HE+ Opened Their Understanding ...

Resurrection Season

Day 14

 of the 40 Days

The LORD Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA

spent with His+ Disciples,

in His+ Glorified Body,

 AFTER HIS+ RESURRECTION !

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 Knowing that the M'SHIKHA+

being raised from the dead dieth no more;

Death hath no more dominion over HIM+.

Romans 6: 9

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And as they [ the men from Emmaus ]  thus spake, Y'SHU+ HIMSELF+ stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them,

Peace be unto you.

But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. And HE+ said unto them,

Why are ye troubled?

and why do thoughts arise

in your hearts?

 

Behold My+ hands and My+ feet,

that it is I+ Myself+:

 

handle ME+, and see;

for a spirit hath not flesh and bones,

as ye see ME+ have.

 

And when HE+ had thus spoken, HE+ shewed them His+ hands and His+ feet. And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, HE+ said unto them,

Have ye here any meat?

And they gave HIM+ a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb. And HE+ took it, and did eat before them. And HE+ said unto them,

These are the words

which   I+   spake unto you,

while   I+   was yet with you,

 

that all things must be fulfilled,

which were written in the Law of Moses,

and in the Prophets,

and in the Psalms,

concerning ME+.

 

Then opened HE+ their understanding, that they might understand the Scriptures,

Luke 24: 36-45

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They did NOT RECEIVE the Testimony...

 

The LORD Y'SHU+ appeared in His+ glorified Body to the Company of His+ Disciples.

Although Followers of Y'SHU+, these men --- every one of them His+ disciples ---  were not with Peter nor with the Women of the Company nor with the men walking to Emmaus and thus, they had missed seeing the Resurrected LORD Y'SHU+. 

The Company of His+ Followers did not believe ANY reports of their fellow Followers ! They did not believe that The LORD Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA was risen from the dead !

They did Not Receive their Witness.

They had watched HIM+ die, themselves being scared to death.  They were gathered together in Jerusalem somewhere, when SUDDENLY HE+ APPEARED among them.

 

Unlike a spirit, HE+ spoke to them and His+ words were very familiar: 

 

" Peace unto you !" HE+ said.

 

Did that bring them "peace" ?

NO... because they did not receive His+ Words . They were terrified and frightened.  They thought they had SEEN a SPIRIT !

 

So, HE+ told them to observe  His+ hands and His+ feet ... undoubtedly as a means to identify HIMSELF+,  that it was indeed HE+ HIMSELF+ , to these terrified disciples who had watched HIM+ die. 

 

HE+ invited them to touch HIM+ in His+ Glorified Body .

 

HE+ even gave them a rational, concrete explanation: "... for a spirit has not flesh and bones, as you see ME+ have."

 Then HE+ showed them His+ hands and His+ feet.

YET they BELIEVED NOT for joy, and wondered !

Then, HE+ ate before them.  Undoubtedly, every eye was trained upon His+ biting, chewing, and swallowing!

As they opened their hearts in Belief

to RECEIVE the TRUTH

of what they perceived

through their senses,

 

HE+ opened their understanding

that they might understand

The Scriptures.

 

ALL things written of HIM+ in the Prophets and the Law of Moses and the Psalms concerning HIMSELF+  had to be fulfilled , HE+ explained to them.  

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O, LORD Y'SHU+ the M'SHIKHA, 

The First-Born from the Dead,

 ... help me to remember that my heart must be open to the Truth before I can understand it with my mind.

 

Help me to minister Thy Word+ to others in a way that their hearts are pierced. Then I will know that YOU+, O LORD, will open their understanding of it.

Keep me from teaching to the mind when I ought to be reaching the heart .

O LORD Y'SHU+, Master of men's hearts, show me how to so bring my life in line with Thy+ Truth... that without a word spoken, others will see YOU+ , standing among them.

Blessing and Honor, Glory and Power be unto The LAMB+ forever and ever ! Amen.

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