The Holy Spirit and Exposition of the Living Word.
Scripture: Luke 24:13-27
Luke 24:13-27 says, “Now behold, two of them were traveling that same day to a village
called Emmaus, which was seven miles from Jerusalem. And they talked together of all these
things which had happened. So it was, while they conversed and reasoned, that Jesus Himself
drew near and went with them. But their eyes were restrained, so that they did not know Him.
And He said to them, ‘What kind of conversation is this that you have with one another as
you walk and are sad?’ Then the one whose name was Cleopas answered and said to Him,
‘Are You the only stranger in Jerusalem, and have You not known the things which happened
there in these days?’ And He said to them, ‘What things?’ So they said to Him, ‘The things
concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a Prophet mighty in deed and word before God and
all the people, and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered Him to be condemned to
death, and crucified Him. But we were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Israel.
Indeed, besides all this, today is the third day since these things happened. Yes, and certain
women of our company, who arrived at the tomb early, astonished us. When they did not find
His body, they came saying that they had also seen a vision of angels who said He was alive.
And certain 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.’ Then He said to them, ‘O foolish ones, and slow of heart to
believe in all that the prophets have spoken! Ought not the Christ to have suffered these
things and to enter into His glory?’ And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He
expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.” The real issue on the
road to Emmaus was the issue of verse 27 because all of our understanding unfolds from
there. Why did the Lord start with Moses as He opened the Word to those disciples? We
know from this passage that Jesus was mighty in word and deed.
PRAYER FOCUS.
That, of course, came by the power of the Holy Spirit. We also know that Jesus moved
in the Spirit and ministered in the power of the Holy Spirit. There is a reason why He
began with Moses. The question is why did He start with Moses? Once we answer that
question we will understand the magnitude of what it is that God wants to do with us in the
last days.