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 Well, good morning, church. You can turn with me in your Bibles to Luke chapter 24, starting at verse 13.

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 We'll be looking at Luke chapter 24, verses 13 to 35 this morning, as we draw near to the conclusion of Luke's gospel, which we'll be finishing next week.

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 So let me read for us Luke chapter 24, starting at verse 13.

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 That very day, two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem.

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 And they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened.

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 While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them, but their eyes were kept from recognizing him.

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 And he said to them, what is this conversation that you are holding with each other as you walk?

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 And they stood still, looking sad.

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 Then one of them named Cleopas answered him, are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who doesn't know the things that have happened there in these days?

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 And he said to them, what things?

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 And they said to him, concerning Jesus of Nazareth, the man who is a prophet, mighty in deed and word before God and all the people,

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 and how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death and crucified him.

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 But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel.

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 Yes, and besides all this, it's now the third day since these things happened.

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 Moreover, some women of our company amazed us.

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 They were at the tomb early in the morning.

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 And when they didn't find his body, they came back, saying that they had even seen a vision of angels who said that he was alive.

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 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.

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 And he said to them, O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken.

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 Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?

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 Beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them and all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

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 So they drew near to the village to which they were going.

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 He acted as if he were going farther.

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 But they urged him strongly, saying, Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent.

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 So he went in to stay with them.

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 While he was at table with them, he took the bread and blessed and broke it and gave it to them.

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 And their eyes were opened and they recognized him.

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 And he vanished from their sight.

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 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?

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 And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem.

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 And they found the eleven and those who were with them gathered together, saying,

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 The Lord has risen indeed and has appeared to Simon.

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 Then they told what had happened on the road and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread.

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 Our story this morning begins with disappointment, confusion, and grief.

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 Two disciples walking towards a village named Emmaus.

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 But these are not two friends taking a pleasant stroll on a Sunday afternoon, casually shooting the breeze.

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 No, verse 15 says they were talking and discussing together.

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 And that word discussing can also be translated arguing or disputing or going back and forth.

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 They were engaged in a vigorous conversation about all these things that had just happened.

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 How Jesus, the one who they had hoped would liberate their people.

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 How he had been condemned to death and shamefully crucified.

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 How had everything gone so wrong?

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 The story they had been living in, the hopes that had sustained them, were now shattered into a hundred little pieces.

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 And they couldn't see any way to put them back together again.

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 They were distraught.

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 They were despondent.

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 They were downcast.

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 And so they were walking away from Jerusalem.

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 And that's a significant detail because for most of the Gospel of Luke, chapters 9 to chapter 19,

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 Jesus was leading his disciples toward Jerusalem.

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 And he repeatedly told them that his mission would be accomplished and fulfilled in Jerusalem.

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 Chapter 18, verse 31, Jesus had said,

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 See, we are going up to Jerusalem.

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 And everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished.

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 For he will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and shamefully treated and spit upon.

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 And after flogging him, they will kill him.

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 And on the third day he will rise.

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 But then it says,

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 And here these two disciples, having witnessed Jesus' crucifixion, were walking away from Jerusalem.

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 Still lacking understandings of who Jesus was and what he had come to do.

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 Even when Jesus joined them in person, it says,

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 Their eyes were kept from recognizing him.

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 Now perhaps we can relate to these disciples in their feelings of disappointment, confusion, grief.

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 Maybe you're feeling disappointed and despondent these days.

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 Perhaps some of your hopes have been dashed.

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 Plans have been canceled, put on hold indefinitely.

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 You're not quite sure what to hope for right now.

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 The world seems topsy-turvy.

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 Perhaps you feel like the disciples in verse 17.

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 Standing still, looking sad.

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 Or maybe you find yourself confused, distraught, on edge.

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 You find yourself getting into heated arguments with the people who are closest to you.

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 Or being rude to strangers if they seem naive and uninformed.

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 Or maybe you're grieving.

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 Downcast.

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 Maybe you just want to walk away from it all.

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 I felt that way.

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 I've gone up and down over the last three or four weeks.

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 I felt that way very strongly for a few days when everything was in the process of shutting down.

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 I felt stir-crazy even when I hadn't been in my house all day.

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 I wanted to get out, to go somewhere, to go anywhere.

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 I was angry.

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 I couldn't really pinpoint what I was angry about.

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 I was quite unpleasant for the members of my household to be around, though they were very gracious and patient with me.

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 Now, for some of you, feelings of disappointment and confusion and grief may not be primarily connected to the coronavirus.

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 You might think, just being told to stay home for a few weeks?

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 That's the least of the traumas I've been through.

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 I'm used to life being unpredictable and confusing and disappointing and overwhelming.

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 This isn't new for me at all.

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 But regardless how particularly we might experience disappointment, confusion, and grief,

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 what we see in this story is how Jesus meets us in the midst of all those things.

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 And this morning we'll see in this passage that Jesus meets us in three ways.

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 First, he listens to us patiently.

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 We'll see this in verses 13 to 24.

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 Second, we'll see that he challenges us boldly through the scriptures in verses 25 to 27.

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 And third, we'll see that he breaks bread with us intimately in verses 28 to 35.

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 So first, we see that Jesus listens to us patiently.

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 You know, that's the first thing Jesus does for Cleopas and his companion.

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 Jesus comes alongside them.

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 He walks and talks with them, but mostly he listens.

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 Now, maybe you're wondering, who was this guy Cleopas and who was his unnamed traveling companion?

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 Well, presumably Luke refers to Cleopas by name to indicate that he was the source of the information in this story.

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 Ancient books didn't have footnotes, but authors commonly referred to witnesses or sources by name.

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 Now, Cleopas was likely part of one of the early church communities in Jerusalem or somewhere else.

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 So at least some people back then would have known who he was.

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 But over the last 2,000 years, that information has been lost.

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 This is the only reference to Cleopas in the New Testament.

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 There's one more possible clue in John chapter 19, verse 25,

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 which mentions a woman named Mary, the wife of Cleopas.

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 C-L-O-P-A-S.

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 Not quite spelled the same, but perhaps could be the same person,

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 just had a variant spelling of their name.

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 Anyway, Mary, the wife of Cleopas, is one of the witnesses who sees Jesus being crucified.

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 Now, if Cleopas and Cleopas are the same person,

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 perhaps Cleopas and his wife Mary were walking back home to Emmaus from Jerusalem together.

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 Now, that's possible, but it's really only a guess.

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 The only thing that is really clear to us is that Cleopas and his unnamed companion were not among the apostles.

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 Right? When they go back to Jerusalem, they find the 11 apostles and the others with them.

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 Like, Cleopas and his companion were like Mary and Martha,

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 Joanna and Susanna, Zacchaeus and Bartimaeus,

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 Simon of Cyrene and Joseph of Arimathea.

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 They were among Jesus' devoted followers, but not in the inner circle of the 12.

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 But that fact alone, I think, should encourage us.

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 After Jesus' resurrection, Jesus did not only appear to the 12 apostles, to his inner circle.

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 Jesus did not only appear to the future leaders of the church,

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 whose names we all recognize 2,000 years later.

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 Jesus sees and Jesus cares for every one of his disciples,

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 no matter how well known or how little known we are.

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 No matter whether future generations on earth will remember our name or not.

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 We may not know much about Cleopas and his companion, but Jesus knew them.

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 And Jesus came alongside them, and Jesus took the time to walk with them

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 and listen to them as they were heading down the road.

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 Notice how patiently and kindly Jesus engaged with them.

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 He began by asking simple, open-ended questions.

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 What's on your mind?

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 What are you all talking about as you walk down the road?

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 Now, Cleopas' initial response in verse 18 was borderline insulting.

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 Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who doesn't know what happened?

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 In other words, are you completely clueless?

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 Clueless?

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 But Jesus wasn't put off by Cleopas' rudeness.

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 He graciously overlooked an ignorant insult,

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 and he just asked another open-ended question.

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 What things?

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 What are these things?

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 How would you put it in your own words?

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 What are you talking about?

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 What are you thinking about all this?

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 You see, what's Jesus doing here?

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 He's drawing them out.

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 Proverbs 20, verse 5 says,

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 The purpose in a person's heart is like deep water,

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 but a person of understanding draws it out.

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 And Jesus came alongside his disciples like a wise counselor,

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 like an understanding friend,

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 asking simple questions and taking the time to listen,

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 to draw them out.

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 In verse 19 through 24,

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 we see the two friends launching into their confused thoughts.

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 It's almost like a stream of consciousness concerning Jesus,

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 a prophet mighty in deed and word.

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 Do you notice how many times they say,

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 and, or besides, or moreover?

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 And, how the chief priests and rulers delivered him up.

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 But we had hoped,

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 and besides all this is the third day,

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 moreover some women amazed us,

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 and they didn't see his body,

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 and they came back,

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 and then some of those with us went,

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 but they didn't see him.

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 Right?

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 They're sort of telling all these facts that are on their mind,

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 but they can't quite put it all together.

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 They can't quite make sense of everything that's happened.

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 They had a lot on their minds,

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 but they were puzzled.

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 And even though Jesus knew far better

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 what had happened and why it all happened,

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 he didn't immediately interrupt them.

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 He kept on listening.

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 And that's part of what a good friend does.

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 You know, a good friend doesn't call you up on the phone

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 when you're disappointed,

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 or distraught,

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 or downcast,

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 and just start preaching at you.

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 No, a good friend takes the time to listen,

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 and ask questions,

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 and hear you out.

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 And Jesus is still that faithful friend

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 who listens patiently to his disciples.

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 Jesus has ascended into heaven,

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 so we shouldn't expect him to show up physically as he did here,

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 but he is still just as real,

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 and just as present,

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 and just as patient

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 as he was back then.

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 Jesus is not put off when we are prickly

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 or on edge.

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 He graciously pursues us

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 when we are downcast or discouraged

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 or ready to walk away from it all.

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 He patiently listens to us

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 even when we ramble on

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 somewhat incoherently.

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 I mean, imagine listening to all the prayers

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 that people pray to God every day.

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 Right?

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 Most of us,

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 if we had to listen to all those prayers,

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 we would get,

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 we would become impatient.

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 Right?

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 All the people accusing God

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 for things that God didn't do,

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 or, you know,

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 that are due to the sin in the world,

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 all the, you know,

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 all of us who see only,

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 all of us who want something

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 that isn't ultimately the best for us.

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 But Jesus is very patient.

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 He listens to all of our prayers.

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 He wants to draw us out.

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 It's helpful for us

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 to put our thoughts and feelings into words

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 even when we don't quite know

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 what we're thinking

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 or what we're feeling.

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 Jesus is patient.

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 He listens to them

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 even when they foolishly think

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 that they know more than he does.

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 Jesus listens to us patiently.

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 That's the first thing that we see.

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 But that's not all that Jesus does.

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 The next thing we see

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 in verses 25 to 27

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 is that Jesus challenges us boldly.

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 And he does so through the scriptures.

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 You see, a good friend

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 does not only listen

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 and ask non-directive questions

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 and express support and affirmation.

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 And a good friend also confronts

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 and challenges

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 our misguided assumptions.

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 And in verse 25,

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 Jesus spoke a word of challenge.

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 Oh, foolish ones,

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 and slow of heart to believe

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 all that the prophets have spoken.

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 Wasn't it necessary

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 that the Messiah, the Christ,

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 should suffer these things

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 and enter into his glory?

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 You see, Jesus recognized

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 and exposed

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 one of their deeply held

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 but deeply misguided assumptions.

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 Now, what was that assumption?

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 It was this.

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 Their assumption was

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 redemption means

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 deliverance from suffering.

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 Look at verse 21.

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 We had hoped

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 that Jesus was the one

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 to redeem Israel.

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 Now, that word redeem

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 means liberate,

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 to liberate from captivity

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 or bondage.

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 See, like many other

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 faithful Jews of their day,

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 Cleopas and his companion

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 were hoping that one day

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 God would send the Messiah,

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 the anointed one,

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 the king,

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 who would deliver them

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 from oppression and bondage.

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 And their assumption

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 was that the Messiah

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 would be a holy conqueror

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 who would defeat

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 all their enemies,

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 who would rule

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 over foreign nations,

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 and who would judge

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 the earth in righteousness.

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 But instead,

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 Jesus,

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 and they were hoping

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 that Jesus was that.

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 But instead,

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 Jesus had been rejected

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 by the Jewish leaders

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 and crucified

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 by the Roman authorities.

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 His life ended

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 in utter disgrace.

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 And so they came

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 to a conclusion

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 that seemed completely natural

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 given their assumption.

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 therefore,

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 Jesus must not be

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 the Messiah.

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 He must not be

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 the Redeemer

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 and Liberator

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 that we were hoping for.

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 But in verse 26,

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 Jesus directly challenged

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 that assumption.

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 Wasn't it necessary?

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 Now that word

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 is a word that Luke

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 uses about ten times

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 throughout his gospel

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 to refer to

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 God's

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 defined

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 plan

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 and purpose.

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 So wasn't it necessary?

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 In other words,

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 wasn't it God's plan

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 and purpose

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 all along

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 that the Christ,

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 the Messiah,

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 should suffer

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 precisely these things

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 and only after

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 his suffering

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 enter into

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 his glory?

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 So

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 he says to them,

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 you should know

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 that already

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 because the scriptures

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 have been saying

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 that all along.

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 You see,

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 according to Jesus,

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 redemption

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 is not just

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 deliverance

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 from suffering,

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 it's also

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 deliverance

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 through suffering.

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 The pathway

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 to glory

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 runs

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 through

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 suffering

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 and not

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 around it.

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 That's what

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 Jesus says.

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 And Jesus says

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 that that message

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 runs through

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 the whole Old Testament.

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 Now you might ask,

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 where in the Old Testament

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 does Jesus

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 get that idea?

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 That the pathway

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 to glory

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 runs

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 through

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 suffering

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 and not

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 around it.

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 And that even

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 the Messiah

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 would have to

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 suffer

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 before

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 entering

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 his glory.

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 Now the idea

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 that the Messiah

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 would suffer

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 was certainly

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 not the prevailing

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 interpretation

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 of the Old Testament

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 in Jesus' day.

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 Modern scholars

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 have found

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 many ancient

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 Jewish writings

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 from the period

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 between the Old

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 and New Testaments.

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 And different rabbis

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 and different Jewish sects

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 had different ideas

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 and expectations

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 about the Messiah,

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 who he would be,

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 and what he would do.

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 But on one thing

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 they all agreed.

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 The Messiah

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 would be

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 a victorious

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 conqueror.

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 He would not

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 suffer rejection

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 and betrayal

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 from his own people.

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 He would not

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 be condemned

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 to die

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 by a foreign ruler.

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 he would not

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 be shamefully

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 mocked

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 and hanged

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 on a tree.

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 No Jewish

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 teacher

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 before Jesus

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 from all that we know

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 had ever considered

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 that the Messiah

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 might suffer

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 in those ways.

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 But Jesus said

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 this is what

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 the scriptures

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 have been saying

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 all along.

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 Now just think

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 about

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 what we see

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 in the Old Testament.

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 Think about

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 the stories

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 of the most famous

00:20:25.799 --> 00:20:27.059
 leaders in the Old Testament.

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 Moses and David.

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 Most people expected

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 the Messiah

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 to be a prophet

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 like Moses

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 and a ruler

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 like David.

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 But think about

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 their stories.

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 Take Moses.

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 Moses' life

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 began with suffering.

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 He was born

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 into a people group

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 whose very existence

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 was threatened,

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 who were enslaved.

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 And even though

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 he was spared

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 from mortal danger

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 as a child

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 and raised

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 in Pharaoh's household,

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 he didn't

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 immediately rise up

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 to power and glory.

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 No,

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 when Moses grew up,

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 he identified

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 with his own people

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 and saw their suffering

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 and it moved him.

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 But his own people

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 rejected him

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 and then Pharaoh

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 wanted to kill him

00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:09.019
 and so he fled

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 to Midian

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 and had to live there

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 as a foreigner

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 for 40 years

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 in the middle

00:21:12.500 --> 00:21:13.299
 of nowhere.

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 And then

00:21:15.279 --> 00:21:15.900
 when he finally

00:21:15.900 --> 00:21:17.519
 returned to Egypt

00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:18.259
 to rescue

00:21:18.259 --> 00:21:19.259
 the children of Israel

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 to liberate them

00:21:20.039 --> 00:21:20.700
 from slavery,

00:21:21.359 --> 00:21:21.940
 he faced

00:21:21.940 --> 00:21:23.119
 fierce opposition

00:21:23.119 --> 00:21:23.879
 from Pharaoh

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 and stubborn disbelief

00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:26.579
 from his own people.

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 and then

00:21:29.220 --> 00:21:29.759
 when he finally

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 leads them out,

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 he leads them

00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:32.599
 into the desert

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 and he has to lead

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 them in the desert

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 for years and years.

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 And a few times,

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 the people he's leading

00:21:38.940 --> 00:21:39.599
 want to kill him.

00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:41.920
 For Moses,

00:21:42.079 --> 00:21:43.140
 the pathway to glory

00:21:43.140 --> 00:21:44.379
 ran straight through

00:21:44.379 --> 00:21:47.740
 intense suffering,

00:21:48.099 --> 00:21:48.440
 rejection,

00:21:48.440 --> 00:21:49.220
 and shame.

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 The same pattern

00:21:51.940 --> 00:21:52.779
 holds if you look

00:21:52.779 --> 00:21:53.600
 at the life of David

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 in the books

00:21:55.160 --> 00:21:56.259
 of 1 and 2 Samuel.

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 David's anointed king

00:21:58.180 --> 00:21:59.279
 by the prophet Samuel

00:21:59.279 --> 00:21:59.640
 and then

00:21:59.640 --> 00:22:00.720
 what happens next?

00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:02.799
 Does he ascend

00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:03.400
 to the throne

00:22:03.400 --> 00:22:05.220
 and win battles

00:22:05.220 --> 00:22:06.000
 over all his enemies?

00:22:06.140 --> 00:22:06.480
 No.

00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:08.440
 Immediately,

00:22:08.640 --> 00:22:09.259
 King Saul

00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:10.420
 wants to kill him

00:22:10.420 --> 00:22:12.259
 and David

00:22:12.259 --> 00:22:12.880
 has to flee

00:22:12.880 --> 00:22:13.640
 for his life

00:22:13.640 --> 00:22:15.300
 and for years,

00:22:15.400 --> 00:22:16.420
 David lives on the run,

00:22:16.880 --> 00:22:17.259
 hungry,

00:22:17.620 --> 00:22:17.960
 thirsty,

00:22:18.280 --> 00:22:18.860
 in caves,

00:22:19.220 --> 00:22:20.180
 in the mountains,

00:22:20.360 --> 00:22:20.880
 in the desert,

00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:21.580
 in the forest,

00:22:21.660 --> 00:22:22.900
 among Israel's enemies.

00:22:23.100 --> 00:22:24.980
 Only after years

00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:25.580
 and years

00:22:25.580 --> 00:22:26.320
 of suffering

00:22:26.320 --> 00:22:28.160
 does David

00:22:28.160 --> 00:22:29.200
 rise to glory

00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:29.680
 as king.

00:22:30.820 --> 00:22:31.880
 Or take one

00:22:31.880 --> 00:22:32.660
 other example.

00:22:33.040 --> 00:22:34.060
 Take Joseph

00:22:34.060 --> 00:22:34.740
 in the book

00:22:34.740 --> 00:22:35.240
 of Genesis.

00:22:36.280 --> 00:22:36.500
 Now,

00:22:36.560 --> 00:22:37.100
 Joseph's life

00:22:37.100 --> 00:22:38.120
 seems to start out well.

00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:38.900
 He was the favored

00:22:38.900 --> 00:22:39.800
 son of his father,

00:22:39.940 --> 00:22:40.259
 Jacob,

00:22:40.259 --> 00:22:41.420
 in line

00:22:41.420 --> 00:22:42.000
 to receive

00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:43.200
 the lion's share

00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:43.879
 of the inheritance

00:22:43.879 --> 00:22:44.400
 but then

00:22:44.400 --> 00:22:45.059
 his brothers

00:22:45.059 --> 00:22:45.740
 get jealous

00:22:45.740 --> 00:22:47.480
 and they turn on him

00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:48.680
 and they sell him

00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:49.619
 into slavery.

00:22:49.779 --> 00:22:50.379
 They sell him

00:22:50.379 --> 00:22:50.879
 for the price

00:22:50.879 --> 00:22:51.440
 of a slave.

00:22:51.720 --> 00:22:52.680
 He's taken to Egypt,

00:22:53.039 --> 00:22:53.900
 falsely accused,

00:22:54.220 --> 00:22:55.099
 thrown into a dungeon

00:22:55.099 --> 00:22:56.019
 and forgotten.

00:22:57.619 --> 00:22:58.579
 He descended

00:22:58.579 --> 00:22:59.619
 to the depths.

00:23:01.420 --> 00:23:02.680
 And only later on

00:23:02.680 --> 00:23:04.140
 was Joseph remembered

00:23:04.140 --> 00:23:06.319
 and raised up

00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:07.000
 to the right hand

00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:07.460
 of Pharaoh

00:23:07.460 --> 00:23:08.559
 and through Joseph

00:23:08.559 --> 00:23:09.119
 the world

00:23:09.119 --> 00:23:09.759
 was rescued

00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.420
 from famine

00:23:10.420 --> 00:23:11.119
 and his family

00:23:11.119 --> 00:23:12.000
 was reconciled

00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:12.519
 to each other

00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:13.220
 but once again

00:23:13.220 --> 00:23:14.140
 in the life of Joseph

00:23:14.140 --> 00:23:15.619
 suffering came

00:23:15.619 --> 00:23:17.079
 before glory.

00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:21.400
 You see this pattern

00:23:21.400 --> 00:23:22.400
 throughout the Old Testament.

00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:24.579
 The pathway to glory

00:23:24.579 --> 00:23:25.420
 runs straight

00:23:25.420 --> 00:23:26.920
 through suffering.

00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:28.359
 And Jesus says

00:23:28.359 --> 00:23:29.240
 if that was the case

00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:30.559
 for Moses

00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:31.640
 and David

00:23:31.640 --> 00:23:32.519
 and Joseph

00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:33.299
 don't you see

00:23:33.299 --> 00:23:34.559
 that it was God's plan

00:23:34.559 --> 00:23:35.420
 all along

00:23:35.420 --> 00:23:36.160
 for the Messiah

00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:36.740
 as well

00:23:36.740 --> 00:23:37.420
 to suffer

00:23:37.420 --> 00:23:39.119
 before entering

00:23:39.119 --> 00:23:41.339
 into his glorious reign.

00:23:42.779 --> 00:23:43.459
 And you know

00:23:43.459 --> 00:23:43.919
 it's not just

00:23:43.919 --> 00:23:44.579
 the stories

00:23:44.579 --> 00:23:45.439
 of the Old Testament

00:23:45.439 --> 00:23:46.759
 that show us

00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:47.299
 this pattern.

00:23:47.399 --> 00:23:47.759
 You can hear

00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:49.219
 the same haunting melody

00:23:49.219 --> 00:23:50.179
 in the songs.

00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:52.839
 Songs like Psalm 22

00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:54.179
 which begins

00:23:54.179 --> 00:23:55.559
 My God,

00:23:55.639 --> 00:23:56.159
 my God,

00:23:56.239 --> 00:23:57.639
 why have you forsaken me?

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 The first part

00:24:00.219 --> 00:24:00.699
 of the psalm

00:24:00.699 --> 00:24:01.559
 is about the suffering

00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:02.699
 of a righteous person

00:24:02.699 --> 00:24:03.739
 but the end

00:24:03.739 --> 00:24:04.279
 of the psalm

00:24:04.279 --> 00:24:05.399
 is a cry of victory.

00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:06.500
 It ends by saying

00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:07.879
 he has done it.

00:24:07.880 --> 00:24:12.280
 Or look at Isaiah 53

00:24:12.280 --> 00:24:13.320
 the song

00:24:13.320 --> 00:24:14.500
 of the suffering servant.

00:24:15.960 --> 00:24:16.640
 He's cut off

00:24:16.640 --> 00:24:17.160
 from the land

00:24:17.160 --> 00:24:17.680
 of the living

00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:19.260
 stricken for the transgression

00:24:19.260 --> 00:24:19.940
 of his people

00:24:19.940 --> 00:24:21.440
 yet the next verse

00:24:21.440 --> 00:24:22.360
 says he will see

00:24:22.360 --> 00:24:23.020
 his offspring

00:24:23.020 --> 00:24:25.040
 and prolong his days.

00:24:28.340 --> 00:24:29.620
 The haunting melody

00:24:29.620 --> 00:24:30.580
 underneath so many

00:24:30.580 --> 00:24:31.180
 of the songs

00:24:31.180 --> 00:24:31.980
 of the Old Testament

00:24:31.980 --> 00:24:32.840
 the prophecies

00:24:32.840 --> 00:24:33.520
 and the psalms

00:24:33.520 --> 00:24:34.520
 is that suffering

00:24:34.520 --> 00:24:36.700
 comes before glory.

00:24:36.700 --> 00:24:39.860
 And you can also

00:24:39.860 --> 00:24:40.880
 see it in the symbols

00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:43.740
 in the Passover lamb

00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:44.460
 that was slain

00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:45.100
 every year

00:24:45.100 --> 00:24:46.880
 to commemorate

00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:47.539
 the deliverance

00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:48.059
 of the people

00:24:48.059 --> 00:24:48.480
 of Israel

00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:49.180
 from Egypt.

00:24:49.900 --> 00:24:50.779
 Their redemption

00:24:50.779 --> 00:24:51.940
 came at a price.

00:24:55.360 --> 00:24:56.299
 And in all

00:24:56.299 --> 00:24:57.140
 the sacrifices

00:24:57.140 --> 00:24:57.759
 in the temple

00:24:57.759 --> 00:24:58.559
 that over and over

00:24:58.559 --> 00:24:58.980
 declared

00:24:58.980 --> 00:24:59.539
 the forgiveness

00:24:59.539 --> 00:25:00.340
 of sins

00:25:00.340 --> 00:25:01.240
 and restoration

00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:01.940
 of fellowship

00:25:01.940 --> 00:25:02.680
 with God

00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:03.700
 would only be possible

00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:04.420
 through the shedding

00:25:04.420 --> 00:25:05.240
 of blood.

00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:07.640
 You see the stories

00:25:07.640 --> 00:25:08.340
 and the songs

00:25:08.340 --> 00:25:08.900
 and the symbols

00:25:08.900 --> 00:25:09.680
 of the Old Testament

00:25:09.680 --> 00:25:11.100
 all speak of God's redemption

00:25:11.100 --> 00:25:12.360
 not as just deliverance

00:25:12.360 --> 00:25:13.140
 from suffering

00:25:13.140 --> 00:25:14.039
 but as deliverance

00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:14.820
 through suffering.

00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:18.560
 Cleopas and his companion

00:25:18.560 --> 00:25:19.519
 couldn't see

00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:21.500
 that Jesus was the Messiah

00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:24.200
 because they couldn't imagine

00:25:24.200 --> 00:25:25.220
 that the Messiah

00:25:25.220 --> 00:25:26.440
 could possibly suffer

00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:28.160
 in such a shameful way

00:25:28.160 --> 00:25:29.320
 as Jesus had.

00:25:30.920 --> 00:25:32.000
 And Jesus exposed

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:32.819
 and challenged

00:25:32.819 --> 00:25:33.779
 their misguided

00:25:33.779 --> 00:25:34.259
 assumptions

00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:34.859
 so they could

00:25:34.859 --> 00:25:35.740
 see him

00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:37.039
 for who he really was

00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:37.599
 the Messiah

00:25:37.599 --> 00:25:38.519
 who had suffered

00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:39.720
 and who was now

00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:40.440
 ascending

00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:41.440
 into glory.

00:25:44.380 --> 00:25:45.220
 But you know

00:25:45.220 --> 00:25:46.000
 many of us

00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:47.700
 share the same

00:25:47.700 --> 00:25:48.160
 assumption

00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:50.039
 of Cleopas

00:25:50.039 --> 00:25:50.700
 and his friend.

00:25:53.539 --> 00:25:54.460
 Don't we

00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:55.240
 also want

00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:56.059
 a direct route

00:25:56.059 --> 00:25:56.619
 to glory

00:25:56.619 --> 00:25:58.259
 that bypasses

00:25:58.259 --> 00:25:58.660
 suffering?

00:25:58.660 --> 00:26:01.900
 or at least

00:26:01.900 --> 00:26:03.140
 that bypasses

00:26:03.140 --> 00:26:03.960
 certain kinds

00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:04.460
 of suffering

00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:05.180
 that we think

00:26:05.180 --> 00:26:06.980
 are especially

00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:07.880
 burdensome?

00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:12.220
 Oh, we say

00:26:12.220 --> 00:26:12.920
 that we trust

00:26:12.920 --> 00:26:13.779
 and love God

00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:16.240
 as long as he gives us

00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:16.779
 what we think

00:26:16.779 --> 00:26:17.360
 is fair,

00:26:17.680 --> 00:26:18.000
 reasonable,

00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:19.259
 or at least bearable

00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:21.519
 from our point of view.

00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:25.000
 But when God

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.720
 in his sovereignty

00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:27.000
 completely disregards

00:26:27.000 --> 00:26:27.820
 our standards

00:26:27.819 --> 00:26:29.019
 and our expectations

00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:31.399
 there's at least

00:26:31.399 --> 00:26:32.179
 a part of us

00:26:32.179 --> 00:26:33.779
 that just wants

00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:34.439
 to walk away.

00:26:37.139 --> 00:26:38.019
 At times

00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:38.619
 don't we become

00:26:38.619 --> 00:26:39.159
 spiritually

00:26:39.159 --> 00:26:40.179
 despondent,

00:26:40.539 --> 00:26:41.139
 downcast,

00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:42.019
 and distraught

00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:42.799
 because we feel

00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:43.240
 like God

00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:44.559
 hasn't given us

00:26:44.559 --> 00:26:45.240
 the glory,

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:46.059
 the power,

00:26:46.279 --> 00:26:46.779
 the comfort,

00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:47.639
 the life we've

00:26:47.639 --> 00:26:48.339
 always wanted

00:26:48.339 --> 00:26:49.119
 and instead

00:26:49.119 --> 00:26:49.960
 he's put us

00:26:49.960 --> 00:26:51.119
 in a situation

00:26:51.119 --> 00:26:51.779
 where we must

00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:52.559
 endure suffering

00:26:52.559 --> 00:26:53.399
 and loss

00:26:53.399 --> 00:26:54.099
 and shame

00:26:54.099 --> 00:26:54.799
 and pain

00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:55.619
 that we didn't

00:26:55.619 --> 00:26:56.379
 ask for

00:26:56.379 --> 00:26:57.480
 and didn't agree to.

00:26:57.819 --> 00:27:01.319
 And like

00:27:01.319 --> 00:27:01.799
 Cleopas

00:27:01.799 --> 00:27:02.539
 and his companion

00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:04.700
 we can conclude

00:27:04.700 --> 00:27:05.179
 that maybe

00:27:05.179 --> 00:27:05.960
 Jesus hasn't

00:27:05.960 --> 00:27:06.700
 come to redeem

00:27:06.700 --> 00:27:07.419
 and liberate us

00:27:07.419 --> 00:27:08.079
 after all.

00:27:09.960 --> 00:27:11.339
 But how foolish

00:27:11.339 --> 00:27:12.059
 we are.

00:27:13.679 --> 00:27:14.839
 How slow

00:27:14.839 --> 00:27:15.399
 of heart

00:27:15.399 --> 00:27:16.019
 to trust

00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:17.159
 what God

00:27:17.159 --> 00:27:17.799
 has been doing

00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:18.839
 all along.

00:27:20.839 --> 00:27:21.839
 In this fallen

00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:22.139
 world

00:27:22.139 --> 00:27:22.639
 the pathway

00:27:22.639 --> 00:27:23.200
 to glory

00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:24.179
 runs through

00:27:24.179 --> 00:27:24.700
 suffering

00:27:24.700 --> 00:27:25.399
 and not

00:27:25.399 --> 00:27:26.200
 around it.

00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:26.720
 now

00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:27.580
 that's a

00:27:27.580 --> 00:27:28.100
 hard truth.

00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:30.180
 It was a

00:27:30.180 --> 00:27:30.640
 hard truth

00:27:30.640 --> 00:27:31.100
 for them

00:27:31.100 --> 00:27:31.840
 to accept

00:27:31.840 --> 00:27:32.420
 back then.

00:27:32.580 --> 00:27:32.940
 It's a

00:27:32.940 --> 00:27:33.400
 hard truth

00:27:33.400 --> 00:27:33.740
 for us

00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:34.180
 to accept

00:27:34.180 --> 00:27:34.580
 now.

00:27:34.580 --> 00:27:35.319
 But here

00:27:35.319 --> 00:27:35.740
 is our

00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:36.019
 hope

00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:36.360
 and our

00:27:36.360 --> 00:27:36.840
 strength.

00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:38.819
 This very

00:27:38.819 --> 00:27:39.380
 pathway

00:27:39.380 --> 00:27:41.039
 our Savior

00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:41.960
 has trod

00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:43.340
 before us.

00:27:43.339 --> 00:27:45.619
 Jesus Christ

00:27:45.619 --> 00:27:46.379
 has blazed

00:27:46.379 --> 00:27:46.980
 the trail

00:27:46.980 --> 00:27:48.439
 through

00:27:48.439 --> 00:27:49.000
 suffering

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:49.859
 into glory

00:27:49.859 --> 00:27:50.759
 with his

00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:51.379
 own blood.

00:27:51.380 --> 00:27:51.440
 blood.

00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:55.000
 It's as if

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:55.480
 the trail

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:55.980
 markers

00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:56.980
 remind us

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:59.240
 of his

00:27:59.240 --> 00:27:59.920
 blood-stained

00:27:59.920 --> 00:28:00.500
 hands

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:02.800
 and yet

00:28:02.800 --> 00:28:04.060
 that he

00:28:04.060 --> 00:28:04.400
 has gone

00:28:04.400 --> 00:28:05.140
 before us

00:28:05.140 --> 00:28:06.200
 and risen

00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:06.600
 again.

00:28:07.640 --> 00:28:08.020
 You see

00:28:08.020 --> 00:28:08.380
 the road

00:28:08.380 --> 00:28:08.640
 that we're

00:28:08.640 --> 00:28:09.080
 traveling

00:28:09.080 --> 00:28:10.100
 hard though

00:28:10.100 --> 00:28:10.760
 it may be

00:28:10.760 --> 00:28:11.900
 is not

00:28:11.900 --> 00:28:12.200
 a dead

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:12.540
 end.

00:28:13.660 --> 00:28:14.420
 When we

00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:15.080
 walk with

00:28:15.080 --> 00:28:15.420
 Jesus

00:28:15.420 --> 00:28:15.860
 through

00:28:15.860 --> 00:28:16.420
 suffering

00:28:16.420 --> 00:28:16.940
 whether it's

00:28:16.940 --> 00:28:17.260
 suffering

00:28:17.260 --> 00:28:17.640
 that we

00:28:17.640 --> 00:28:18.540
 simply can't

00:28:18.540 --> 00:28:18.920
 avoid

00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:19.380
 as human

00:28:19.380 --> 00:28:19.860
 beings

00:28:19.860 --> 00:28:21.779
 or whether

00:28:21.779 --> 00:28:22.019
 it's

00:28:22.019 --> 00:28:22.320
 suffering

00:28:22.320 --> 00:28:22.660
 that we

00:28:22.660 --> 00:28:23.080
 willingly

00:28:23.080 --> 00:28:23.880
 take on

00:28:23.880 --> 00:28:24.320
 in order

00:28:24.320 --> 00:28:24.539
 to

00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:25.200
 sacrificially

00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:25.600
 serve

00:28:25.600 --> 00:28:26.120
 others

00:28:26.120 --> 00:28:27.580
 or

00:28:27.580 --> 00:28:28.000
 suffering

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:28.380
 for the

00:28:28.380 --> 00:28:28.600
 sake

00:28:28.600 --> 00:28:28.779
 of

00:28:28.779 --> 00:28:29.220
 obedience

00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:29.600
 to the

00:28:29.600 --> 00:28:29.940
 gospel

00:28:29.940 --> 00:28:30.539
 itself

00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:31.100
 Jesus

00:28:31.100 --> 00:28:31.740
 promises

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:32.420
 that he

00:28:32.420 --> 00:28:33.200
 will build

00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:34.380
 in us

00:28:34.380 --> 00:28:35.140
 endurance

00:28:35.140 --> 00:28:36.220
 character

00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:37.120
 and hope

00:28:37.120 --> 00:28:38.000
 and an

00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:38.360
 eternal

00:28:38.360 --> 00:28:38.779
 weight of

00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:39.160
 glory

00:28:39.160 --> 00:28:40.340
 beyond all

00:28:40.340 --> 00:28:40.920
 comparison.

00:28:44.860 --> 00:28:45.500
 So

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:45.920
 brothers and

00:28:45.920 --> 00:28:46.120
 sisters

00:28:46.120 --> 00:28:46.420
 let's

00:28:46.420 --> 00:28:47.039
 consider the

00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:47.380
 suffering

00:28:47.380 --> 00:28:47.840
 that Jesus

00:28:47.840 --> 00:28:48.340
 endured.

00:28:48.339 --> 00:28:49.419
 Consider the

00:28:49.419 --> 00:28:49.959
 glory that

00:28:49.959 --> 00:28:50.439
 he now

00:28:50.439 --> 00:28:50.859
 enjoys

00:28:50.859 --> 00:28:51.419
 and consider

00:28:51.419 --> 00:28:51.939
 that in

00:28:51.939 --> 00:28:52.339
 it all

00:28:52.339 --> 00:28:52.759
 in the

00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:53.159
 suffering

00:28:53.159 --> 00:28:53.939
 and in

00:28:53.939 --> 00:28:54.419
 the glory

00:28:54.419 --> 00:28:55.859
 we are

00:28:55.859 --> 00:28:56.519
 united

00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:57.799
 with him.

00:28:58.119 --> 00:28:58.539
 He has

00:28:58.539 --> 00:28:59.439
 gone before

00:28:59.439 --> 00:29:00.159
 us

00:29:00.159 --> 00:29:01.339
 and he

00:29:01.339 --> 00:29:02.019
 is with

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.779
 us.

00:29:04.359 --> 00:29:05.359
 So Jesus

00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:05.799
 listens

00:29:05.799 --> 00:29:06.299
 patiently

00:29:06.299 --> 00:29:07.000
 to us

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:09.759
 he corrects

00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:10.099
 us

00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:11.619
 boldly

00:29:11.619 --> 00:29:12.599
 through the

00:29:12.599 --> 00:29:12.919
 scriptures

00:29:12.919 --> 00:29:14.099
 and finally

00:29:14.099 --> 00:29:15.279
 Jesus breaks

00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:16.139
 bread with

00:29:16.139 --> 00:29:16.500
 us

00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:17.139
 intimately.

00:29:18.339 --> 00:29:20.059
 verse 28

00:29:20.059 --> 00:29:20.359
 so they

00:29:20.359 --> 00:29:20.740
 drew near

00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:21.019
 to the

00:29:21.019 --> 00:29:21.259
 village

00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:21.579
 to which

00:29:21.579 --> 00:29:21.839
 they were

00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:22.240
 going

00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:23.659
 Jesus

00:29:23.659 --> 00:29:24.119
 acted

00:29:24.119 --> 00:29:24.459
 as if

00:29:24.459 --> 00:29:24.659
 he were

00:29:24.659 --> 00:29:24.879
 going

00:29:24.879 --> 00:29:25.240
 farther

00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:25.619
 but they

00:29:25.619 --> 00:29:26.099
 urged him

00:29:26.099 --> 00:29:26.519
 strongly

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:27.199
 saying stay

00:29:27.199 --> 00:29:27.879
 with us

00:29:27.879 --> 00:29:29.419
 so he

00:29:29.419 --> 00:29:29.779
 went in

00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:30.179
 to stay

00:29:30.179 --> 00:29:30.659
 with them

00:29:30.659 --> 00:29:32.199
 when he

00:29:32.199 --> 00:29:32.459
 was at

00:29:32.459 --> 00:29:32.899
 table with

00:29:32.899 --> 00:29:33.159
 them he

00:29:33.159 --> 00:29:33.459
 took the

00:29:33.459 --> 00:29:33.699
 bread

00:29:33.699 --> 00:29:34.959
 and blessed

00:29:34.959 --> 00:29:35.419
 and broke

00:29:35.419 --> 00:29:35.879
 it and gave

00:29:35.879 --> 00:29:36.319
 it to them

00:29:36.319 --> 00:29:36.579
 and their

00:29:36.579 --> 00:29:36.980
 eyes were

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:37.439
 opened and

00:29:37.439 --> 00:29:38.039
 they recognized

00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:38.559
 him.

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:40.099
 You know

00:29:40.099 --> 00:29:40.579
 the climax

00:29:40.579 --> 00:29:41.039
 of this

00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:41.579
 story does

00:29:41.579 --> 00:29:42.179
 not come

00:29:42.180 --> 00:29:43.500
 in Jesus

00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:44.220
 masterful

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:44.840
 exposition

00:29:44.840 --> 00:29:45.519
 and interpretation

00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:46.019
 of the

00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:46.600
 Old Testament

00:29:46.600 --> 00:29:47.799
 important as

00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:48.400
 that was

00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:49.160
 but in his

00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:50.259
 table fellowship

00:29:50.259 --> 00:29:50.980
 with his

00:29:50.980 --> 00:29:51.440
 disciples.

00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:52.880
 Their hearts

00:29:52.880 --> 00:29:53.460
 were burning

00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:54.240
 within them

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:54.840
 on the road

00:29:54.840 --> 00:29:55.660
 when he opened

00:29:55.660 --> 00:29:55.980
 up the

00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:56.279
 scriptures

00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:56.779
 and that's

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:57.440
 what motivated

00:29:57.440 --> 00:29:57.759
 them

00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:59.380
 to urge him

00:29:59.380 --> 00:30:00.000
 so strongly

00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:00.720
 stay with

00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:01.140
 us

00:30:01.140 --> 00:30:02.220
 don't leave

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:02.640
 us

00:30:02.640 --> 00:30:03.600
 we want

00:30:03.600 --> 00:30:04.120
 more

00:30:04.120 --> 00:30:05.279
 we want

00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:05.799
 you to be

00:30:05.799 --> 00:30:06.460
 our guest

00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:07.660
 our honored

00:30:07.660 --> 00:30:08.180
 guest.

00:30:08.180 --> 00:30:10.180
 You know

00:30:10.180 --> 00:30:10.860
 sometimes people

00:30:10.860 --> 00:30:11.460
 don't yet

00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:12.180
 have a clear

00:30:12.180 --> 00:30:12.940
 understanding

00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:13.560
 of who

00:30:13.560 --> 00:30:14.120
 Jesus is

00:30:14.120 --> 00:30:14.560
 they can't

00:30:14.560 --> 00:30:14.980
 quite put

00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:15.460
 that into

00:30:15.460 --> 00:30:15.759
 words

00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:16.039
 but they

00:30:16.039 --> 00:30:16.480
 have a deep

00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:16.840
 sense

00:30:16.840 --> 00:30:17.539
 I need

00:30:17.539 --> 00:30:17.820
 him

00:30:17.820 --> 00:30:18.940
 I need

00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:19.320
 that

00:30:19.320 --> 00:30:20.759
 and maybe

00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:21.039
 you've

00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:21.240
 sent

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:21.740
 maybe that's

00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:21.900
 you

00:30:21.900 --> 00:30:22.400
 maybe you've

00:30:22.400 --> 00:30:22.840
 sensed the

00:30:22.840 --> 00:30:23.360
 presence of

00:30:23.360 --> 00:30:23.860
 God in

00:30:23.860 --> 00:30:24.120
 Jesus

00:30:24.120 --> 00:30:24.840
 you feel

00:30:24.840 --> 00:30:25.440
 drawn to

00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:25.700
 Jesus

00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:26.200
 for some

00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:26.539
 reason

00:30:26.539 --> 00:30:27.180
 even though

00:30:27.180 --> 00:30:27.660
 you can't

00:30:27.660 --> 00:30:28.120
 quite put

00:30:28.120 --> 00:30:28.440
 it into

00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:28.820
 words

00:30:28.820 --> 00:30:29.420
 even though

00:30:29.420 --> 00:30:29.740
 you might

00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:30.140
 have lots

00:30:30.140 --> 00:30:30.660
 of questions

00:30:30.660 --> 00:30:31.600
 and remaining

00:30:31.600 --> 00:30:32.100
 doubts

00:30:32.100 --> 00:30:33.100
 but if that's

00:30:33.100 --> 00:30:33.560
 you reach

00:30:33.560 --> 00:30:33.900
 out to

00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:34.440
 Jesus in

00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:34.799
 prayer

00:30:34.799 --> 00:30:36.840
 say Jesus

00:30:36.840 --> 00:30:37.400
 I want

00:30:37.400 --> 00:30:37.640
 you

00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:38.700
 I need

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:38.940
 you

00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:39.800
 help me

00:30:39.800 --> 00:30:40.400
 stay with

00:30:40.400 --> 00:30:40.620
 me

00:30:40.620 --> 00:30:40.980
 don't

00:30:40.980 --> 00:30:41.220
 leave

00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:41.540
 me

00:30:41.540 --> 00:30:42.400
 Jesus

00:30:42.400 --> 00:30:43.540
 responds

00:30:43.540 --> 00:30:44.300
 to prayers

00:30:44.300 --> 00:30:44.860
 like

00:30:44.860 --> 00:30:45.420
 that

00:30:45.420 --> 00:30:47.800
 you know

00:30:47.800 --> 00:30:47.940
 if

00:30:47.940 --> 00:30:48.380
 Cleopas

00:30:48.380 --> 00:30:48.640
 and his

00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:49.080
 companion

00:30:49.080 --> 00:30:49.759
 hadn't

00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:50.240
 urged

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:50.560
 Jesus

00:30:50.560 --> 00:30:51.200
 to stay

00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:53.220
 most likely

00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:53.500
 Jesus

00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:53.860
 would have

00:30:53.860 --> 00:30:54.759
 simply

00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:55.060
 passed

00:30:55.060 --> 00:30:55.420
 on

00:30:55.420 --> 00:30:57.380
 continued

00:30:57.380 --> 00:30:57.920
 on his

00:30:57.920 --> 00:30:58.140
 way

00:30:58.140 --> 00:30:59.240
 and they

00:30:59.240 --> 00:30:59.480
 would have

00:30:59.480 --> 00:30:59.640
 missed

00:30:59.640 --> 00:30:59.900
 out

00:30:59.900 --> 00:31:02.000
 but don't

00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:02.600
 miss out

00:31:02.600 --> 00:31:03.340
 on Jesus

00:31:03.340 --> 00:31:05.860
 someone said

00:31:05.860 --> 00:31:06.520
 only those

00:31:06.520 --> 00:31:07.120
 who desire

00:31:07.119 --> 00:31:07.819
 his company

00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:09.079
 will come

00:31:09.079 --> 00:31:09.659
 to a deeper

00:31:09.659 --> 00:31:10.339
 realization

00:31:10.339 --> 00:31:10.759
 of his

00:31:10.759 --> 00:31:11.239
 identity

00:31:11.239 --> 00:31:13.159
 and you

00:31:13.159 --> 00:31:13.500
 know that

00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:14.059
 prayer is

00:31:14.059 --> 00:31:14.479
 not just

00:31:14.479 --> 00:31:14.899
 for people

00:31:14.899 --> 00:31:16.359
 who don't

00:31:16.359 --> 00:31:16.859
 yet know

00:31:16.859 --> 00:31:17.139
 Jesus

00:31:17.139 --> 00:31:17.599
 personally

00:31:17.599 --> 00:31:17.879
 or who

00:31:17.879 --> 00:31:18.159
 are just

00:31:18.159 --> 00:31:18.699
 beginning to

00:31:18.699 --> 00:31:19.039
 see him

00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:19.339
 for the

00:31:19.339 --> 00:31:19.899
 first time

00:31:19.899 --> 00:31:20.679
 that prayer

00:31:20.679 --> 00:31:21.039
 is for

00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:21.659
 all of us

00:31:21.659 --> 00:31:21.919
 who have

00:31:21.919 --> 00:31:22.500
 tasted

00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:23.079
 and seen

00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:23.339
 that he

00:31:23.339 --> 00:31:23.939
 is good

00:31:23.939 --> 00:31:26.359
 who have

00:31:26.359 --> 00:31:27.419
 trusted him

00:31:27.419 --> 00:31:28.479
 and claim

00:31:28.479 --> 00:31:28.799
 him as

00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:29.379
 our Lord

00:31:29.379 --> 00:31:30.859
 let us

00:31:30.859 --> 00:31:31.379
 cry out

00:31:31.379 --> 00:31:31.799
 to know

00:31:31.799 --> 00:31:32.179
 him more

00:31:32.179 --> 00:31:32.599
 deeply

00:31:32.599 --> 00:31:34.219
 more purely

00:31:34.219 --> 00:31:34.859
 more fully

00:31:34.859 --> 00:31:35.240
 Lord

00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:35.679
 stay

00:31:35.679 --> 00:31:36.119
 with

00:31:36.119 --> 00:31:36.599
 us

00:31:36.599 --> 00:31:37.419
 don't

00:31:37.419 --> 00:31:37.839
 leave

00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:38.199
 us

00:31:38.199 --> 00:31:38.679
 now

00:31:38.679 --> 00:31:40.679
 you know

00:31:40.679 --> 00:31:41.099
 we shouldn't

00:31:41.099 --> 00:31:41.659
 just think

00:31:41.659 --> 00:31:43.019
 well

00:31:43.019 --> 00:31:44.019
 you know

00:31:44.019 --> 00:31:44.799
 if Jesus

00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:45.319
 is God

00:31:45.319 --> 00:31:45.679
 I guess

00:31:45.679 --> 00:31:45.959
 he'll do

00:31:45.959 --> 00:31:46.179
 what he

00:31:46.179 --> 00:31:46.539
 wants to

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:46.740
 do

00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:47.419
 and if

00:31:47.419 --> 00:31:47.759
 he wants

00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:48.059
 to draw

00:31:48.059 --> 00:31:48.519
 close to

00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:48.619
 me

00:31:48.619 --> 00:31:48.939
 and help

00:31:48.939 --> 00:31:49.099
 me

00:31:49.099 --> 00:31:49.500
 he will

00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:49.719
 and if

00:31:49.719 --> 00:31:50.059
 he doesn't

00:31:50.059 --> 00:31:50.500
 he won't

00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:50.899
 so there's

00:31:50.899 --> 00:31:51.359
 nothing I

00:31:51.359 --> 00:31:51.839
 can really

00:31:51.839 --> 00:31:52.899
 say or do

00:31:52.899 --> 00:31:53.240
 about it

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:53.479
 no

00:31:53.479 --> 00:31:53.799
 Jesus

00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:54.299
 wants to

00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:54.740
 whet our

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.219
 appetite

00:31:55.219 --> 00:31:56.319
 so that we

00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:56.799
 earnestly

00:31:56.799 --> 00:31:57.399
 desire

00:31:57.399 --> 00:31:58.219
 and seek

00:31:58.219 --> 00:31:58.579
 out

00:31:58.579 --> 00:31:59.139
 closeness

00:31:59.139 --> 00:31:59.699
 with him

00:31:59.699 --> 00:32:01.639
 so that we

00:32:01.639 --> 00:32:02.179
 say stay

00:32:02.179 --> 00:32:02.719
 with us

00:32:02.719 --> 00:32:03.059
 Lord

00:32:03.059 --> 00:32:03.740
 and he

00:32:03.740 --> 00:32:04.359
 says yes

00:32:04.359 --> 00:32:05.500
 I will

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:08.000
 you know

00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:08.399
 the beautiful

00:32:08.399 --> 00:32:08.879
 thing is

00:32:08.879 --> 00:32:09.200
 when we

00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:09.619
 pray

00:32:09.619 --> 00:32:10.940
 Jesus

00:32:10.940 --> 00:32:11.559
 often gives

00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:12.019
 us far

00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:12.839
 more than

00:32:12.839 --> 00:32:13.299
 we ask

00:32:13.299 --> 00:32:13.599
 for

00:32:13.599 --> 00:32:15.299
 because Jesus

00:32:15.299 --> 00:32:15.940
 doesn't come

00:32:15.940 --> 00:32:16.639
 just to be

00:32:16.639 --> 00:32:17.279
 their guest

00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:18.879
 when they

00:32:18.879 --> 00:32:19.359
 sit down at

00:32:19.359 --> 00:32:19.740
 the table

00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:20.000
 Jesus

00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:20.539
 becomes the

00:32:20.539 --> 00:32:20.879
 host

00:32:20.879 --> 00:32:22.059
 he takes

00:32:22.059 --> 00:32:22.480
 the bread

00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:23.299
 and breaks

00:32:23.299 --> 00:32:23.919
 it and

00:32:23.919 --> 00:32:24.319
 gives it

00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:24.759
 to them

00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:25.599
 just like

00:32:25.599 --> 00:32:25.899
 he had

00:32:25.899 --> 00:32:26.259
 done when

00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:26.619
 he fed

00:32:26.619 --> 00:32:27.460
 the 5,000

00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:27.779
 on the

00:32:27.779 --> 00:32:28.319
 hillside

00:32:28.319 --> 00:32:28.960
 and just

00:32:28.960 --> 00:32:29.319
 like he

00:32:29.319 --> 00:32:29.740
 had done

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.299
 when he

00:32:30.299 --> 00:32:30.740
 ate the

00:32:30.740 --> 00:32:31.359
 last supper

00:32:31.359 --> 00:32:32.039
 with his

00:32:32.039 --> 00:32:32.519
 disciples

00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:34.579
 what was

00:32:34.579 --> 00:32:34.799
 Jesus

00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:35.299
 saying

00:32:35.299 --> 00:32:36.779
 by

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:37.420
 becoming

00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:37.920
 the host

00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:38.259
 of this

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:38.539
 meal

00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:38.980
 he was

00:32:38.980 --> 00:32:39.220
 saying

00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:39.859
 I am

00:32:39.859 --> 00:32:40.039
 your

00:32:40.039 --> 00:32:40.299
 good

00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:40.639
 shepherd

00:32:40.639 --> 00:32:41.480
 I

00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:41.660
 will

00:32:41.660 --> 00:32:42.039
 lead

00:32:42.039 --> 00:32:42.319
 you

00:32:42.319 --> 00:32:42.740
 and

00:32:42.740 --> 00:32:43.139
 feed

00:32:43.139 --> 00:32:43.379
 you

00:32:43.379 --> 00:32:43.799
 I

00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:43.960
 will

00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:44.220
 take

00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:44.500
 care

00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:44.680
 of

00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:44.859
 you

00:32:44.859 --> 00:32:46.139
 and

00:32:46.139 --> 00:32:46.299
 I

00:32:46.299 --> 00:32:46.460
 will

00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:46.619
 do

00:32:46.619 --> 00:32:47.879
 so

00:32:47.879 --> 00:32:48.139
 even

00:32:48.139 --> 00:32:48.400
 to the

00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:48.579
 point

00:32:48.579 --> 00:32:48.700
 of

00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:48.980
 laying

00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:49.200
 down

00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:49.400
 my

00:32:49.400 --> 00:32:49.660
 life

00:32:49.660 --> 00:32:49.819
 for

00:32:49.819 --> 00:32:50.119
 you

00:32:50.119 --> 00:32:54.519
 on

00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:54.639
 the

00:32:54.639 --> 00:32:54.859
 road

00:32:54.859 --> 00:32:55.039
 their

00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:55.299
 hearts

00:32:55.299 --> 00:32:55.440
 were

00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:55.740
 burning

00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:56.799
 but

00:32:56.799 --> 00:32:56.940
 at

00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:57.079
 the

00:32:57.079 --> 00:32:57.359
 table

00:32:57.359 --> 00:32:57.559
 their

00:32:57.559 --> 00:32:57.839
 eyes

00:32:57.839 --> 00:32:58.000
 were

00:32:58.000 --> 00:32:58.339
 opened

00:32:58.339 --> 00:33:00.319
 and

00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:00.559
 then

00:33:00.559 --> 00:33:01.359
 Jesus

00:33:01.359 --> 00:33:01.819
 vanished

00:33:01.819 --> 00:33:02.859
 now

00:33:02.859 --> 00:33:03.039
 that

00:33:03.039 --> 00:33:03.220
 might

00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:03.480
 raise

00:33:03.480 --> 00:33:03.899
 questions

00:33:03.899 --> 00:33:04.099
 for

00:33:04.099 --> 00:33:04.279
 us

00:33:04.279 --> 00:33:04.460
 but

00:33:04.460 --> 00:33:04.659
 Jesus

00:33:04.659 --> 00:33:04.859
 was

00:33:04.859 --> 00:33:05.099
 about

00:33:05.099 --> 00:33:05.279
 to

00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:05.599
 ascend

00:33:05.599 --> 00:33:05.759
 to

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:05.879
 his

00:33:05.879 --> 00:33:06.179
 father

00:33:06.179 --> 00:33:06.359
 in

00:33:06.359 --> 00:33:06.559
 heaven

00:33:06.559 --> 00:33:06.759
 so

00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:06.899
 he

00:33:06.899 --> 00:33:07.139
 wasn't

00:33:07.139 --> 00:33:07.359
 going to

00:33:07.359 --> 00:33:07.539
 hang

00:33:07.539 --> 00:33:07.839
 around

00:33:07.839 --> 00:33:07.980
 in

00:33:07.980 --> 00:33:08.179
 one

00:33:08.179 --> 00:33:08.539
 place

00:33:08.539 --> 00:33:09.039
 very

00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:09.419
 long

00:33:09.419 --> 00:33:10.119
 in

00:33:10.119 --> 00:33:10.259
 his

00:33:10.259 --> 00:33:10.679
 resurrected

00:33:10.679 --> 00:33:11.059
 body

00:33:11.059 --> 00:33:15.359
 but

00:33:15.359 --> 00:33:15.579
 here's

00:33:15.579 --> 00:33:15.980
 the point

00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:17.899
 in our

00:33:17.899 --> 00:33:18.399
 disappointment

00:33:18.399 --> 00:33:19.559
 in our

00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:20.039
 confusion

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.980
 in our

00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:21.279
 grief

00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:21.559
 Jesus

00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:21.980
 comes

00:33:21.980 --> 00:33:22.399
 alongside

00:33:22.399 --> 00:33:22.939
 us

00:33:22.939 --> 00:33:23.579
 and

00:33:23.579 --> 00:33:24.000
 patiently

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:24.399
 listens

00:33:24.399 --> 00:33:24.639
 to

00:33:24.639 --> 00:33:24.980
 us

00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:26.419
 and

00:33:26.419 --> 00:33:26.559
 he

00:33:26.559 --> 00:33:27.159
 confronts

00:33:27.159 --> 00:33:27.319
 and

00:33:27.319 --> 00:33:27.779
 challenges

00:33:27.779 --> 00:33:28.039
 our

00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:28.539
 misguided

00:33:28.539 --> 00:33:29.039
 assumptions

00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:29.319
 through

00:33:29.319 --> 00:33:29.500
 the

00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:29.799
 scriptures

00:33:29.799 --> 00:33:30.119
 but

00:33:30.119 --> 00:33:30.619
 Jesus

00:33:30.619 --> 00:33:31.019
 hasn't

00:33:31.019 --> 00:33:31.259
 come

00:33:31.259 --> 00:33:31.519
 just

00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:31.700
 to

00:33:31.700 --> 00:33:31.940
 lend

00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:32.079
 a

00:33:32.079 --> 00:33:32.359
 listening

00:33:32.359 --> 00:33:32.799
 ear

00:33:32.799 --> 00:33:34.059
 or

00:33:34.059 --> 00:33:34.319
 only

00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:34.519
 to

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:34.740
 teach

00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:34.920
 us

00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:35.339
 important

00:33:35.339 --> 00:33:35.819
 truths

00:33:35.819 --> 00:33:37.379
 but

00:33:37.379 --> 00:33:37.539
 to

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:37.960
 share

00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:39.000
 life

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:39.779
 with

00:33:39.779 --> 00:33:40.639
 us

00:33:40.639 --> 00:33:42.039
 to

00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:42.460
 break

00:33:42.460 --> 00:33:43.059
 bread

00:33:43.059 --> 00:33:43.659
 with

00:33:43.659 --> 00:33:44.139
 us

00:33:44.139 --> 00:33:44.319
 to

00:33:44.319 --> 00:33:44.599
 look

00:33:44.599 --> 00:33:44.799
 us

00:33:44.799 --> 00:33:45.180
 straight

00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:45.379
 in

00:33:45.379 --> 00:33:45.519
 the

00:33:45.519 --> 00:33:45.879
 eye

00:33:45.879 --> 00:33:47.059
 and

00:33:47.059 --> 00:33:47.240
 say

00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:47.480
 you

00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:47.720
 are

00:33:47.720 --> 00:33:48.099
 mine

00:33:48.099 --> 00:33:49.099
 and

00:33:49.099 --> 00:33:49.399
 I

00:33:49.399 --> 00:33:49.579
 am

00:33:49.579 --> 00:33:50.039
 yours

00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:51.420
 now

00:33:51.420 --> 00:33:52.539
 and

00:33:52.539 --> 00:33:53.220
 forever

00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:55.039
 and

00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:55.220
 in the

00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:55.480
 book of

00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:55.899
 revelation

00:33:55.899 --> 00:33:56.680
 chapter 3

00:33:56.680 --> 00:33:57.279
 verse 20

00:33:57.279 --> 00:33:57.579
 Jesus

00:33:57.579 --> 00:33:58.160
 holds

00:33:58.160 --> 00:33:58.539
 out

00:33:58.539 --> 00:33:58.839
 that

00:33:58.839 --> 00:33:59.379
 promise

00:33:59.379 --> 00:34:00.059
 of

00:34:00.059 --> 00:34:00.519
 intimate

00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:01.259
 fellowship

00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:02.019
 to

00:34:02.019 --> 00:34:02.539
 everyone

00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:02.779
 who

00:34:02.779 --> 00:34:03.180
 believes

00:34:03.180 --> 00:34:03.359
 in

00:34:03.359 --> 00:34:03.539
 him

00:34:03.539 --> 00:34:04.180
 behold

00:34:04.180 --> 00:34:04.819
 Jesus

00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:05.160
 says

00:34:05.160 --> 00:34:05.379
 I

00:34:05.379 --> 00:34:05.920
 stand

00:34:05.920 --> 00:34:06.099
 at

00:34:06.099 --> 00:34:06.240
 the

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:06.559
 door

00:34:06.559 --> 00:34:07.420
 and

00:34:07.420 --> 00:34:07.779
 knock

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:09.860
 if

00:34:09.860 --> 00:34:10.239
 anyone

00:34:10.239 --> 00:34:11.159
 hears

00:34:11.159 --> 00:34:11.440
 my

00:34:11.440 --> 00:34:11.860
 voice

00:34:11.860 --> 00:34:12.460
 and

00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:12.800
 opens

00:34:12.800 --> 00:34:13.019
 the

00:34:13.019 --> 00:34:13.279
 door

00:34:13.279 --> 00:34:14.619
 I

00:34:14.619 --> 00:34:14.800
 will

00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:15.079
 come

00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:15.300
 into

00:34:15.300 --> 00:34:15.599
 him

00:34:15.599 --> 00:34:16.239
 and

00:34:16.239 --> 00:34:16.400
 eat

00:34:16.400 --> 00:34:16.619
 with

00:34:16.619 --> 00:34:16.880
 him

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:17.579
 and

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:17.719
 he

00:34:17.719 --> 00:34:17.940
 with

00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:18.219
 me

00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:20.860
 that's

00:34:20.860 --> 00:34:20.980
 what

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:21.199
 Jesus

00:34:21.199 --> 00:34:21.739
 promises

00:34:21.739 --> 00:34:23.059
 to

00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:23.239
 be

00:34:23.239 --> 00:34:23.599
 with

00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:24.059
 us

00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:24.800
 yes

00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:25.199
 to

00:34:25.199 --> 00:34:25.480
 listen

00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:25.699
 to

00:34:25.699 --> 00:34:25.960
 us

00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:26.440
 yes

00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:26.639
 to

00:34:26.639 --> 00:34:26.920
 teach

00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:27.179
 us

00:34:27.179 --> 00:34:27.519
 but

00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:27.940
 ultimately

00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:28.579
 to

00:34:28.579 --> 00:34:29.359
 dwell

00:34:29.359 --> 00:34:30.039
 with

00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:30.799
 us

00:34:30.799 --> 00:34:33.879
 the

00:34:33.879 --> 00:34:34.119
 story

00:34:34.119 --> 00:34:34.539
 began

00:34:34.539 --> 00:34:34.779
 with

00:34:34.779 --> 00:34:35.319
 disappointment

00:34:35.319 --> 00:34:36.239
 confusion

00:34:36.239 --> 00:34:36.759
 and

00:34:36.759 --> 00:34:37.139
 grief

00:34:37.139 --> 00:34:38.480
 but

00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:38.619
 it

00:34:38.619 --> 00:34:39.059
 ends

00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:40.000
 with

00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:40.559
 courage

00:34:40.559 --> 00:34:41.739
 clarity

00:34:41.739 --> 00:34:42.519
 and

00:34:42.519 --> 00:34:42.879
 hope

00:34:42.879 --> 00:34:43.639
 verse

00:34:43.639 --> 00:34:44.059
 33

00:34:44.059 --> 00:34:44.299
 they

00:34:44.299 --> 00:34:44.819
 rose

00:34:44.819 --> 00:34:45.359
 with

00:34:45.359 --> 00:34:45.659
 renewed

00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:46.259
 courage

00:34:46.259 --> 00:34:47.039
 instead

00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:47.559
 of walking

00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:47.940
 away

00:34:47.940 --> 00:34:48.099
 in

00:34:48.099 --> 00:34:48.639
 disappointment

00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:49.059
 they

00:34:49.059 --> 00:34:49.519
 returned

00:34:49.519 --> 00:34:49.719
 to

00:34:49.719 --> 00:34:50.099
 Jerusalem

00:34:50.099 --> 00:34:50.440
 without

00:34:50.440 --> 00:34:50.799
 delay

00:34:50.799 --> 00:34:51.119
 that

00:34:51.119 --> 00:34:51.480
 same

00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:51.799
 hour

00:34:51.799 --> 00:34:51.980
 they

00:34:51.980 --> 00:34:52.139
 went

00:34:52.139 --> 00:34:52.419
 right

00:34:52.419 --> 00:34:52.699
 back

00:34:52.699 --> 00:34:52.819
 to

00:34:52.819 --> 00:34:52.940
 the

00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:53.239
 place

00:34:53.239 --> 00:34:53.399
 they

00:34:53.399 --> 00:34:53.559
 had

00:34:53.559 --> 00:34:53.960
 previously

00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:54.279
 wanted

00:34:54.279 --> 00:34:54.480
 to

00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:54.659
 run

00:34:54.659 --> 00:34:54.879
 away

00:34:54.879 --> 00:34:55.219
 from

00:34:55.219 --> 00:34:56.079
 to

00:34:56.079 --> 00:34:56.219
 a

00:34:56.219 --> 00:34:56.519
 place

00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:56.719
 where

00:34:56.719 --> 00:34:57.079
 as

00:34:57.079 --> 00:34:57.380
 Jesus

00:34:57.380 --> 00:34:57.920
 disciples

00:34:57.920 --> 00:34:58.159
 they

00:34:58.159 --> 00:34:58.480
 might

00:34:58.480 --> 00:34:58.679
 be

00:34:58.679 --> 00:34:59.280
 persecuted

00:34:59.280 --> 00:34:59.820
 only

00:34:59.820 --> 00:35:00.139
 three

00:35:00.139 --> 00:35:00.460
 days

00:35:00.460 --> 00:35:00.719
 ago

00:35:00.719 --> 00:35:01.019
 Jesus

00:35:01.019 --> 00:35:01.199
 had

00:35:01.199 --> 00:35:01.340
 been

00:35:01.340 --> 00:35:01.679
 killed

00:35:01.679 --> 00:35:02.039
 there

00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:03.360
 but

00:35:03.360 --> 00:35:03.500
 they

00:35:03.500 --> 00:35:03.840
 went

00:35:03.840 --> 00:35:04.179
 right

00:35:04.179 --> 00:35:04.599
 back

00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:04.800
 with

00:35:04.800 --> 00:35:05.219
 renewed

00:35:05.219 --> 00:35:05.980
 courage

00:35:05.980 --> 00:35:06.599
 and

00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:06.759
 when

00:35:06.759 --> 00:35:07.059
 Jesus

00:35:07.059 --> 00:35:07.480
 meets

00:35:07.480 --> 00:35:07.860
 us

00:35:07.860 --> 00:35:08.340
 he

00:35:08.340 --> 00:35:08.679
 gives

00:35:08.679 --> 00:35:08.880
 us

00:35:08.880 --> 00:35:09.340
 courage

00:35:09.340 --> 00:35:09.579
 to

00:35:09.579 --> 00:35:09.840
 go

00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:10.219
 back

00:35:10.219 --> 00:35:10.480
 even

00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:10.659
 to

00:35:10.659 --> 00:35:11.019
 hard

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.780
 places

00:35:11.780 --> 00:35:12.300
 that

00:35:12.300 --> 00:35:12.820
 previously

00:35:12.820 --> 00:35:13.400
 we

00:35:13.400 --> 00:35:13.639
 wanted

00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:13.800
 to

00:35:13.800 --> 00:35:13.960
 run

00:35:13.960 --> 00:35:14.159
 away

00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:14.500
 from

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:16.880
 and

00:35:16.880 --> 00:35:17.139
 then

00:35:17.139 --> 00:35:17.679
 verse

00:35:17.679 --> 00:35:18.059
 33

00:35:18.059 --> 00:35:18.400
 says

00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:18.579
 they

00:35:18.579 --> 00:35:19.159
 found

00:35:19.159 --> 00:35:19.639
 they

00:35:19.639 --> 00:35:20.039
 rose

00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:20.280
 with

00:35:20.280 --> 00:35:20.699
 courage

00:35:20.699 --> 00:35:21.019
 and

00:35:21.019 --> 00:35:21.139
 they

00:35:21.139 --> 00:35:21.579
 found

00:35:21.579 --> 00:35:21.739
 the

00:35:21.739 --> 00:35:22.099
 eleven

00:35:22.099 --> 00:35:22.719
 and

00:35:22.719 --> 00:35:23.280
 those

00:35:23.280 --> 00:35:23.539
 with

00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:23.699
 them

00:35:23.699 --> 00:35:24.079
 gathered

00:35:24.079 --> 00:35:24.280
 and

00:35:24.280 --> 00:35:24.760
 proclaiming

00:35:24.760 --> 00:35:24.900
 the

00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:25.219
 Lord

00:35:25.219 --> 00:35:25.440
 has

00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:25.719
 risen

00:35:25.719 --> 00:35:26.139
 indeed

00:35:26.139 --> 00:35:26.380
 their

00:35:26.380 --> 00:35:26.960
 confusion

00:35:26.960 --> 00:35:27.579
 was

00:35:27.579 --> 00:35:28.079
 replaced

00:35:28.079 --> 00:35:28.579
 with

00:35:28.579 --> 00:35:29.099
 clarity

00:35:29.099 --> 00:35:30.880
 now

00:35:30.880 --> 00:35:31.039
 there

00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:31.320
 are only

00:35:31.320 --> 00:35:31.519
 two

00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:31.860
 places

00:35:31.860 --> 00:35:32.099
 in

00:35:32.099 --> 00:35:32.360
 Luke

00:35:32.360 --> 00:35:32.920
 where

00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:33.139
 that

00:35:33.139 --> 00:35:33.400
 word

00:35:33.400 --> 00:35:33.920
 translated

00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:34.500
 indeed

00:35:34.500 --> 00:35:35.800
 appears

00:35:35.800 --> 00:35:36.900
 the

00:35:36.900 --> 00:35:37.139
 first

00:35:37.139 --> 00:35:37.440
 place

00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:37.559
 is

00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:37.719
 when

00:35:37.719 --> 00:35:37.940
 Jesus

00:35:37.940 --> 00:35:38.480
 dies

00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:39.159
 and

00:35:39.159 --> 00:35:39.300
 the

00:35:39.300 --> 00:35:39.920
 centurion

00:35:39.920 --> 00:35:40.860
 says

00:35:40.860 --> 00:35:41.440
 indeed

00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:42.420
 he

00:35:42.420 --> 00:35:42.699
 was a

00:35:42.699 --> 00:35:42.960
 righteous

00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:43.399
 man

00:35:43.399 --> 00:35:45.259
 and

00:35:45.259 --> 00:35:45.480
 now

00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:45.619
 at

00:35:45.619 --> 00:35:45.739
 the

00:35:45.739 --> 00:35:45.879
 end

00:35:45.879 --> 00:35:45.960
 of

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:46.099
 the

00:35:46.099 --> 00:35:46.500
 story

00:35:46.500 --> 00:35:48.099
 the

00:35:48.099 --> 00:35:49.199
 disciples

00:35:49.199 --> 00:35:49.779
 proclaim

00:35:49.779 --> 00:35:50.500
 indeed

00:35:50.500 --> 00:35:51.159
 he

00:35:51.159 --> 00:35:51.379
 has

00:35:51.379 --> 00:35:51.719
 risen

00:35:51.719 --> 00:35:52.939
 you

00:35:52.939 --> 00:35:53.099
 see

00:35:53.099 --> 00:35:53.219
 at

00:35:53.219 --> 00:35:53.339
 the

00:35:53.339 --> 00:35:53.699
 end

00:35:53.699 --> 00:35:54.119
 of

00:35:54.119 --> 00:35:54.259
 the

00:35:54.259 --> 00:35:54.639
 story

00:35:54.639 --> 00:35:54.859
 at

00:35:54.859 --> 00:35:55.000
 the

00:35:55.000 --> 00:35:55.239
 end

00:35:55.239 --> 00:35:55.339
 of

00:35:55.339 --> 00:35:55.480
 his

00:35:55.480 --> 00:35:55.819
 gospel

00:35:55.819 --> 00:35:56.119
 Luke

00:35:56.119 --> 00:35:56.399
 wants

00:35:56.399 --> 00:35:56.539
 us

00:35:56.539 --> 00:35:56.639
 to

00:35:56.639 --> 00:35:56.779
 know

00:35:56.779 --> 00:35:57.019
 two

00:35:57.019 --> 00:35:57.460
 things

00:35:57.460 --> 00:35:58.139
 with

00:35:58.139 --> 00:35:58.480
 great

00:35:58.480 --> 00:35:58.939
 clarity

00:35:58.939 --> 00:35:59.500
 about

00:35:59.500 --> 00:35:59.899
 Jesus

00:35:59.899 --> 00:36:00.799
 he

00:36:00.799 --> 00:36:01.000
 was

00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:01.559
 righteous

00:36:01.559 --> 00:36:02.099
 all

00:36:02.099 --> 00:36:02.219
 the

00:36:02.219 --> 00:36:02.359
 way

00:36:02.359 --> 00:36:02.480
 to

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:02.619
 the

00:36:02.619 --> 00:36:02.980
 end

00:36:02.980 --> 00:36:03.980
 and

00:36:03.980 --> 00:36:04.519
 he

00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:04.679
 is

00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:05.019
 risen

00:36:05.019 --> 00:36:05.699
 and

00:36:05.699 --> 00:36:05.799
 he

00:36:05.799 --> 00:36:05.919
 is

00:36:05.919 --> 00:36:06.179
 now

00:36:06.179 --> 00:36:06.659
 alive

00:36:06.659 --> 00:36:07.199
 and

00:36:07.199 --> 00:36:07.339
 if

00:36:07.339 --> 00:36:07.679
 those

00:36:07.679 --> 00:36:07.960
 two

00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:08.319
 things

00:36:08.319 --> 00:36:08.500
 are

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:08.879
 clear

00:36:08.879 --> 00:36:09.219
 in

00:36:09.219 --> 00:36:09.539
 our

00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:09.899
 minds

00:36:09.899 --> 00:36:10.099
 then

00:36:10.099 --> 00:36:10.480
 everything

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:10.980
 else

00:36:12.699 --> 00:36:13.039
 out

00:36:13.039 --> 00:36:13.319
 over

00:36:13.319 --> 00:36:13.739
 time

00:36:13.739 --> 00:36:16.480
 so

00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:17.019
 disappointment

00:36:17.019 --> 00:36:17.579
 is

00:36:17.579 --> 00:36:17.899
 replaced

00:36:17.899 --> 00:36:18.099
 with

00:36:18.099 --> 00:36:18.619
 courage

00:36:18.619 --> 00:36:19.599
 confusion

00:36:19.599 --> 00:36:20.059
 is

00:36:20.059 --> 00:36:20.399
 replaced

00:36:20.399 --> 00:36:20.579
 with

00:36:20.579 --> 00:36:21.019
 clarity

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:21.739
 and

00:36:21.739 --> 00:36:22.219
 finally

00:36:22.219 --> 00:36:23.059
 grief

00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:24.000
 turns

00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:24.399
 to

00:36:24.399 --> 00:36:24.779
 hope

00:36:24.779 --> 00:36:25.879
 verse

00:36:25.879 --> 00:36:26.480
 35

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:27.379
 they

00:36:27.379 --> 00:36:27.799
 told

00:36:27.799 --> 00:36:29.079
 and

00:36:29.079 --> 00:36:29.259
 what

00:36:29.259 --> 00:36:29.379
 did

00:36:29.379 --> 00:36:29.519
 they

00:36:29.519 --> 00:36:29.819
 tell

00:36:29.819 --> 00:36:30.079
 this

00:36:30.079 --> 00:36:30.500
 time

00:36:30.500 --> 00:36:32.359
 not

00:36:32.359 --> 00:36:33.980
 they

00:36:33.980 --> 00:36:34.199
 did

00:36:34.199 --> 00:36:34.439
 not

00:36:34.439 --> 00:36:34.779
 only

00:36:34.779 --> 00:36:35.179
 speak

00:36:35.179 --> 00:36:35.439
 out

00:36:35.439 --> 00:36:35.539
 of

00:36:35.539 --> 00:36:35.679
 their

00:36:35.679 --> 00:36:36.059
 grief

00:36:36.059 --> 00:36:36.299
 and

00:36:36.299 --> 00:36:36.599
 distress

00:36:36.599 --> 00:36:36.960
 they

00:36:36.960 --> 00:36:37.519
 told

00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:37.779
 how

00:36:37.779 --> 00:36:38.139
 Jesus

00:36:38.139 --> 00:36:38.480
 had

00:36:38.480 --> 00:36:38.719
 met

00:36:38.719 --> 00:36:39.000
 them

00:36:39.000 --> 00:36:39.960
 on

00:36:39.960 --> 00:36:40.139
 the

00:36:40.139 --> 00:36:40.539
 road

00:36:40.539 --> 00:36:41.319
 and

00:36:41.319 --> 00:36:41.519
 at

00:36:41.519 --> 00:36:41.639
 the

00:36:41.639 --> 00:36:41.980
 table

00:36:41.980 --> 00:36:44.099
 brothers

00:36:44.099 --> 00:36:44.320
 and

00:36:44.320 --> 00:36:44.679
 sisters

00:36:44.679 --> 00:36:45.179
 Hebrews

00:36:45.179 --> 00:36:45.639
 13

00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:46.000
 6

00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:46.260
 says

00:36:46.260 --> 00:36:46.619
 Jesus

00:36:46.619 --> 00:36:47.119
 Christ

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 is

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 the

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 same

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 yesterday

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 today

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 and

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 forever

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 he

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 still

00:36:53.179 --> 00:36:53.539
 meets

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 us

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 in

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 our

00:36:54.460 --> 00:36:55.039
 disappointment

00:36:55.039 --> 00:36:55.559
 in

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 our

00:36:55.760 --> 00:36:56.260
 confusion

00:36:56.260 --> 00:36:56.740
 in

00:36:56.740 --> 00:36:56.960
 our

00:36:56.960 --> 00:36:57.340
 grief

00:36:57.340 --> 00:36:57.679
 he

00:36:57.679 --> 00:36:58.059
 still

00:36:58.059 --> 00:36:58.440
 listens

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 to

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 us

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 patiently

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 he

00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:00.380
 still

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 challenges

00:37:00.920 --> 00:37:01.240
 us

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 boldly

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 through

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 the

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 scriptures

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 and

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 he

00:37:03.619 --> 00:37:04.019
 still

00:37:04.019 --> 00:37:04.619
 breaks

00:37:04.619 --> 00:37:05.079
 bread

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 with

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 us

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 intimately

00:37:06.300 --> 00:37:06.900
 that

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 we

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 might

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 take

00:37:08.820 --> 00:37:09.260
 from

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 him

00:37:09.579 --> 00:37:09.980
 and

00:37:09.980 --> 00:37:10.400
 receive

00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:10.679
 from

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 him

00:37:10.940 --> 00:37:11.900
 courage

00:37:11.900 --> 00:37:12.400
 and

00:37:12.400 --> 00:37:12.880
 clarity

00:37:12.880 --> 00:37:13.460
 and

00:37:13.460 --> 00:37:13.780
 hope

00:37:13.780 --> 00:37:14.180
 to

00:37:14.180 --> 00:37:14.539
 sustain

00:37:14.539 --> 00:37:14.900
 us

00:37:14.900 --> 00:37:15.880
 let

00:37:15.880 --> 00:37:16.019
 us

00:37:16.019 --> 00:37:16.280
 pray

00:37:16.280 --> 00:37:21.519
 Lord

00:37:21.519 --> 00:37:21.880
 Jesus

00:37:21.880 --> 00:37:23.139
 stay

00:37:23.139 --> 00:37:23.980
 with

00:37:23.980 --> 00:37:24.860
 us

00:37:24.860 --> 00:37:28.240
 be

00:37:28.240 --> 00:37:28.619
 our

00:37:28.619 --> 00:37:29.119
 companion

00:37:29.119 --> 00:37:29.539
 in the

00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:29.880
 way

00:37:29.880 --> 00:37:32.180
 kindle

00:37:32.180 --> 00:37:32.720
 our

00:37:32.720 --> 00:37:33.280
 hearts

00:37:33.280 --> 00:37:34.500
 and

00:37:34.500 --> 00:37:34.840
 awaken

00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:35.280
 our

00:37:35.280 --> 00:37:35.639
 hope

00:37:35.639 --> 00:37:37.880
 that we

00:37:37.880 --> 00:37:38.500
 may know

00:37:38.500 --> 00:37:38.920
 you

00:37:38.920 --> 00:37:39.980
 as

00:37:39.980 --> 00:37:40.099
 you

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 are

00:37:40.240 --> 00:37:40.680
 revealed

00:37:40.680 --> 00:37:41.760
 in

00:37:41.760 --> 00:37:42.119
 scripture

00:37:42.119 --> 00:37:43.559
 and

00:37:43.559 --> 00:37:43.680
 in

00:37:43.680 --> 00:37:43.800
 the

00:37:43.800 --> 00:37:44.039
 breaking

00:37:44.039 --> 00:37:44.240
 of

00:37:44.240 --> 00:37:44.500
 bread

00:37:44.500 --> 00:37:49.200
 indeed

00:37:49.200 --> 00:37:50.039
 you

00:37:50.039 --> 00:37:50.180
 are

00:37:50.180 --> 00:37:50.619
 righteous

00:37:50.619 --> 00:37:52.059
 and

00:37:52.059 --> 00:37:52.500
 indeed

00:37:52.500 --> 00:37:53.180
 you

00:37:53.180 --> 00:37:53.300
 are

00:37:53.300 --> 00:37:53.639
 risen

00:37:53.639 --> 00:37:58.200
 hallelujah

00:37:58.200 --> 00:37:59.500
 amen

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 no

00:38:15.320 --> 00:38:15.659
 oh

00:38:15.659 --> 00:38:15.780
 please

00:38:15.780 --> 00:38:16.820
 you

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 I

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 I

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