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Walk to Emmaus
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Strange that they did not remember Christ’s words, and that He
had foretold that the third day He would rise again. The priests and
rulers did not forget!
Incognito, Jesus Explains the Scriptures
“Then He said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe
all that the prophets have spoken: ought not Christ to have suffered
these things, and to enter into His glory?” Who could this be, that
He should speak with such earnestness and sympathy? For the first
time, they began to feel hopeful. Often they looked earnestly at their
companion, and thought that His words were just the words that
Christ would have spoken.
Beginning at Moses, the Alpha of Bible history, Christ ex-
pounded in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself. Had
He first made Himself known to them, they would have hungered
for nothing more. But it was necessary for them to understand the
types and prophecies of the Old Testament. On these their faith must
be established. Christ performed no miracle to convince them; it
was His first work to explain the Scriptures. He showed from the
prophets that His death was the strongest evidence for their faith.
Jesus showed the importance of the Old Testament as a witness
to His mission. The Saviour is revealed in the Old Testament as
clearly as in the New. Light from the prophetic past brings out the
life of Christ and the teachings of the New Testament with clearness
and beauty. Stronger proof than the miracles of Christ is found in
comparing the prophecies of the Old Testament with the history of
the New.
The disciples’ expectation of a Messiah who was to take His
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throne and kingly power in accordance with the desires of men had
been misleading. His disciples must understand in regard to the cup
of suffering that had been apportioned Him. He showed them that
the awful conflict was the fulfillment of the covenant made before
the foundation of the world. Christ must die, as every transgressor
of the law must die if he continues in sin. All this was to be, but it
was not to end in defeat, but in glorious victory. Jesus told them that
every effort must be made to save the world from sin. His followers