.039 --> 00:15:18.960 as the reader 00:15:18.960 --> 00:15:20.779 to step in 00:15:20.779 --> 00:15:21.960 and be the second traveler. 00:15:22.960 --> 00:15:23.840 The second traveler 00:15:23.840 --> 00:15:24.399 isn't named 00:15:24.399 --> 00:15:26.019 because Luke's not only a historian, 00:15:26.220 --> 00:15:27.500 he's not only a theologian, 00:15:27.539 --> 00:15:28.659 but he's also a storyteller. 00:15:29.399 --> 00:15:31.299 And this is both historically true 00:15:31.299 --> 00:15:32.679 and also an invitation. 00:15:33.059 --> 00:15:33.679 And it's an invitation 00:15:33.679 --> 00:15:34.460 for you to say, 00:15:34.879 --> 00:15:36.779 I am the second traveler. 00:15:37.139 --> 00:15:38.379 The unnamed one is me. 00:15:38.460 --> 00:15:39.200 You can put your name 00:15:39.200 --> 00:15:40.519 in that second position. 00:15:40.519 --> 00:15:43.120 And this point 00:15:43.120 --> 00:15:43.919 has been recognized, 00:15:44.019 --> 00:15:44.360 by the way, 00:15:44.500 --> 00:15:47.379 by lots of the masters of art 00:15:47.379 --> 00:15:48.199 throughout the centuries. 00:15:48.379 --> 00:15:48.720 There are, 00:15:48.980 --> 00:15:49.480 I discovered 00:15:49.480 --> 00:15:50.500 just the past couple weeks, 00:15:50.600 --> 00:15:51.519 there are so many 00:15:51.519 --> 00:15:53.419 Road to Emmaus paintings 00:15:53.419 --> 00:15:54.960 in world history, 00:15:55.220 --> 00:15:56.340 especially in the Renaissance 00:15:56.340 --> 00:15:57.960 and in the medieval era 00:15:57.960 --> 00:16:00.759 and post-Reformation as well. 00:16:01.340 --> 00:16:03.179 But there's one famous one 00:16:03.179 --> 00:16:05.840 by a Spanish artist 00:16:05.840 --> 00:16:07.100 named Diego Velasquez. 00:16:07.100 --> 00:16:10.080 And he painted this, 00:16:10.120 --> 00:16:10.899 not this scene exactly, 00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:12.340 actually painted verse 30. 00:16:12.540 --> 00:16:13.240 We'll come to it in a minute 00:16:13.240 --> 00:16:16.500 when they arrive at dinner in Emmaus 00:16:16.500 --> 00:16:17.100 and they sit down, 00:16:17.180 --> 00:16:17.639 verse 30. 00:16:18.100 --> 00:16:19.120 And Diego painted it. 00:16:19.980 --> 00:16:20.700 So he titled it 00:16:20.700 --> 00:16:21.440 The Road to Emmaus 00:16:21.440 --> 00:16:22.460 or Dinner in Emmaus, 00:16:22.519 --> 00:16:23.180 something like that. 00:16:23.659 --> 00:16:24.879 But for centuries, 00:16:25.060 --> 00:16:25.800 we had the painting. 00:16:26.000 --> 00:16:26.519 It's in Dublin. 00:16:27.320 --> 00:16:28.620 And what you see 00:16:28.620 --> 00:16:31.800 is this young servant girl, 00:16:32.060 --> 00:16:33.639 a maidservant in this household. 00:16:34.460 --> 00:16:36.000 And she's in the kitchen 00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:38.320 and she's holding a pitcher 00:16:38.320 --> 00:16:39.440 of water or something 00:16:39.440 --> 00:16:40.860 and she has her hand down 00:16:40.860 --> 00:16:41.779 and she's stopped. 00:16:41.940 --> 00:16:43.000 She's stopped and arrested 00:16:43.000 --> 00:16:43.639 her attention 00:16:43.639 --> 00:16:44.700 and her head's turned 00:16:44.700 --> 00:16:45.440 just like this. 00:16:47.639 --> 00:16:49.700 So it said The Road to Emmaus 00:16:49.700 --> 00:16:50.580 or the Emmaus meal, 00:16:50.779 --> 00:16:51.659 but it was confusing 00:16:51.659 --> 00:16:53.399 because it's just a young girl 00:16:53.399 --> 00:16:54.340 in a kitchen like this. 00:16:54.860 --> 00:16:55.820 But then in 1933, 00:16:56.299 --> 00:16:57.960 they cleaned the painting. 00:16:58.240 --> 00:16:59.220 It had grime on it. 00:16:59.960 --> 00:17:01.379 And in the upper corner, 00:17:01.639 --> 00:17:02.440 in the background, 00:17:02.659 --> 00:17:04.059 is just a little image 00:17:04.059 --> 00:17:07.139 of Jesus and the two travelers 00:17:07.139 --> 00:17:09.000 in the dining room 00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:10.700 in the little corner at the top. 00:17:10.779 --> 00:17:12.139 And what's happening there is, 00:17:12.240 --> 00:17:12.559 of course, 00:17:12.740 --> 00:17:13.659 it's the moment 00:17:13.659 --> 00:17:14.240 where it says 00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:15.359 their eyes were opened, 00:17:15.480 --> 00:17:17.159 their hearts burned within them. 00:17:18.419 --> 00:17:19.679 And her heart, 00:17:20.279 --> 00:17:20.440 you see, 00:17:20.480 --> 00:17:21.819 Diego wants you to say, 00:17:22.059 --> 00:17:22.960 that's me. 00:17:23.039 --> 00:17:23.960 I'm the servant girl. 00:17:24.480 --> 00:17:25.440 Her head's turned. 00:17:25.539 --> 00:17:26.579 Her attention's been arrested. 00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:28.059 Her heart is burning within her 00:17:28.059 --> 00:17:29.500 as she listens in 00:17:29.500 --> 00:17:30.539 on the explanation 00:17:30.539 --> 00:17:32.000 that he's giving to them 00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:33.319 at the end of the road to Emmaus. 00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:35.019 And you see that the master artist 00:17:35.019 --> 00:17:35.759 saw the same point, 00:17:35.839 --> 00:17:36.660 that you are meant 00:17:36.660 --> 00:17:37.619 to put yourself in. 00:17:38.539 --> 00:17:39.900 So let me invite you to do that. 00:17:40.440 --> 00:17:41.900 The Lord Jesus, 00:17:42.079 --> 00:17:42.680 the resurrected Lord, 00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:43.880 is closer to you 00:17:43.880 --> 00:17:44.460 than you think. 00:17:45.859 --> 00:17:47.819 He's walking more near to you 00:17:47.819 --> 00:17:48.500 than you think, 00:17:48.559 --> 00:17:49.779 than we often think he is. 00:17:50.299 --> 00:17:51.180 That's the invitation. 00:17:51.400 --> 00:17:52.160 Now let's see how, 00:17:52.319 --> 00:17:52.640 thirdly, 00:17:53.880 --> 00:17:54.519 the stranger. 00:17:55.579 --> 00:17:55.779 Now, 00:17:55.920 --> 00:17:56.700 in verse 14, 00:17:56.880 --> 00:17:58.779 they are talking, 00:17:59.000 --> 00:17:59.640 the two travelers, 00:17:59.640 --> 00:18:00.240 with each other, 00:18:00.840 --> 00:18:02.480 about all that's taken place. 00:18:02.700 --> 00:18:03.440 And then it says, 00:18:03.920 --> 00:18:04.680 verse 15, 00:18:04.759 --> 00:18:05.500 they were talking 00:18:05.500 --> 00:18:07.000 and discussing together. 00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:08.580 Now that sounds very repetitive, 00:18:08.960 --> 00:18:10.140 but the second word, 00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:10.720 discussing, 00:18:11.360 --> 00:18:13.500 is a word for arguing. 00:18:13.820 --> 00:18:15.240 So it says something more like, 00:18:15.560 --> 00:18:16.200 they were talking 00:18:16.200 --> 00:18:17.620 and getting in a dispute 00:18:17.620 --> 00:18:18.259 with one another 00:18:18.259 --> 00:18:19.520 about all that had taken place. 00:18:19.560 --> 00:18:20.560 So there's some form of argument 00:18:20.560 --> 00:18:22.540 going on between the two travelers here. 00:18:22.620 --> 00:18:23.400 And then all of a sudden, 00:18:24.140 --> 00:18:24.920 verse 15, 00:18:25.340 --> 00:18:26.600 the stranger draws near. 00:18:27.620 --> 00:18:28.680 We know it's Jesus. 00:18:28.680 --> 00:18:28.840 Jesus, 00:18:29.299 --> 00:18:30.380 they do not know it's Jesus. 00:18:30.940 --> 00:18:31.920 Where does he come from? 00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:32.860 From whence, 00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:34.160 the King James might say. 00:18:34.220 --> 00:18:34.720 From whence, 00:18:34.740 --> 00:18:35.480 where does he come from? 00:18:35.940 --> 00:18:37.100 And we don't know. 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:38.100 He just comes from, 00:18:38.120 --> 00:18:39.120 from the side of the road 00:18:39.120 --> 00:18:40.279 and starts walking with them. 00:18:41.180 --> 00:18:42.140 I like to imagine, 00:18:42.320 --> 00:18:42.880 maybe that, 00:18:43.240 --> 00:18:45.180 as soon as Jesus walks out of the tomb 00:18:45.180 --> 00:18:45.980 on the third day, 00:18:46.660 --> 00:18:47.600 and everybody's wondering, 00:18:47.759 --> 00:18:48.299 where is he? 00:18:49.140 --> 00:18:49.440 He, 00:18:49.580 --> 00:18:50.580 he made a beeline 00:18:50.580 --> 00:18:52.640 straight for the road to Emmaus, 00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:53.299 through the city. 00:18:53.380 --> 00:18:54.220 Nobody noticed him. 00:18:54.799 --> 00:18:55.720 He comes out 00:18:55.720 --> 00:18:56.940 on this old dirt road. 00:18:56.940 --> 00:18:57.799 There's nobody around, 00:18:57.880 --> 00:18:58.740 and he just shows up. 00:18:58.799 --> 00:18:59.600 He catches up to them. 00:18:59.920 --> 00:19:00.759 And so something like that's 00:19:00.759 --> 00:19:01.420 taking place here. 00:19:02.460 --> 00:19:03.940 Now here's what they say to him. 00:19:05.160 --> 00:19:05.960 They say, 00:19:06.080 --> 00:19:06.799 down in verse 21, 00:19:07.059 --> 00:19:07.840 we had hoped, 00:19:08.279 --> 00:19:09.940 we're sad. 00:19:10.559 --> 00:19:12.059 We had hoped that he was the one 00:19:12.059 --> 00:19:12.840 to redeem Israel. 00:19:13.640 --> 00:19:14.940 So that imperfect language, 00:19:15.340 --> 00:19:17.559 we had hoped he was the one. 00:19:18.259 --> 00:19:19.700 And so when Jesus encounters them, 00:19:19.779 --> 00:19:20.440 this stranger, 00:19:20.440 --> 00:19:22.940 their posture is, 00:19:23.420 --> 00:19:25.480 we wished he was the redeemer. 00:19:25.620 --> 00:19:26.340 We longed, 00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:27.360 but he's not. 00:19:28.200 --> 00:19:29.140 That's their position. 00:19:29.380 --> 00:19:30.799 We had hoped that he was the one 00:19:30.799 --> 00:19:31.500 to redeem Israel. 00:19:32.500 --> 00:19:33.160 And so Luke, 00:19:33.299 --> 00:19:35.500 there between their sadness 00:19:35.500 --> 00:19:36.559 and some humor, 00:19:36.740 --> 00:19:37.799 as we already pointed out, 00:19:38.120 --> 00:19:38.660 verse 17, 00:19:38.740 --> 00:19:38.980 18, 00:19:39.039 --> 00:19:39.519 and 19, 00:19:40.080 --> 00:19:40.820 they say to them, 00:19:41.080 --> 00:19:41.240 him, 00:19:41.420 --> 00:19:41.840 what's this, 00:19:42.019 --> 00:19:42.700 he says to them, 00:19:42.720 --> 00:19:43.080 I should say, 00:19:43.140 --> 00:19:44.000 what is this conversation 00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:44.980 you're holding with each other 00:19:44.980 --> 00:19:45.600 as you walk? 00:19:45.940 --> 00:19:46.920 They stood still, 00:19:47.000 --> 00:19:47.640 they're sad. 00:19:48.200 --> 00:19:49.380 And then Cleopas says, 00:19:49.780 --> 00:19:50.960 are you the only one 00:19:50.960 --> 00:19:52.800 in all of Jerusalem, 00:19:52.880 --> 00:19:53.500 the only visitor 00:19:53.500 --> 00:19:54.460 who doesn't know what's happened? 00:19:55.060 --> 00:19:56.240 And then I think this is where 00:19:56.240 --> 00:19:57.140 the humor really lands. 00:19:57.240 --> 00:19:57.820 Verse 19, 00:19:58.240 --> 00:19:59.060 Jesus says, 00:19:59.420 --> 00:20:00.000 what things? 00:20:00.160 --> 00:20:00.759 What happened? 00:20:01.140 --> 00:20:02.000 As if he doesn't know. 00:20:03.100 --> 00:20:05.060 And so he's playing with them 00:20:05.060 --> 00:20:06.020 and a bit of humor. 00:20:07.259 --> 00:20:08.240 And so in the midst, 00:20:08.420 --> 00:20:10.020 Luke writes this story 00:20:10.020 --> 00:20:10.840 of complex emotion 00:20:10.840 --> 00:20:11.900 where it's both funny 00:20:11.900 --> 00:20:12.660 and it's great, 00:20:12.660 --> 00:20:13.640 and they're in despair 00:20:13.640 --> 00:20:15.000 at the very same time. 00:20:15.100 --> 00:20:15.460 They're incredibly sad. 00:20:15.480 --> 00:20:15.920 Now why? 00:20:16.580 --> 00:20:16.880 Why? 00:20:16.880 --> 00:20:18.000 And here's what we're told. 00:20:18.100 --> 00:20:19.680 The language in this passage is 00:20:19.680 --> 00:20:21.720 they could not see him. 00:20:22.020 --> 00:20:22.740 Verse 16. 00:20:23.520 --> 00:20:24.940 So they're despairing 00:20:24.940 --> 00:20:26.540 because they can't see him. 00:20:27.780 --> 00:20:28.740 They were kept, 00:20:29.080 --> 00:20:29.680 it's passive, 00:20:29.760 --> 00:20:31.080 they were kept from seeing him. 00:20:32.360 --> 00:20:33.800 Now anytime in the gospels 00:20:33.800 --> 00:20:36.440 that physical sight is talked about, 00:20:36.520 --> 00:20:37.840 it's never just physical sight, 00:20:37.900 --> 00:20:39.800 it's also about the heart, 00:20:39.900 --> 00:20:40.560 about spiritual sight, 00:20:40.620 --> 00:20:41.080 about faith. 00:20:41.180 --> 00:20:43.440 And so they can't see 00:20:43.440 --> 00:20:44.120 with their physical eyes 00:20:44.119 --> 00:20:44.839 and that's a testimony 00:20:44.839 --> 00:20:46.839 that they cannot see 00:20:46.839 --> 00:20:47.919 with their spiritual eyes. 00:20:47.979 --> 00:20:48.779 They don't have faith. 00:20:49.259 --> 00:20:50.219 And Jesus points that out 00:20:50.219 --> 00:20:50.799 in verse 25. 00:20:50.979 --> 00:20:51.339 He says, 00:20:51.759 --> 00:20:52.500 Oh foolish one, 00:20:52.639 --> 00:20:54.439 slow of heart to believe. 00:20:54.679 --> 00:20:56.399 So the physical block they have, 00:20:56.459 --> 00:20:57.399 the blindness physically, 00:20:57.959 --> 00:20:58.619 is a representation 00:20:58.619 --> 00:20:59.459 of the blindness 00:20:59.459 --> 00:21:00.500 they have in their hearts. 00:21:00.919 --> 00:21:02.899 Slow of heart to believe. 00:21:03.059 --> 00:21:04.359 And so they've got disappointment, 00:21:04.559 --> 00:21:05.239 they've got misunderstanding, 00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:06.739 and it's all because 00:21:06.739 --> 00:21:07.919 they can't see him. 00:21:08.799 --> 00:21:09.239 Why? 00:21:09.799 --> 00:21:11.079 The text gives you three reasons 00:21:11.079 --> 00:21:12.200 that they can't see him. 00:21:12.259 --> 00:21:12.680 Number one, 00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:15.660 they believed 00:21:15.660 --> 00:21:17.400 that there was no such thing 00:21:17.400 --> 00:21:18.579 as the resurrection of the dead. 00:21:20.339 --> 00:21:21.799 They're walking on this road 00:21:21.799 --> 00:21:22.420 and they say, 00:21:22.859 --> 00:21:23.859 we had hoped, 00:21:24.400 --> 00:21:25.819 but he died. 00:21:26.700 --> 00:21:27.240 He wasn't. 00:21:27.400 --> 00:21:28.380 He wasn't what we thought. 00:21:29.480 --> 00:21:29.720 You see, 00:21:29.940 --> 00:21:30.960 they're in utter despair 00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:32.140 because they believe 00:21:32.140 --> 00:21:33.120 that there's no such thing 00:21:33.120 --> 00:21:33.980 as life after death. 00:21:34.859 --> 00:21:35.740 They believe that there's 00:21:35.740 --> 00:21:36.420 no such thing 00:21:36.420 --> 00:21:38.220 as any kind of resurrection 00:21:38.220 --> 00:21:38.880 from the dead. 00:21:39.880 --> 00:21:41.740 And if you come here today, 00:21:41.860 --> 00:21:42.580 you live in this world, 00:21:42.660 --> 00:21:43.340 and there will undoubtedly 00:21:43.340 --> 00:21:44.560 be some in a room 00:21:44.560 --> 00:21:45.900 this size that come today 00:21:45.900 --> 00:21:46.820 where you believe 00:21:46.820 --> 00:21:48.480 that you're exploring maybe, 00:21:48.720 --> 00:21:49.520 but you believe that 00:21:49.520 --> 00:21:51.000 this life is all there is, 00:21:52.380 --> 00:21:54.900 and in so many years 00:21:54.900 --> 00:21:56.000 you're going to die, 00:21:56.580 --> 00:21:57.760 and your body's going to be 00:21:57.760 --> 00:21:58.440 put in the grave, 00:21:58.580 --> 00:21:59.300 and you're going to rot, 00:22:00.040 --> 00:22:01.180 and you're going to feed the grass, 00:22:01.780 --> 00:22:03.120 and that's it. 00:22:03.980 --> 00:22:05.080 Then by definition, 00:22:05.440 --> 00:22:06.480 you don't have hope. 00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:08.680 And see, 00:22:08.799 --> 00:22:10.059 they are walking down this road, 00:22:10.200 --> 00:22:11.000 and it says that 00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:12.220 they had hoped, 00:22:12.319 --> 00:22:12.960 but they do no longer 00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:13.660 because they thought 00:22:13.660 --> 00:22:14.880 that death was the end of the road, 00:22:15.420 --> 00:22:16.420 that there is no such thing 00:22:16.420 --> 00:22:17.940 as the resurrection from the dead. 00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:18.319 And we've, 00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:18.599 of course, 00:22:18.640 --> 00:22:19.579 we've got the same situation 00:22:19.579 --> 00:22:20.579 in our modern moment, 00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:21.620 but it's existed 00:22:21.620 --> 00:22:22.880 for all the centuries. 00:22:23.579 --> 00:22:24.440 The idea that 00:22:24.440 --> 00:22:25.519 we came about 00:22:25.519 --> 00:22:26.539 merely by chance, 00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:27.660 that there is no eternity, 00:22:27.860 --> 00:22:28.519 that there is nothing 00:22:28.519 --> 00:22:29.339 to expect 00:22:30.220 --> 00:22:31.000 in the afterlife, 00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:32.440 that you simply die, 00:22:32.440 --> 00:22:33.100 and you rot, 00:22:33.180 --> 00:22:34.539 and you happened by chance. 00:22:35.240 --> 00:22:36.380 There is no lawgiver. 00:22:36.860 --> 00:22:38.160 There is no moral order 00:22:38.160 --> 00:22:38.940 given from above 00:22:38.940 --> 00:22:39.880 our mere opinions. 00:22:40.120 --> 00:22:41.680 There is no meaning maker 00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:42.960 from above our mere opinions. 00:22:43.080 --> 00:22:44.400 And if you believe that today, 00:22:44.460 --> 00:22:45.600 you have to say at least 00:22:45.600 --> 00:22:48.900 that beyond my own view of myself, 00:22:48.900 --> 00:22:50.400 I don't have any meaning, 00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:51.600 and there is no moral order, 00:22:51.600 --> 00:22:52.799 and I can't point to anything 00:22:52.799 --> 00:22:54.140 beyond what I think 00:22:54.140 --> 00:22:55.120 is right or wrong 00:22:55.120 --> 00:22:56.000 according to my opinion. 00:22:56.200 --> 00:22:57.559 And that simply means 00:22:57.559 --> 00:22:59.680 that you're without hope 00:22:59.680 --> 00:23:00.180 in the world. 00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:02.519 And boy, 00:23:02.660 --> 00:23:02.799 that, 00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:04.119 I want to suggest to you 00:23:04.119 --> 00:23:04.759 that that takes 00:23:04.759 --> 00:23:05.900 such a leap of faith 00:23:05.900 --> 00:23:07.200 actually to say, 00:23:07.279 --> 00:23:08.019 I don't think any of us 00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:08.940 really believes that, 00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:10.359 that your life 00:23:10.359 --> 00:23:11.220 doesn't have any meaning, 00:23:11.319 --> 00:23:12.119 that you don't have any purpose, 00:23:12.200 --> 00:23:12.779 that you actually 00:23:12.779 --> 00:23:13.619 just come by chance, 00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:15.440 that your vision 00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:16.599 of your own personal value 00:23:16.599 --> 00:23:17.720 is nothing but your own opinion. 00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:18.519 I don't think anybody 00:23:18.519 --> 00:23:19.400 actually thinks that. 00:23:19.420 --> 00:23:20.180 We don't live that way. 00:23:21.119 --> 00:23:22.079 And the good news here 00:23:22.079 --> 00:23:23.000 in this passage is 00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:25.700 while these disciples 00:23:25.700 --> 00:23:26.539 on the road to Emmaus 00:23:26.539 --> 00:23:27.840 are there in this moment, 00:23:27.960 --> 00:23:28.120 boy, 00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:29.160 it's a leap of faith 00:23:29.160 --> 00:23:30.140 they don't have to make 00:23:30.140 --> 00:23:33.180 because it's simply not true. 00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:36.880 The Christ who did rise 00:23:36.880 --> 00:23:37.480 from the dead 00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:39.140 and is promising eternal life 00:23:39.140 --> 00:23:40.000 is standing right next to them. 00:23:40.059 --> 00:23:40.160 Now, 00:23:40.299 --> 00:23:41.480 let's see a bit more about it. 00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:41.759 Secondly, 00:23:41.860 --> 00:23:42.840 what's blocking their eyes 00:23:42.840 --> 00:23:43.360 from seeing? 00:23:44.340 --> 00:23:44.799 They wanted, 00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:46.039 the second thing is 00:23:46.039 --> 00:23:47.960 they wanted the wrong 00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:48.759 type of rescue. 00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:49.279 So, 00:23:49.440 --> 00:23:49.920 you see, 00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:50.819 right after that, 00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:52.460 back in verse 21 again, 00:23:53.140 --> 00:23:53.779 we're told, 00:23:54.180 --> 00:23:54.759 they had hoped 00:23:54.759 --> 00:23:55.620 that he would redeem 00:23:55.619 --> 00:23:56.059 Israel. 00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:56.879 So, 00:23:57.119 --> 00:23:58.099 they had hoped 00:23:58.099 --> 00:23:59.299 he would redeem Israel. 00:23:59.399 --> 00:23:59.500 So, 00:23:59.539 --> 00:24:00.519 the word redemption there 00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:01.639 is a reference 00:24:01.639 --> 00:24:03.659 to being rescued, 00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:04.059 redeemed. 00:24:04.139 --> 00:24:05.039 It shows up in the Old Testament 00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:05.819 and all over the New. 00:24:06.179 --> 00:24:07.199 And the idea of being redeemed 00:24:07.199 --> 00:24:08.939 is an idea of being rescued 00:24:08.939 --> 00:24:09.859 from a prison 00:24:09.859 --> 00:24:11.639 or pulled from slavery. 00:24:12.299 --> 00:24:13.279 But what do they say? 00:24:13.459 --> 00:24:13.959 What does it say? 00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:14.779 We had hoped 00:24:14.779 --> 00:24:16.679 he would redeem Israel. 00:24:17.539 --> 00:24:18.639 And that means that 00:24:18.639 --> 00:24:19.319 the reason they're 00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:20.099 in such despair 00:24:20.099 --> 00:24:21.479 and they're without hope 00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:22.220 in this passage 00:24:22.220 --> 00:24:23.380 is because 00:24:23.380 --> 00:24:25.759 they expected 00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:27.599 political deliverance. 00:24:29.299 --> 00:24:30.360 Jesus Christ came 00:24:30.360 --> 00:24:31.019 to deliver them 00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:31.759 from their sins, 00:24:31.880 --> 00:24:32.259 but instead 00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:33.460 they wanted deliverance 00:24:33.460 --> 00:24:34.240 from their circumstances. 00:24:35.240 --> 00:24:35.420 And so, 00:24:35.480 --> 00:24:36.200 they're in such despair 00:24:36.200 --> 00:24:36.920 because they think 00:24:36.920 --> 00:24:37.960 the one we thought 00:24:37.960 --> 00:24:38.700 was going to finally 00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:39.819 deliver us from Rome 00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:40.960 died. 00:24:41.120 --> 00:24:42.220 He's simply gone. 00:24:42.740 --> 00:24:42.819 So, 00:24:42.900 --> 00:24:43.200 they were, 00:24:44.059 --> 00:24:45.579 these disciples 00:24:45.579 --> 00:24:46.700 were willing 00:24:46.700 --> 00:24:47.740 to read Isaiah 00:24:47.740 --> 00:24:48.539 in a place like 00:24:48.539 --> 00:24:50.099 Isaiah chapter 11 00:24:50.099 --> 00:24:51.200 where it says, 00:24:51.359 --> 00:24:52.480 the Messiah will strike 00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:53.000 the earth 00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:54.120 with the rod of his mouth 00:24:54.120 --> 00:24:55.059 and with the breath 00:24:55.059 --> 00:24:55.660 of his lips 00:24:55.660 --> 00:24:56.779 he shall kill the wicked. 00:24:57.140 --> 00:24:57.839 They were willing 00:24:57.839 --> 00:24:58.420 to read that 00:24:58.420 --> 00:24:59.859 and say, 00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:00.859 the Messiah will come 00:25:00.859 --> 00:25:01.859 and destroy the wicked 00:25:01.859 --> 00:25:03.240 and apply that to Rome. 00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:05.140 But they would not, 00:25:05.460 --> 00:25:06.299 they were not able yet 00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:07.519 to hear Isaiah 53 00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:10.420 which says 00:25:10.420 --> 00:25:11.900 that he, 00:25:12.339 --> 00:25:12.660 the Messiah, 00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.779 would be bruised 00:25:13.779 --> 00:25:15.680 for our transgressions. 00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:16.120 You see, 00:25:16.299 --> 00:25:16.720 the thing, 00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:17.819 they wanted salvation 00:25:17.819 --> 00:25:18.779 from their circumstances. 00:25:19.079 --> 00:25:20.339 They did not want 00:25:20.339 --> 00:25:21.759 salvation from their sin. 00:25:22.660 --> 00:25:23.640 They did not want, 00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:23.920 you know, 00:25:23.940 --> 00:25:24.640 it's so difficult 00:25:24.640 --> 00:25:25.299 to walk, 00:25:25.579 --> 00:25:26.440 the way of salvation 00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:27.079 is so easy 00:25:27.079 --> 00:25:28.019 because it's all grace, 00:25:28.100 --> 00:25:29.019 the walls of grace 00:25:29.019 --> 00:25:29.940 on the road 00:25:29.940 --> 00:25:30.480 of the pilgrimage. 00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:31.380 Yet, 00:25:31.420 --> 00:25:32.059 at the same time, 00:25:32.120 --> 00:25:32.799 it's so difficult 00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:33.960 because what the gospel 00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:34.819 requires of you 00:25:34.819 --> 00:25:35.500 is to say that 00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:36.579 my greatest problem 00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:37.480 is my pride, 00:25:38.220 --> 00:25:39.079 not my circumstances. 00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:41.559 And we want to be saved 00:25:41.559 --> 00:25:42.640 from our circumstances. 00:25:42.819 --> 00:25:43.600 We want Jesus 00:25:43.600 --> 00:25:44.700 to win the cultural war. 00:25:44.700 --> 00:25:47.200 But we don't want 00:25:47.200 --> 00:25:47.759 to come to him 00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:48.319 and first say 00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:49.539 my problem is me, 00:25:49.640 --> 00:25:50.680 my problem is my sin. 00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:51.440 And so they looked 00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:51.900 for redemption 00:25:51.900 --> 00:25:53.279 from Rome. 00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:54.380 They weren't yet looking 00:25:54.380 --> 00:25:55.680 for a redemption 00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:57.299 from themselves. 00:25:57.640 --> 00:25:59.059 And that means 00:25:59.059 --> 00:25:59.900 that they had yet 00:25:59.900 --> 00:26:01.120 to have a vision 00:26:01.120 --> 00:26:02.680 for the power, 00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:03.380 the truth, 00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:04.519 the proclamation 00:26:04.519 --> 00:26:05.340 of the body 00:26:05.340 --> 00:26:05.799 and blood 00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:06.880 of Christ broken. 00:26:07.420 --> 00:26:08.160 They didn't know 00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:09.140 what the cross was about. 00:26:09.720 --> 00:26:10.680 They didn't see it. 00:26:11.100 --> 00:26:12.080 They thought he was 00:26:12.080 --> 00:26:12.819 going to redeem them 00:26:12.819 --> 00:26:13.139 from Rome, 00:26:13.200 --> 00:26:14.279 but they couldn't 00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:15.220 understand why he died. 00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:16.539 They could never imagine 00:26:16.539 --> 00:26:18.460 a crucified Messiah. 00:26:19.179 --> 00:26:20.039 That was the one thing 00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:20.379 that they had 00:26:20.379 --> 00:26:21.339 no category for. 00:26:22.139 --> 00:26:23.619 And so they thought 00:26:23.619 --> 00:26:24.319 that his mission 00:26:24.319 --> 00:26:25.639 had utterly failed. 00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:27.619 We want, 00:26:27.879 --> 00:26:28.939 I think in the same way, 00:26:29.139 --> 00:26:30.599 remember this is us, 00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:31.579 we're the second traveler. 00:26:32.679 --> 00:26:33.559 This is a paradigm 00:26:33.559 --> 00:26:34.700 for the normal Christian life. 00:26:34.859 --> 00:26:36.319 We want Jesus Christ 00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:37.159 to be useful 00:26:37.159 --> 00:26:39.220 most of the time 00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:39.960 more than we want him 00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:40.839 to be our redeemer 00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:42.199 from our pride, 00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:43.099 more than we want him 00:26:43.099 --> 00:26:43.699 to break us 00:26:43.699 --> 00:26:44.459 from the inside out 00:26:44.459 --> 00:26:45.939 and remake us. 00:26:46.859 --> 00:26:47.720 Now the third reason 00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:49.559 that they couldn't see 00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:51.099 is because of, 00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:51.619 very simply, 00:26:51.740 --> 00:26:52.980 is this divine passive. 00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:54.199 What does it say 00:26:54.199 --> 00:26:55.859 back in verse 16? 00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:57.079 Their eyes, 00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:57.480 quote, 00:26:57.599 --> 00:26:58.299 were kept 00:26:58.299 --> 00:26:59.519 from recognizing him. 00:27:00.939 --> 00:27:01.899 Now this is 00:27:01.899 --> 00:27:03.459 a mysterious reality. 00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.359 It appears 00:27:04.359 --> 00:27:05.259 all across the Bible 00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:07.019 that the text 00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:08.519 multiple times 00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:09.819 clearly points us 00:27:09.819 --> 00:27:10.879 to say something like this. 00:27:11.179 --> 00:27:11.759 It's not just 00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:12.740 that they were blinded 00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:13.659 by their sin, 00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:14.659 their inability to see, 00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:15.899 but that something 00:27:15.899 --> 00:27:17.419 is holding their eyes shut. 00:27:18.419 --> 00:27:19.259 And that someone 00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:19.939 who's doing that 00:27:19.939 --> 00:27:20.359 is Jesus. 00:27:20.639 --> 00:27:21.200 It's God. 00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:22.439 It's what the theologians 00:27:22.439 --> 00:27:24.059 call the divine passive. 00:27:25.079 --> 00:27:26.439 They are being kept 00:27:26.439 --> 00:27:27.240 from seeing 00:27:27.240 --> 00:27:28.159 by the Lord. 00:27:28.899 --> 00:27:29.759 Why is that? 00:27:30.439 --> 00:27:31.359 There's so much mystery 00:27:31.359 --> 00:27:31.740 in that. 00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:35.059 Let me try to arrive 00:27:35.059 --> 00:27:36.759 at something of an answer 00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:37.500 in the final point. 00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:39.119 So fourth and finally, 00:27:40.119 --> 00:27:40.939 eyes to see, 00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:42.079 which is really 00:27:42.079 --> 00:27:42.459 the heartbeat 00:27:42.459 --> 00:27:43.619 of the whole story. 00:27:44.059 --> 00:27:44.759 So in verse 16, 00:27:45.479 --> 00:27:46.079 lastly, 00:27:46.199 --> 00:27:46.739 their eyes 00:27:46.739 --> 00:27:48.179 are kept shut. 00:27:48.379 --> 00:27:49.159 And then if you look 00:27:49.159 --> 00:27:50.319 down at verse 31, 00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:52.000 the great moment, 00:27:52.459 --> 00:27:53.559 their eyes were opened. 00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:54.679 So they've landed 00:27:54.679 --> 00:27:55.379 at Emmaus 00:27:55.379 --> 00:27:56.939 and it says 00:27:56.939 --> 00:27:57.619 their eyes were opened. 00:27:57.699 --> 00:27:58.199 And so here's 00:27:58.199 --> 00:27:58.819 the bookends 00:27:58.819 --> 00:27:59.459 of the passage 00:27:59.459 --> 00:28:00.759 that help us understand 00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:01.599 the story 00:28:01.599 --> 00:28:02.519 of the disciples 00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:02.799 on the way. 00:28:02.859 --> 00:28:03.500 Their eyes were closed, 00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:04.059 they couldn't see. 00:28:04.399 --> 00:28:05.019 And then at the end, 00:28:05.059 --> 00:28:06.000 when they sat at the table 00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:06.419 with him, 00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:07.479 their eyes were opened. 00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:08.240 But if you notice, 00:28:08.579 --> 00:28:09.500 what is it that really 00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:11.220 opened their eyes? 00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:12.759 And the text tells us 00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:14.900 in verse 31, 00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:17.039 it's when the scriptures 00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:17.960 were opened up. 00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:19.860 So in verse 31, 00:28:19.920 --> 00:28:20.779 their eyes were opened 00:28:20.779 --> 00:28:22.440 and they recognized him. 00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:23.180 And that's following 00:28:23.180 --> 00:28:24.120 a whole sequence 00:28:24.120 --> 00:28:25.299 of him opening 00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:25.880 the scriptures 00:28:25.880 --> 00:28:27.599 so their eyes were opened. 00:28:27.700 --> 00:28:28.279 And the two verbs 00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:28.700 are connected. 00:28:28.880 --> 00:28:30.160 He opened the Bible 00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:32.039 so their eyes were opened. 00:28:32.039 --> 00:28:34.079 Now there's a deep connection 00:28:34.079 --> 00:28:35.879 in Luke's gospel 00:28:35.879 --> 00:28:37.099 and the book of Acts 00:28:37.099 --> 00:28:39.059 between when the Old Testament, 00:28:39.200 --> 00:28:39.899 and that's all they had 00:28:39.899 --> 00:28:40.359 in this moment 00:28:40.359 --> 00:28:41.159 is the Old Testament. 00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:42.420 The Old Testament scriptures 00:28:42.420 --> 00:28:44.000 are opened and explained 00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:45.779 and people's eyes are opened. 00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:47.399 And this happens 00:28:47.399 --> 00:28:48.000 in the book of Acts 00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.539 with Lydia. 00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:50.440 They explain the Bible to her 00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:51.299 and it says 00:28:51.299 --> 00:28:53.039 her heart was opened. 00:28:53.819 --> 00:28:54.599 And so the eyes 00:28:54.599 --> 00:28:55.159 and the heart 00:28:55.159 --> 00:28:56.220 are the same thing really. 00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.980 The physical sight 00:28:57.980 --> 00:28:58.720 and spiritual sight 00:28:58.720 --> 00:28:59.579 go together. 00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:01.279 And so what does he say? 00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:01.759 What does he say 00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:02.740 about their blindness? 00:29:03.019 --> 00:29:03.500 Verse 25, 00:29:04.099 --> 00:29:05.279 you are so slow 00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:06.079 to believe 00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:07.059 what the prophets 00:29:07.059 --> 00:29:08.139 had spoken. 00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:09.799 So what does he attribute 00:29:09.799 --> 00:29:10.740 to their weak faith? 00:29:10.839 --> 00:29:11.920 He says it's because 00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:13.139 you refuse to read 00:29:13.139 --> 00:29:14.200 the prophets rightly 00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:15.819 and see what the prophets 00:29:15.819 --> 00:29:16.220 had spoken. 00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:17.119 So he says it's an issue 00:29:17.119 --> 00:29:18.039 of interpretation. 00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:18.980 It's an issue 00:29:18.980 --> 00:29:20.579 of Bible reading ultimately 00:29:20.579 --> 00:29:21.940 is how he explains it. 00:29:22.960 --> 00:29:25.339 Now Jesus could have appeared 00:29:25.339 --> 00:29:27.240 as a 25 foot tall man, 00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:28.519 a five meter tall man 00:29:28.519 --> 00:29:29.299 or more. 00:29:30.160 --> 00:29:31.000 He could have kicked 00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:32.119 the door down 00:29:32.119 --> 00:29:33.140 of the Roman praetorium 00:29:33.140 --> 00:29:34.380 and shine with light 00:29:34.380 --> 00:29:36.119 to Caiaphas and Pilate 00:29:36.119 --> 00:29:37.000 and the emperor 00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:37.880 and everybody else. 00:29:38.380 --> 00:29:39.799 What he chooses to do 00:29:39.799 --> 00:29:42.460 is to open the Bible 00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:43.819 and have a Bible study 00:29:43.819 --> 00:29:46.460 and change their lives 00:29:46.460 --> 00:29:47.660 through that means. 00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:49.839 It is striking 00:29:49.839 --> 00:29:52.259 that on Resurrection Sunday, 00:29:52.779 --> 00:29:54.700 the medium he uses 00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:55.700 to change lives 00:29:55.700 --> 00:29:57.420 is explaining the Bible. 00:29:57.420 --> 00:30:00.440 and remember, 00:30:00.539 --> 00:30:01.060 this is you. 00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:02.480 It's extraordinarily ordinary 00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:04.720 and in this passage 00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:05.480 we've got just, 00:30:05.640 --> 00:30:06.200 as I finish, 00:30:06.340 --> 00:30:08.140 two extraordinarily ordinary 00:30:08.140 --> 00:30:09.759 ways that God 00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:10.720 transforms lives, 00:30:11.580 --> 00:30:12.920 that Jesus encounters you. 00:30:13.800 --> 00:30:15.019 And what does he say? 00:30:15.100 --> 00:30:15.480 Here it is. 00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:18.220 The first is that he gives us sight 00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:19.600 by the word of the scriptures 00:30:19.600 --> 00:30:22.360 and in verse 26, 00:30:22.560 --> 00:30:22.900 he says, 00:30:22.900 --> 00:30:24.320 was it not necessary 00:30:24.320 --> 00:30:25.880 that these things take place? 00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:26.660 Was it not necessary 00:30:26.660 --> 00:30:27.580 that the Christ would suffer? 00:30:27.900 --> 00:30:28.360 What does he mean? 00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:28.920 He's pointing back 00:30:28.920 --> 00:30:29.519 to the Old Testament 00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:30.440 and then it says, 00:30:31.040 --> 00:30:31.820 beginning with Moses 00:30:31.820 --> 00:30:32.820 and all the prophets, 00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:34.500 he interpreted to them 00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:35.400 and all the scriptures 00:30:35.400 --> 00:30:36.820 the things concerning himself. 00:30:37.400 --> 00:30:37.720 Now, 00:30:37.860 --> 00:30:39.240 this is next week's topic, 00:30:39.600 --> 00:30:40.519 biblical interpretation 00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:41.640 in the light of Luke 24. 00:30:42.340 --> 00:30:42.680 So, 00:30:42.800 --> 00:30:43.800 I won't get into it too much, 00:30:43.880 --> 00:30:44.360 but today, 00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:45.560 what does he say? 00:30:45.620 --> 00:30:45.880 He says, 00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:46.820 the whole Old Testament 00:30:46.820 --> 00:30:47.580 is about me. 00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:49.320 And that's what you need 00:30:49.320 --> 00:30:50.540 to see to have your eyes opened 00:30:50.539 --> 00:30:52.559 and to come to faith in Christ. 00:30:53.180 --> 00:30:54.299 And notice at the end, 00:30:54.799 --> 00:30:55.819 verse 32, 00:30:56.099 --> 00:30:57.579 their hearts' desires 00:30:57.579 --> 00:30:59.119 ran ahead of their faith. 00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:00.220 So, 00:31:00.259 --> 00:31:00.460 it says, 00:31:01.180 --> 00:31:02.799 as he walked on the road with us, 00:31:02.839 --> 00:31:04.319 as he explained the Bible to us, 00:31:04.720 --> 00:31:07.659 did our hearts not burn within us? 00:31:08.220 --> 00:31:08.480 So, 00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:10.119 there was this conviction arising 00:31:10.119 --> 00:31:10.940 in their hearts, 00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:12.619 this desire for him, 00:31:12.940 --> 00:31:13.940 even before they knew 00:31:13.940 --> 00:31:14.759 what to think about him, 00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:15.740 before what they knew 00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:16.399 to believe about him. 00:31:16.399 --> 00:31:17.359 And that very well 00:31:17.359 --> 00:31:18.059 could be you today, 00:31:19.099 --> 00:31:20.000 that there's conviction 00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:21.259 and burning in your heart 00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:22.700 before you yet know 00:31:22.700 --> 00:31:23.960 exactly what to say about him, 00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:25.259 of exactly what to think about him. 00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:27.779 I don't know all the reasons 00:31:27.779 --> 00:31:28.900 that Jesus thinks 00:31:28.900 --> 00:31:30.660 it's important that you, 00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:32.079 I don't know, 00:31:32.160 --> 00:31:33.339 I don't know all the reasons for this. 00:31:34.680 --> 00:31:35.859 But for whatever reason, 00:31:36.359 --> 00:31:37.819 Jesus thinks it's very important 00:31:37.819 --> 00:31:39.279 that we all hear him 00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:40.119 before we see him. 00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:43.259 So, 00:31:43.339 --> 00:31:44.359 on Resurrection Sunday, 00:31:44.559 --> 00:31:45.920 Jesus wanted these two men 00:31:45.920 --> 00:31:47.119 to hear him 00:31:47.119 --> 00:31:48.339 before they ever saw him. 00:31:48.339 --> 00:31:50.079 And that is exactly 00:31:50.079 --> 00:31:51.539 what the Christian life is like. 00:31:52.699 --> 00:31:53.679 For whatever reason, 00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:54.359 the Lord wants you 00:31:54.359 --> 00:31:55.859 to hear him and believe 00:31:55.859 --> 00:31:57.779 before you one day see him. 00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:01.519 This is for next week, 00:32:01.879 --> 00:32:02.099 but 00:32:02.099 --> 00:32:04.539 I imagine that maybe 00:32:04.539 --> 00:32:05.659 he opened up to them 00:32:05.659 --> 00:32:06.720 Genesis 3.15 00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:09.139 and he said to them, 00:32:09.919 --> 00:32:11.199 look at Genesis 3.15, 00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:11.839 how it says, 00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:14.399 after the great curse 00:32:14.399 --> 00:32:15.619 upon the world after sin, 00:32:15.619 --> 00:32:16.459 that one day 00:32:16.459 --> 00:32:18.199 the seed of the woman, 00:32:18.459 --> 00:32:20.000 the child of Eve, 00:32:20.219 --> 00:32:22.000 would crush the head 00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:23.000 of the seed of the serpent. 00:32:23.379 --> 00:32:24.259 That one day, 00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:27.059 a baby born of the lineage of Eve, 00:32:27.919 --> 00:32:29.359 born of the new Eve Mary, 00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:31.819 would crush the head of a serpent 00:32:31.819 --> 00:32:33.359 while that serpent bites his heel. 00:32:33.399 --> 00:32:35.119 And if a serpent bites your heel, 00:32:35.199 --> 00:32:35.699 that's poisonous, 00:32:35.839 --> 00:32:36.679 you die from that. 00:32:37.359 --> 00:32:38.459 But at the same time, 00:32:38.879 --> 00:32:39.859 the little child 00:32:39.859 --> 00:32:40.919 would crush the head of the serpent. 00:32:41.179 --> 00:32:42.339 And they realized, 00:32:42.500 --> 00:32:42.699 oh, 00:32:43.459 --> 00:32:44.459 their heart started to burn. 00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:45.100 And they said, whoa, 00:32:45.819 --> 00:32:46.460 that's you. 00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:47.740 That's Jesus. 00:32:48.279 --> 00:32:49.539 And they woke up 00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:50.720 and they had the eyes of faith. 00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:51.779 And that's exactly what happens here. 00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:52.900 It's incredibly ordinary. 00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:54.000 And the last thing he uses 00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:55.980 is the table. 00:32:56.100 --> 00:32:56.980 So down in verse 30, 00:32:57.059 --> 00:32:58.600 they've arrived at Emmaus 00:32:58.600 --> 00:33:00.980 and we read in verse 30 00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:01.480 that he 00:33:01.480 --> 00:33:03.920 sat with them at the table 00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:05.680 and he took bread 00:33:05.680 --> 00:33:06.880 and he blessed it 00:33:06.880 --> 00:33:07.720 and he broke it 00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:08.779 and he gave it to them. 00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:11.220 Now, some theologians 00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:12.000 and scholars say 00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:13.440 that this is not the Lord's Supper, 00:33:13.440 --> 00:33:14.460 but I think that 00:33:14.460 --> 00:33:15.620 that's a misunderstanding. 00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:17.700 These are the four communion verbs. 00:33:18.640 --> 00:33:19.640 He took it, 00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:20.720 he blessed it, 00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:21.460 he broke it, 00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:22.200 he gave it. 00:33:23.180 --> 00:33:25.279 And the slight misunderstanding there 00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:25.640 is because 00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:28.100 any time you sit down 00:33:28.100 --> 00:33:29.180 to eat dinner 00:33:29.180 --> 00:33:30.259 with the resurrected Lord, 00:33:30.380 --> 00:33:31.360 that's the Lord's Supper. 00:33:31.779 --> 00:33:32.519 He is the host. 00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:34.200 You can't sit down with Jesus 00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:35.200 and not eat the Lord's Supper. 00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:35.960 He is the Lord, 00:33:36.180 --> 00:33:37.100 after all. 00:33:37.099 --> 00:33:39.599 So this is the Lord's Supper 00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:40.359 with the resurrected Lord 00:33:40.359 --> 00:33:42.219 and it says that 00:33:42.219 --> 00:33:43.719 as soon as he broke the bread 00:33:43.719 --> 00:33:44.599 and handed it to them, 00:33:44.939 --> 00:33:46.119 their eyes were opened. 00:33:46.899 --> 00:33:47.659 They believed 00:33:47.659 --> 00:33:48.819 and he disappeared. 00:33:50.339 --> 00:33:51.199 And that's just to say, 00:33:51.359 --> 00:33:52.159 that's week three, 00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:52.719 the Lord's Supper. 00:33:52.839 --> 00:33:53.319 But today, 00:33:54.339 --> 00:33:55.459 notice how 00:33:55.459 --> 00:33:57.379 ordinary 00:33:57.379 --> 00:33:59.259 the word 00:33:59.259 --> 00:34:00.419 and the table. 00:34:00.420 --> 00:34:03.080 and that's the paradigm 00:34:03.080 --> 00:34:05.960 of our eyes being opened 00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:06.340 in faith 00:34:06.340 --> 00:34:07.080 in the Christian life. 00:34:08.180 --> 00:34:08.380 Now, 00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:09.760 I'll finish last word here. 00:34:10.200 --> 00:34:11.460 This is not a scheme 00:34:11.460 --> 00:34:12.559 imposed on this text. 00:34:12.700 --> 00:34:14.099 It's the very shape 00:34:14.099 --> 00:34:14.680 of Christian worship. 00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:15.019 So, 00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:16.500 by the second century, 00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:17.559 AD 155, 00:34:17.619 --> 00:34:18.519 you can open up a text 00:34:18.519 --> 00:34:19.539 like Justin Martyr 00:34:19.539 --> 00:34:21.039 who's writing out 00:34:21.039 --> 00:34:22.500 early Christian liturgy. 00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:24.059 And what does he say? 00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:25.000 He says that someone 00:34:25.000 --> 00:34:26.280 stood up and explained 00:34:26.280 --> 00:34:27.240 the apostles' teaching 00:34:27.240 --> 00:34:29.680 and then they ate 00:34:29.679 --> 00:34:30.639 at a feast 00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:31.759 and broke bread 00:34:31.759 --> 00:34:33.119 and passed out wine. 00:34:34.440 --> 00:34:34.659 So, 00:34:35.319 --> 00:34:36.419 the word and the table, 00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:37.500 exactly what we're doing today 00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:38.239 is exactly 00:34:38.239 --> 00:34:39.739 the order of worship 00:34:39.739 --> 00:34:40.500 that has been done 00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:41.519 to open the eyes of faith 00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:42.719 since not just 00:34:42.719 --> 00:34:43.379 the second century 00:34:43.379 --> 00:34:44.299 but the road to Emmaus, 00:34:44.359 --> 00:34:44.879 the first century. 00:34:45.599 --> 00:34:46.659 And it's not just about 00:34:46.659 --> 00:34:47.579 getting worship right 00:34:47.579 --> 00:34:47.940 and all that. 00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:49.079 It's about the heart. 00:34:49.919 --> 00:34:50.500 John Wesley, 00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:53.579 John Wesley in 1738, 00:34:53.779 --> 00:34:55.599 the great revivalist 00:34:55.599 --> 00:34:57.539 of the 18th century, 00:34:57.899 --> 00:34:59.119 he went to a meeting 00:34:59.119 --> 00:35:01.420 at Aldersgate Street 00:35:01.420 --> 00:35:03.799 down in England 00:35:03.799 --> 00:35:04.799 and he was listening 00:35:04.799 --> 00:35:06.019 to someone read out 00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:07.960 aloud Luther's preface 00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:08.519 to the Romans 00:35:08.519 --> 00:35:09.659 and then explain 00:35:09.659 --> 00:35:10.400 the book of Romans. 00:35:10.500 --> 00:35:11.099 And this is what he says, 00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:12.119 in the evening, 00:35:12.259 --> 00:35:13.539 I went very unwillingly 00:35:13.539 --> 00:35:14.219 to a society 00:35:14.219 --> 00:35:15.219 in Aldersgate Street 00:35:15.219 --> 00:35:16.500 where one was reading 00:35:16.500 --> 00:35:17.179 Luther's preface 00:35:17.179 --> 00:35:17.679 to the epistle 00:35:17.679 --> 00:35:18.239 of the Romans. 00:35:18.699 --> 00:35:20.099 About a quarter before nine 00:35:20.099 --> 00:35:21.199 while he was describing 00:35:21.199 --> 00:35:21.920 the change 00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:23.159 which God works 00:35:23.159 --> 00:35:23.659 in the heart 00:35:23.659 --> 00:35:24.639 through faith in Christ, 00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:27.339 I felt my heart 00:35:27.340 --> 00:35:28.640 strangely warmed. 00:35:29.500 --> 00:35:30.760 I felt that 00:35:30.760 --> 00:35:32.380 I did trust in Christ, 00:35:33.120 --> 00:35:33.760 Christ alone 00:35:33.760 --> 00:35:34.380 for salvation. 00:35:35.160 --> 00:35:35.900 And an assurance 00:35:35.900 --> 00:35:36.760 was given to me 00:35:36.760 --> 00:35:37.300 in that moment 00:35:37.300 --> 00:35:38.820 that he really 00:35:38.820 --> 00:35:39.660 had taken away 00:35:39.660 --> 00:35:40.380 my sins, 00:35:40.760 --> 00:35:41.860 even my sins. 00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:44.980 The divine passive 00:35:44.980 --> 00:35:46.059 becomes the divine active. 00:35:46.200 --> 00:35:47.300 The one who keeps 00:35:47.300 --> 00:35:48.240 our eyes closed 00:35:48.240 --> 00:35:49.180 then opens them. 00:35:50.160 --> 00:35:52.240 And that very well 00:35:52.240 --> 00:35:52.900 may happen 00:35:52.900 --> 00:35:53.680 for you today. 00:35:53.679 --> 00:35:56.239 And it may have happened 00:35:56.239 --> 00:35:56.719 for some of you 00:35:56.719 --> 00:35:57.139 in the past, 00:35:57.199 --> 00:35:58.359 but today as we come 00:35:58.359 --> 00:35:58.980 through the word 00:35:58.980 --> 00:35:59.779 and to the table, 00:36:00.359 --> 00:36:01.960 would you be open 00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:03.159 to being the second traveler 00:36:03.159 --> 00:36:04.440 and having your eyes 00:36:04.440 --> 00:36:05.239 opened afresh 00:36:05.239 --> 00:36:06.339 and your faith restored? 00:36:07.699 --> 00:36:08.879 Because this actually happened. 00:36:09.059 --> 00:36:09.619 This is real. 00:36:09.899 --> 00:36:11.440 And it's the whole 00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:12.460 of the Christian life. 00:36:13.480 --> 00:36:14.239 So let's pray. 00:36:14.419 --> 00:36:15.199 Father, we ask 00:36:15.199 --> 00:36:15.759 that you would 00:36:15.759 --> 00:36:17.819 open our eyes today 00:36:17.819 --> 00:36:18.739 as we come to your table. 00:36:18.960 --> 00:36:19.719 Thank you for your word. 00:36:19.879 --> 00:36:20.980 We ask, Lord, 00:36:20.980 --> 00:36:22.960 for the divine active 00:36:22.960 --> 00:36:24.760 that you would be active 00:36:24.760 --> 00:36:25.480 in our lives now. 00:36:25.559 --> 00:36:25.960 So we pray 00:36:25.960 --> 00:36:26.760 for the coming 00:36:26.760 --> 00:36:27.860 of the Holy Spirit now 00:36:27.860 --> 00:36:28.960 as we come to commune 00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:29.420 with you. 00:36:29.699 --> 00:36:30.760 And we pray that 00:36:30.760 --> 00:36:31.800 in Christ's name. 00:36:32.300 --> 00:36:32.679 Amen.