What’s Going On?

Mea e 'ai e tatau ma le aso

"And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days? (Luke 24:18)

The question is interesting for Jesus was the only one who knew what was going on here.
Pilate Didn’t Know What Was Happening.  To him Jesus was only another trouble-maker to be gotten out of the way.  He had his doubts, though.  He asked Jesus, “Are you a King?”
 He did have guards to stand watch over the tomb to make it secure as they could (Matthew 27:62-65).   But Pilate had no idea he was sending to the cross the Savior of the world.  
   
Herod Didn’t Know What Was Happening either.  He thought he was getting rid of a rival and a troublemaker. He didn’t know that he can never get rid of Jesus.  He thought his puny little guards could keep Jesus in the tomb.  He didn’t know it was impossible to keep Jesus in the tomb.

The Women Didn’t Know What Was Happening.  If they had, they won't have wasted money buying spices to embalm Him (Mark 16:1).  If they had known, they would not have worried about rolling away the stone from the opening to the tomb (Mark 16:3).
If they had known, Mary would not have been weeping (John 20:11).  If they had, Mary Magdalene would not have said, “They have taken my Lord away and I don’t know where they have put him” (John 20:13).

The Disciples Didn’t Know What Was Happening either.  To some, faith was now finished.  The two in our opening text put their faith in the past tense; “We had hoped,” they said.  To others faith was only fairytale. When the apostles heard of the resurrection the story “seemed to them like nonsense” and they did not believe (Luke 24:11).

We Often Do Not Know What Happened Here.  Most of us don’t know that His resurrection gives assurance of the judgment (Acts 17:31).   We don’t realize that His resurrection gives assurance of the forgiveness of sins (1 Corinthians 15:17).  Most of us don’t realize that His resurrection gives us our only hope (1 Corinthians 15:18, 19).

In this morning blog text, the One who knew helped those who didn’t know by
(1) teaching them the Scripture,
(2) walking along the way in fellowship with them, and
(3) by breaking bread with them.

Today we come to faith through Scripture (Romans 10:17) just as they did long ago. Today our faith is confirmed in the breaking of the bread (Communion).
Today Our faith is completed when we walk in fellowship with Him.  Then by His Grace alone, we will finally know whats going on.

 Ia manuia,

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