July 29, 2026
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Reading along with us in 2 Chronicles and Luke? Here’s today’s reading:
Luke 24 (NIV)
Jesus Has Risen
1 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.…..Continue Reading
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It is truly amazing all the people that saw Jesus alive, confirming that He was in fact raised and thereby shown to be the Son of God and the Savior of all who will believe. And the fact that the disciples wonder what is going on shows that they had no part in orchestrating things. And I just love this account on the road to Emmaus. Jesus plays dumb to see what they believe and understand about what is going on. And when they show they don’t quite get it, Jesus lays it out for them. And then their eyes are opened and they realize they really saw it all along. With all this evidence it is hard to figure why people don’t believe. But we have a good foundation to work from to tell them. Jesus is alive!
The resurrection of Jesus from the dead is the central fact of Christianity. On this truth the church has been built. Without the resurrection, there would be no Christian church. Only Christianity has a God who became human and died for his people and rose again in power and glory. Because Jesus has rose from the dead, we know that the kingdom of heaven has broken into earth history. God‘s power is destroying sin snd creating new lives, death has been conquered, and we too will be raised from the dead to live forever with Jesus. Resurrection assures us that Christ is alive and ruling his kingdom which we are a part of. He is alive and He is real. God‘s power that brought Jesus back from the dead is available to us so we can live for him. The two disciples returning to Emmaus: they miss the most important greatest event in all of history. They were focused on their own disappointment and problems. They didn’t recognize Jesus, walking in the wrong direction, away from the fellowship of believers. Let’s not make the same mistake in finding the strength and other believers. Only when we’re looking and keeping our eyes on Jesus will we experience His power and help that only He can bring. 7 mile journey with heads down full of despair. No hope. Completely defeated. They experience Jesus and they run back to Jerusalem. Full of excitement. And joy.!!!!
This passage reminds me to live my life based on the truth that Jesus resurrected and is alive. In this chapter, I observed how the disciples forgot or had a hard time connecting prophecies to their present reality. Then Jesus had to tell them. In my life, I should always be asking the question, “how can God’s Word/promise influence my life today?”
Luke 24
Luke 24
You wonder what kept the apostles from really seeing what was happening until it happened. Maybe it was more that they didn’t want to think Jeses had came just to die or maybe God kept them from uderstanding. But here we see these “a-ha” moments when all of Jesus’ teachings come together and make sense. When they truly see the full plan Jesus had been talking about all along. It is cool that even Jesus walking on the road with them was trying to help them put the pieces together and see the glory of what was just done for them and for us!
Luke 24
Luke 24
At this time, the new covenant was established, and Jesus (and the angels) explained to his followers how the scriptures were fulfilled. This was the “aha” moment for the disciples, and the gospel message that was to be spread throughout the world for believers to attest to the moment they are saved. Romans 10:9 “If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your hearts that God raised from the dead, you will be saved.”
Luke 24
Luke 24
“Then He said to them, “These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.” And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures.”
Luke 24:44-45 NKJV