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Special Interest – Continued Most of us have favorite verses, favorite passages. Even little children have favorite bedtime stories in the Bible like “David and Goliath” or whatever, and that is OK. But a favorite is not inclusive. ALL the Scriptures. Three times (including Lk. 24:32) His complaint is it is the Scripture, the Scripture, the Scripture. He is the Word Incarnate; He is the “Logos.” The Bible is Jesus in print – the Scripture. He was walking with them but they did not know it. He was trying to explain the Scriptures to them but they did not grasp it. He was indeed risen, but they did not quite understand it was even true. And so we have a situation where we have His own disciples not understanding the Scripture, not really grasping the fact that He was walking with them, not really seeing Him, not really hearing Him, yet He was with them. HE was with THEM, but they were not really with HIM. I am sure that Jesus is with me, but the question is how much am I really with Him? He is there, but am I seeing Him? Not if I am not understanding the Scripture. He is there and He is talking to me, but am I understanding what He is saying? Not if I am not grasping the Scripture. I always tell people who I lead to Christ that when they pray they talk to God, but when they read the Bible He talks to them. It is a two-way conversation. So I walk with Him and I come to church and I hear a sermon like this, but when I am stuck in a traffic jam, and I want to shoot that driver – that guy with a cell phone in one hand and a cigarette in the other, Jesus is with me but do I recognize Him? Would I pull the trigger if He were visibly sitting next to me? But that He may not be visibly sitting next to me does not negate the truth that He is still actually next to me. He is hearing what I am saying, but am I hearing what He is saying? He sees me, but am I seeing Him? He is trying to explain to me, but am I listening? Am I Living & Walking in the Power of the Resurrection? The point is Jesus is indeed someone who was dead. I have no doubt as to the historicity of the crucifixion of Jesus. I have no doubt He died in my place, I have no doubt He was crucified – no doubt. What I do question is how much of Jacob Prasch – how much of me, how much of my own self, is dying with Him? That He went to the cross, this I am clear about; but how faithfully am I carrying it and walking in His footsteps like Simon did? That is the issue. He had risen, but these people were having doubts. Did He actually rise? I have no doubt that Christ has risen – that is not the question. I absolutely am convinced beyond any doubt that He has risen. The thing I question is, am I living and walking in the power of the resurrection with Him? That is my question. That He died and rose I am sure; but have I died and risen? This is the issue. The Scripture is there, but how well am I understanding it? He is with me, but am I seeing Him and do I recognize Him? Am I hearing what He is saying? But notice, He manifests Himself to them in the breaking of bread. He had to eat with them. In the Bible the reason we see somebody eating after they are raised from the dead is to prove it literally happened. When He wakes up the little girl He says give her something to eat (Mk. 5:43). And we see Lazarus eating with Him (Jn. 12:2). God knew about Jehovah’s Witnesses before there were Jehovah’s Witnesses trying to say that the resurrection was not literal and physical. Ghosts do not have to eat. He was literally eating because there was a literal resurrection. We only see His eating because it proves a literal, physical resurrection. But it is in the breaking of bread that He manifests Himself. Notice He acts as if He was going to go further. He was going to just continue on the road. “Here is where I get off, see you later, I am going to continue on the road.” And they have to say, “No, no! Come in, come in!” “Stay with us!” “We want to hear more!” “Explain more of the Scripture to us!” “Explain more of Your Word to us!” “Explain more about Jesus to us!” “We want to hear more!” “Please stay!” They had to invite Him in. The Need to Invite Him In It is no different today. If there were ever a group of Christians still walking on the road to Emmaus it is the Christians of Laodicea. And He says, “I stand at the door and knock” (Rev. 3:20). And He says, “Look, you are not seeing Me; you are not really hearing Me. You do not see your nakedness for what it is; you do not see your true spiritual state for what it is. You are deluded by materialism, by affluence. You think these things are the barometers of blessing?” They are blessings, but they are not the plumb line; they are not the litmus test. They just do not see, neither do they hear (Rev 3:17-18) except those with ears (Rev. 3:22). That is what He says… ‘Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me.’ (Revelation 3:20) Most people like me usually use this verse in the course of evangelism, and it is fine we do. We usually use this – I usually use this – for witnessing to unsaved people and that is acceptable. It is a valid application, but that is not what it is primarily talking about in its exegetical context. He is not mainly talking to unsaved people even though it applies to them in some sense; He is talking to us. “Let Me come in and sup with you.” “Let Me dine with you.” “You sup with Me and I will sup with you.” “I will explain these things to you.” He was going to go further, He was just going to continue on the road. He acted as if He was going to continue. They had to ask Him to come in. It is only when they asked Him to come in that He manifested Himself; then they understood the Scripture; then they saw His presence for who He was; then and only then they understood His Word for what it was; then and only then did they really see; then and only then did they really hear. Yes, He has risen, but are we walking in the power of that resurrection? Yes, He died, but did we? Yes, His Word is true, but three times He tells His own disciples they were foolish because they did not understand it. They could not see, they could not hear. We are walking on the same road with Jesus. He is perfectly intent and perfectly content to continue on the road by Himself, but He will never turn down an invitation to dinner. God bless. NOTES: permission given by Theodores World, www.theodoresworld.net/archives/2009/05/jew_ hatered_at_uc_irvine.html This is a copy from front page of the Muslim Student Union website as Google captured it on May 7, 2009 10:59:31 GMT Featuring: George Galloway \\ British MP, co-founder of Viva Palestina, Cynthia McKinney \\ former Congresswoman, Green Party Candidate, Reem Salahi \\ Lawyer, Bridge Fellow at ACLU, Amir Abdel Malik Ali \\ Activist for Justice, Jim Lafferty \\ National Lawyers Guild, Anna Baltzer \\ Author, Fulbright Scholar 16 Moriel Quarterly • December 2009
Danny Isom Guest Author M a t h e w 25: 1 – 13 u 25:1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. u 25:2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. u 25:3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: u 25:4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. u 25:5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. u 25:6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. u 25:7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. u 25:8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. u 25:9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. u 25:10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. u 25:11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. u 25:12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. u 25:13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. Servant@WalkWithTheWord.org, Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.” When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Messiah was to be born. They said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea; for this is what has been written by the prophet “ ‘AND YOU, BETHLEHEM, LAND OF JUDAH, ARE BY NO MEANS LEAST AMONG THE LEADERS OF JUDAH; FOR OUT OF YOU SHALL COME FORTH A RULER WHO WILL SHEPHERD MY PEO- PLE ISRAEL.’ ” Then Herod secretly called the magi and determined from them the exact time the star appeared. And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the Child; and when you have found Him, report to me, so that I too may come and worship Him. — Matthew 2:1-8 (NASB) One of the repeated teachings at Moriel is that prophecy is not so much about the fulfillment of specific events at a specific pre-set date and time as much as it is really patterns which repeat themselves, growing ever stronger until their last, ultimate fulfillment. That is why a lot of what we understand about Christ’s Second Coming is foreshadowed – a pattern – revealed during His First Coming. Learning as much as we can about His First Coming teaches a great deal about how things will ultimately take place at His Second Coming. And I have a very strong suspicion that we are seeing some of these things taking place right now. The religious authorities of the day knew Scripture so well that without hesitation they answered the Magis’ question about the Messiah, but like many today, they were completely blind to actually seeing it take place. At that time in history the night sky was earth’s version of television: EVERY- ONE watched it, never missing a nightly episode. Since they didn’t know what a “star” really was, they considered the sky part of “the heavens”, the place where God lived and reigned. What happened in the sky was considered to be an indication – even a type of communication – of what was going on in heaven. Everyone from the most learned to the most superstitious kept an eye upward, curious as to what God was doing and might be saying through the events of the night sky. This is an important point to remember because in such an environment it’s required that we ask, “If there was a comet or supernova that created a never-beforeseen big, new shiny star in the sky, how is it possible that NO ONE noticed EX- CEPT the Magi?” No one recognized the sign because it was only visible to a very few. If there had been a big, shiny “Christmas star”, everyone would have noticed it. They may not have understood what it meant, but when the Magi appeared and said, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east”, everyone would have slapped their head and confirmed, “Oh! You mean that big, new shiny thing that appeared for the first time a couple of years back?” Not only did no one say that, but they found it necessary to ask the Magi for the particulars. It was most logical for the Magi to stop and inquire at the one palace they surely thought would be most in tune with the arrival of the birth of the Messiah. And in fact the experts at that palace knew the exact answer. Although they were unaware it was taking place at that very moment, they had no doubt it would eventually take place and they knew exactly WHERE it would happen. But how is this possible? How can someone possess all the information about Christ’s coming and yet not rec- December 2009 • Moriel Quarterly 17
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