The Reality of God Himself

  This devotional continues to focus on the road to Emmaus.   The resurrected Jesus walked with two people on that road… (NASB) Luke 24:27 “Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.”   Here is a familiar prophecy from the book […]

Messiah On the Cross

  As Jesus walked with two traveler’s on the road to Emmaus (NASB) Luke 24:27 “Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained to them the things concerning himself in all the Scriptures.”   Let’s consider one the more poignant prophecies of David in the Psalms: Psalm 22 is a “picture” of […]

Messiah our Passover

  As this devotional stated yesterday: Jesus joined with two people on their way to Emmaus. (NASB) Luke 24:27 “Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.”   Today we will consider a Scripture from Exodus: (NIV) Exodus 12:21-24 “Then Moses summoned […]

Messiah Promised

  As Jesus walked with two people on the road to Emmaus. (NASB) Luke 24:27 “Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.”   Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy are the first five books of the Bible…the Pentateuch. These books are […]

Old Testament Prophecies ~ New Testament Fulfillments

  Jesus talked with two people as they walked to Emmaus from Jerusalem, on the first day of the week, the day some women said that Jesus was raised from the tomb. (NASB) Luke 24:25-26 “And He (Jesus) said to them, “O foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets […]

Prayer of the Week

NIV Psalm 40:1-3 “I WAITED patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry. 2He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. 3He put a new song in my mouth, a […]

A Spiritual Check-Up

  From time to time, I need to give myself the following check-up: Taken from I Corinthians 13:1- 8a      Am I a gifted speaker yet without love? Is my speech only noise and more noise?      Do I have vast knowledge and even faith yet not have love? Then “I am nothing.”      Am […]

Hope Placed in the Lord Jesus Christ

Where do you place your hope?   Two people who had been followers of Christ, believing Him to be the Messiah (the Christ) had left Jerusalem in sorrow. They were joined on the road to Emmaus by the risen Lord Jesus. He had asked them, “What things?” They then told Him all that had occurred […]

Worship and Homage to the Living God

  There were two people walking from Jerusalem to Emmaus on the first day of the week after Jesus’ crucifixion and death. They were discussing the events of the past week as the resurrected Jesus joins them. They do not recognize Him, yet. (NASB) Luke 24:17- 18 “And He said to them, “What are these […]

Grief and Sorrow

(NASB) Luke 24:13-17 “And behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was about seven miles (about 11 km) from Jerusalem. 14 And they were talking with each other about all these things which had taken place.” 15 While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself approached and […]