Yom shlishi
THE THIRD DAY
What
was it they did not understand???
Reading
from the HCSB
Luk
24:4 While they were perplexed
about this, suddenly two men stood by them in dazzling clothes.
Luk
24:5 So the women were terrified
and bowed down to the ground. "Why are you looking for the living among the
dead?" asked the men.
Luk
24:6 "He is not here, but He
has been resurrected! Remember how He spoke to you when He was still in Galilee,
Luk
24:7 saying, 'The Son of Man must
be betrayed into the hands of sinful men, be crucified, and rise on the third
day'?"
Luk
24:8 And they remembered His words.
Luk
24:9 Returning from the tomb, they
reported all these things to the Eleven and to all the rest. (who are the rest)
Luk
24:10 Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary
the mother of James, and the other women with them were telling the apostles
these things.
Luk
24:11 But these words seemed like
nonsense to them, and they did not believe the women.
G3026
λῆρος
lēros
Thayer
Definition: 1) idle talk, nonsense
Idle
tales (KJV)
Nonsense
(NASB)
Utter
nonsense (CJB)
Foolishness
(LITV)
(how
could it possibly seem like nonsense)
Luk
24:12 Peter, however, got up and
ran to the tomb. When he stooped to look in, he saw only the linen cloths. So he
went home, amazed at what had happened.
Luk
24:13 Now that same day two of them
were on their way to a village called Emmaus, which was about seven miles from
Jerusalem.
Luk
24:14 Together they were discussing
everything that had taken place.
Luk
24:15 And while they were
discussing and arguing, Jesus Himself came near and began to walk along with
them.
G4802
συζητέω
sood-zay-teh'-o
From
G4862 and G2212; to investigate jointly, that is, discuss, controvert, cavil: -
dispute (with), enquire, question (with), reason (together).
Luk
24:16 But they were prevented from
recognizing Him.
(Who
or what was preventing them)
(maybe
it was Sihon king of the Amorites!!!)
Luk
24:17 Then He asked them,
"What is this dispute that you're having with each other as you are
walking?" And they stopped walking and looked discouraged.
Luk
24:18 The one named Cleopas
answered Him, "Are You the only visitor in Jerusalem who doesn't know the
things that happened there in these days?"
Luk
24:19 "What things?" He
asked them. So they said to Him, "The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene,
who was a Prophet powerful in action and speech before God and all the people,
Luk
24:20 and how our chief priests and
leaders handed Him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified Him.
Luk
24:21 But we were hoping that He
was the One who was about to redeem Israel. Besides all this, it's the third day
since these things happened.
What
was it they did not understand??
Lets
look closely at vs.19
Luk
24:19
"What things?" He asked them. So they said to Him, "The
things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, who was a Prophet powerful in action and
speech before God and all the people,
(HCSB)
Luk
24:19
And2532 he said2036 unto them,846 What
things?4169 And1161 they3588 said2036
unto him,846 Concerning4012 Jesus2424 of
Nazareth,3480 which3739 was1096 a(435)
prophet4396 mighty1415 in1722 deed2041
and2532 word3056 before1726 God2316
and2532 all3956 the3588 people:2992
(KJV)
Luk
24:19 και
2532[AND]
ειπεν 2036(5627)[HE
SAID]
αυτοις 846[TO
THEM,]
ποια 4169
οι 3588[WHAT
THINGS?]
δε 1161[AND
THEY]
ειπον 2036(5627)[SAID]
αυτω 846[TO
HIM,]
τα 3588[THE
THINGS]
περι 4012[CONCERNING]
ιησου 2424[JESUS]
του 3588[THE]
ναζωραιου 3480[NAZARENE,]
ος 3739[WHO]
εγενετο 1096(5633)[WAS]
ανηρ 435[A
MAN]
προφητης 4396[A
PROPHET,]
δυνατος 1415[MIGHTY]
εν 1722[IN]
εργω 2041[DEED]
και 2532[AND]
λογω 3056[WORD]
εναντιον 1726
του 3588[BEFORE]
θεου 2316[GOD]
και 2532[AND]
παντος 3956[ALL]
του 3588[THE]
λαου 2992[PEOPLE;]
(interlinear)
Now
checking a very literal translation
Luk
24:19
And He said to them, What things? And they said to Him, The things
concerning Jesus the Nazarene, who was a man, a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all
the people; (LITV)
Luk
24:21
But we were hoping that He was the One who was about to redeem
Israel. Besides all this, it's the third day since these things
happened.
(Were they
looking just for national salvation)
(Was there no need to take a deep inward look?)
So far:
A. Its nonsensical that He could have arose
B. He was just a man
C. He did not fulfil their expectation of national salvation (restoration)
What
has driven them into this serious unbelief?
What
did they not understand???
Luk
24:15 And while they were
discussing and arguing, Jesus Himself came near and began to walk
along with them. (HCSB)
Luk 24:17 Then He asked them, "What is this dispute that you're having with each other as you are walking?"…….
Luk
24:25 He said to them,
"How unwise and slow you are to believe in your hearts all that the
prophets have spoken!
Luk
24:26 Didn't the Messiah have to
suffer these things and enter into His glory?"
Luk
24:27 Then beginning with Moses and
all the Prophets, He interpreted for them the things concerning Himself
in all the Scriptures.
Exo
17:7…. Is
the LORD among us, or not?
(How
blinding can unbelief get????)
Heb
3:12
Watch out, brothers,
so that there won't be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart
that departs from the living God.
Heb
3:13
But encourage each other daily, while it is still called today, so
that none of you is hardened by sin's deception
(HCSB)
In
other words DON’T LET IT HAPPEN!!!
(since
unbelief causes us to depart from Him,
it must be critical for us to understand WHY
unbelief sets in, in our lives)
continuing
on…….
Luk
24:29
But they urged Him: "Stay with us, because it's almost evening, and
now the day is almost over." So He went in to stay with them.
Still
blinded by unbelief!!!!
Luk
24:31
Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized Him but He disappeared
from their sight.
(what
a wonderful time for Him to have taught a lesson from torah on unbelief, but He
disappears)
What
could possibly be going on here???
What
is the signifigance of His disappearing?
(what
is He waiting on?)
Luk
24:33
That very hour they got up and returned to Jerusalem. They found the
Eleven and those with them gathered together,
Luk
24:34
who said, "The Lord has certainly been raised, and has
appeared to Simon!"
Luk
24:35
Then they began to describe what had happened on the road and how He was
made known to them in the breaking of the bread.
(what
had happened on the road)
They
were brought face to face with their unbelief!!
Lets
see how he continues to bring the rest of them face to face with their
unbelief!!!!
Luk
24:36 They
were still talking about it when -- there he was, standing among them!
Luk
24:37 Startled and terrified, they
thought they were seeing a ghost.
Luk
24:38 But he said to them, "Why
are you so upset? Why are these doubts welling up inside you?
(CJB)
WHY
INDEED!!!!
The
reason He suddenly disappeared and suddenly appeared was to help them see why
they were not believing
It
is after they start seeing in themselves WHY
they don’t believe that they get their
understanding opened!!!!!!
Luk
24:11
But these words seemed like nonsense to them, and they did not
believe the women.
What
brought them to this conclusion??
A.
Too much unleavened bread
B.
Too much wine in the cups of Passover
C.
Human reasoning (Sihon king of
Amorites)
Luk
24:19
And He said to them, What things? And they said to Him, The things
concerning Jesus the Nazarene, who was a man, a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all
the people; (LITV)
What
brought them to this conclusion??
A.
Too much unleavened bread
B.
Too much wine in the cups of Passover
C.
Human reasoning (Sihon king of
Amorites)
Luk
24:21
But we were hoping that He was the One who was about to redeem
Israel. Besides all this, it's the third day since these things
happened.
What
brought them to this conclusion??
A.
Too much unleavened bread
B.
Too much wine in the cups of Passover
C.
Human reasoning (Sihon king of
Amorites)
WHERE
does human reasoning come from??
Enter
the KEY
OF DAVID
Isa
22:22
And the key of the house
of David
will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he
shall shut, and none shall open. (speaking of Eliakim)
Rev
3:7
And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith
he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth,
and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
Revisiting
the feast of Tabernacles
1Jo
2:15
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the
world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
1Jo
2:16
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust
of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
1Jo
2:17
And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the
will of God abideth forever.
and
the pride of life= Human reasoning which leads to unbelief.
Cain's
unbelief
Gen
4:6
Then the LORD said to Cain, "Why are you furious? And why are you
downcast?
Gen
4:7
If you do right, won't you be accepted? But if you do not do right, sin
is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must master it."
Gen
4:8
Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out to the field." And
while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
As
Cain is killing Abel who is he believing, YHWH God or himself???
and
the pride of life= unbelief in Cain, he cant see WHY his offering isnt as good
as his brothers.
In Noahs day what caused the unbelief of a world that perished???
and
the pride of life= Its not going to rain, its never rained before, if it had
rained before wouldn’t we
know about it??
Moses’
unbelief….
Num
20:10
And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock,
and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this
rock?
Num 20:12 And the LORD spoke unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not
and
the pride of life= Moses, because of his great and awsome understanding of who
YHWH
God is, just couldn’t understand that these people could ever get it right.
We
see a repeat of this attitude that was in Moses in Elijah’s life!!
1Ki
19:14
And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because
the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and
slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they
seek my life, to take it away…….
1Ki
19:18
Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the
knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
David’s
unbelief……
When
David was commiting adultery with Urriah’s wife, and when he, David, was
giving the instructions to end Urriahs’ life, who was he believing???
Certainly not YHWH God!!
Does
this occur before or after David is allowed to build the tabernacle for the
ARK??
the
lust of the flesh= a series of acts of unbelief that led to adultery and then to
conspiracy and murder !!!!
Davids
unbelief again…..
Ch
21:1
And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number
Israel……
1Ch
21:7
And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel……
1Ch
21:14
So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy
thousand men.
and
the pride of life=David very foolishly thinking Israels great army was a result
of himself.
But
wait, I thought David possessed this KEY, this object, that somehow delivered
him!!!!
What
was the KEY of David????
His
heart