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enough to explain his appearance to them? Need ever commands his pres ence. Desire always leads to discovery. Those who miss him m ust find him first. W hat a wonderful experience it must have been to hear a Bible reading from Christ himself, th e Subject and Object of Revelation! Is it any wonder th a t th e h earts of these two men burned w ithin them as he talked? He explained the meaning of the cross. They were perplexed in mind. Their ideals had been shattered and th e ir hope tu rn ed to disappointment. He ta u g h t them th e doctrine of redemption through sacri fice and suffering. The cross was not a trag ic m istake. It was th e way to the throne. “ I t behooved the Christ to suffer these things and to en ter into his glory.” The cross was an essential and etern al necessity. Sin is th e most te r rible th ing imaginable in a moral uni verse. I t cannot be dism issed w ith a word or crossed out by a stroke of the pen. I t m ust be expiated. God’s law must be vindicated. “There was no o ther good enough To pay th e price of sin, He only could unlock th e gate Of heaven and le t us in. The disciples tried to dissuade Christ from the cross. Had they succeeded, they would have robbed him - of his empire. There was no other way to the throne. No cross, no crown. “He ex pounded unto them in all the Scriptures th e things concerning him self.” Christ is the key to th e Old Testament. In his earth ly m inistry he refers to tw enty Old Testam ent characters and quotes from nineteen different books. In th is ex position he goes th rough “ all the Scrip tu re s” and traces the crimson th read of the cross. When these two disciples reached th e ir destination, they clearly saw th a t although Jesus of N azareth had died upon th e cross, nay, rath e r because he had died upon th e cross, he was the Divinely appointed Saviour of th e world.
lowers? (John 14:18.) (3 ) W hat blinds the eyes of men? (2 Cor. 4:4.) (4) W hat is the unfailing source of confidence for believers? (v. 45; Matt. 24:35.) (5 ) W hat is th e testimony of the Scriptures concerning His resurrection? (Rom. 1:4.) (6 ) Why was He known by the breaking of bread? . (Luke 22:19.) (7 ) Can we have joy who have not yet seen Him? (1 Pet. 1:8.) The appearance of the risen Redeem er to th e two disciples on the way to Emmaus was th e fou rth of th e five ap pearances on th a t ever memorable E aster day. These DEVOTIONAL two disciples were COMMENT humble and obscure F . W. F a r r • persons. They were no t Apostles, bu t of th e ran k and file. Even a t th e time when Luke w rote his Gospel, th e name of one had been forgotten. They ap pear for a moment and then sink back into obscurity, b u t immortalized by th is Sunday evening walk. This shows our Lord’s regard for the poor and lowly. Not to the wise, th e m ighty or the noble did he reveal him self b u t to th e weak and foolish and despised. (1 Cor. 1:26-28.) Not to the wise and p rud en t of th is world, bu t unto babes did he unfold th e treasu res of Scripture, even un to th e humble Cleopas and his unknown friend. Another significant featu re of this appearance is th a t it was given unto those in sorrow who were keenly con scious of loss and need. These two dis ciples could th ink and ta lk of nothing bu t Jesus. The world had become a blank by his to them untim ely and un expected death. Their sadness impressed th e Lord. (vs. 17.) Here were heavy h earts to be com forted and longing souls to be satisfied. May not th is be
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