1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:13,750 Speaker 1: Life Audio Thank you for listening to your daily Bible verse, 2 00:00:14,630 --> 00:00:17,950 Speaker 1: the podcast that examines one verse each day to learn 3 00:00:17,970 --> 00:00:20,730 Speaker 1: more about God and His will for our lives. I'm 4 00:00:20,750 --> 00:00:24,489 Speaker 1: your host, Kyle Norman. After a brief message from one 5 00:00:24,510 --> 00:00:39,470 Speaker 1: of our sponsors, we will continue with today's verse. Today's 6 00:00:39,530 --> 00:00:45,330 Speaker 1: verse can be found in Luke chapter 24, verse 27. 7 00:00:45,330 --> 00:00:49,310 Speaker 1: Beginning with Moses and all the prophets, Jesus interpreted to 8 00:00:49,350 --> 00:00:52,810 Speaker 1: them in all of the scriptures the things concerning himself. 9 00:00:54,570 --> 00:00:58,090 Speaker 1: The other day, a young personer posed a unique question 10 00:00:58,130 --> 00:01:02,090 Speaker 1: to me. Why didn't the disciples think Jesus was a zombie? 11 00:01:02,530 --> 00:01:06,710 Speaker 1: he asked. Of course, even though the zombie apocalypse wasn't 12 00:01:06,770 --> 00:01:10,030 Speaker 1: a fear in the ancient world, the question itself is 13 00:01:10,150 --> 00:01:13,930 Speaker 1: quite apt. When the disciples saw the risen Jesus in 14 00:01:13,970 --> 00:01:17,080 Speaker 1: their midst, why didn't they view him as a friendly 15 00:01:17,110 --> 00:01:22,959 Speaker 1: ghost or a spooky specter or something more sinister? After all, 16 00:01:23,020 --> 00:01:27,259 Speaker 1: the disciples saw Jesus crucified. He was dead, buried, and gone. 17 00:01:27,980 --> 00:01:32,480 Speaker 1: And so, in their mind, that was it. Jesus had died, 18 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:38,160 Speaker 1: as did their expectations for new life and redemption. That is, 19 00:01:38,220 --> 00:01:42,279 Speaker 1: of course, until Jesus stood again in their midst. Jesus 20 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:44,830 Speaker 1: appears in glory, and he shows up in the upper room. 21 00:01:45,390 --> 00:01:48,350 Speaker 1: He walks along the road to Emmaus. In none of 22 00:01:48,410 --> 00:01:53,690 Speaker 1: these places does anybody believe Jesus to be undead. Instead, 23 00:01:53,710 --> 00:01:57,190 Speaker 1: they knew him to be the fulfillment of their redemptive hope. 24 00:01:58,450 --> 00:02:02,970 Speaker 1: So how did they come to this knowledge? Well, Jesus 25 00:02:03,030 --> 00:02:06,850 Speaker 1: told them. Luke records that beginning with Moses and all 26 00:02:06,870 --> 00:02:10,170 Speaker 1: of the prophets, Jesus interpreted to them in all of 27 00:02:10,210 --> 00:02:16,670 Speaker 1: the scriptures the things concerning himself. In Luke 24 verse 45, 28 00:02:16,669 --> 00:02:19,889 Speaker 1: we hear how Jesus opened their eyes to understand the scriptures. 29 00:02:20,770 --> 00:02:23,489 Speaker 1: So from Moses to the prophets, from the beginning to 30 00:02:23,510 --> 00:02:28,060 Speaker 1: the end, Jesus helped the disciples understand the fulfillment of 31 00:02:28,410 --> 00:02:32,470 Speaker 1: of all of God's promises. Have you ever wondered what 32 00:02:32,610 --> 00:02:37,089 Speaker 1: scriptures Jesus may have pointed to? Now, we have no 33 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:39,860 Speaker 1: way to know what was said in this blessed Bible study, 34 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 1: but here are some thoughts. Jesus may have pointed to 35 00:02:44,780 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 1: the story of Adam and Eve and the curious statement 36 00:02:48,100 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 1: occurring in Genesis 3, where God declares to the serpent, 37 00:02:52,210 --> 00:02:55,350 Speaker 1: I will put enmity between you and the woman, between 38 00:02:55,389 --> 00:02:58,570 Speaker 1: your seed and hers. He will crush your head, and 39 00:02:58,590 --> 00:03:03,290 Speaker 1: he will strike his heel. Here, God describes a future Savior, 40 00:03:04,050 --> 00:03:07,769 Speaker 1: one born into humanity who would come to reverse the 41 00:03:07,830 --> 00:03:11,500 Speaker 1: fall of the garden, and victory would be won, but 42 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:15,220 Speaker 1: the Savior would be stricken. Now, from there, Jesus may 43 00:03:15,260 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 1: have pointed to Melchizedek, the mysterious individual in Genesis 14. 44 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 1: And just as Melchizedek is noted to be both a 45 00:03:23,220 --> 00:03:26,800 Speaker 1: king and a priest of the Most High, Jesus is 46 00:03:26,860 --> 00:03:28,799 Speaker 1: known to be both the king of the kings and 47 00:03:28,820 --> 00:03:32,419 Speaker 1: the great high priest. And what is more intriguing, however, 48 00:03:32,660 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 1: is the meal that Melchizedek serves Abraham as a means 49 00:03:36,940 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 1: of his blessing. Long before people would ever understand the significance, 50 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:45,580 Speaker 1: Melchizedek blessed Abraham with a meal of bread and wine. 51 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:49,500 Speaker 1: Did Jesus point to this scripture as a foretaste of 52 00:03:49,540 --> 00:03:53,970 Speaker 1: the Last Supper? Jesus may also have spoken about Israel's 53 00:03:54,010 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 1: sacrifice of the Paschal Lamb This lamb without spot or 54 00:03:58,180 --> 00:04:01,620 Speaker 1: blemish was slain for the sins of the people. The 55 00:04:01,650 --> 00:04:06,330 Speaker 1: crucifixion echoed this. Not only does John 19 make clear 56 00:04:06,370 --> 00:04:09,550 Speaker 1: that the crucifixion happened at the very same time that 57 00:04:09,590 --> 00:04:12,890 Speaker 1: the Passover lamb was being slain in the temple, but 58 00:04:12,910 --> 00:04:16,290 Speaker 1: the book of Exodus makes clear that no bones of 59 00:04:16,310 --> 00:04:20,859 Speaker 1: the Passover lamb could be broken. Something testified about Jesus' 60 00:04:20,940 --> 00:04:25,640 Speaker 1: own death. Also, the early Christian teacher Justin Martyr notes 61 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:29,440 Speaker 1: how the wooden spits used to roast the Passover lamb 62 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:36,100 Speaker 1: actually formed a cross-like shape. These scriptural connections only increase 63 00:04:36,140 --> 00:04:39,910 Speaker 1: when we move into the prophets. Undoubtedly, Jesus would have 64 00:04:39,970 --> 00:04:44,490 Speaker 1: pointed to the suffering servant passages in Isaiah. Isaiah describes 65 00:04:44,510 --> 00:04:48,630 Speaker 1: the crucifixion in remarkable detail, stating that the Holy One 66 00:04:48,670 --> 00:04:52,299 Speaker 1: would be pierced for our transgressions and crushed for our iniquities. 67 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:57,280 Speaker 1: And in that same chapter, Isaiah speaks also of the resurrection. 68 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:01,729 Speaker 1: Isaiah 53 verse 11 reads that after the suffering of 69 00:05:01,790 --> 00:05:05,630 Speaker 1: his soul, he will see the light of life. This 70 00:05:05,830 --> 00:05:10,390 Speaker 1: prophecy pictures the Messiah dying for our transgressions, having his 71 00:05:10,450 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 1: hands and his feet pierced, but then rising again to 72 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:18,539 Speaker 1: new life. Now, much more could be cited. In the prophets, 73 00:05:18,580 --> 00:05:21,660 Speaker 1: we find statements about where the Messiah would be born, 74 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:24,640 Speaker 1: what lineage he would be from. and where the Messiah 75 00:05:24,660 --> 00:05:28,659 Speaker 1: would grow up. The prophets speak of Messiah opening the 76 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:31,360 Speaker 1: eyes of the blind and healing the sick and raising 77 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:35,390 Speaker 1: the dead. Zechariah chapter 11 even talks about the Messiah 78 00:05:35,450 --> 00:05:40,430 Speaker 1: being betrayed for 30 pieces of silver. It's actually estimated 79 00:05:40,490 --> 00:05:46,200 Speaker 1: that Jesus fulfills over 300 individual messianic prophecies. So, no 80 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:49,479 Speaker 1: wonder the disciples say that their hearts were burning within 81 00:05:49,540 --> 00:05:54,370 Speaker 1: them as Jesus unlocks the scriptures for them. Jesus wasn't 82 00:05:54,390 --> 00:05:58,360 Speaker 1: just a rabbi, smart, or revolutionary. He wasn't just a 83 00:05:58,420 --> 00:06:01,600 Speaker 1: teacher of morals and ethics whose thoughts about love and 84 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 1: sacrifice we continue to turn to today. Jesus himself, in 85 00:06:06,820 --> 00:06:10,479 Speaker 1: his birth, in his ministry, in his death, and his resurrection, 86 00:06:10,930 --> 00:06:15,350 Speaker 1: he connected all the various prophecies and verses sprinkled throughout 87 00:06:15,410 --> 00:06:20,490 Speaker 1: the Old Testament. Jesus incarnated who God is and what 88 00:06:20,550 --> 00:06:25,490 Speaker 1: God's plan was and what salvation looks like. The fact is, 89 00:06:26,230 --> 00:06:29,290 Speaker 1: when we look at the whole movement of Scripture, we 90 00:06:29,370 --> 00:06:34,130 Speaker 1: see one unified story, revealing Jesus to be the fulfillment 91 00:06:34,180 --> 00:06:38,600 Speaker 1: of all of God's promises. And it's this fulfillment that 92 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:43,260 Speaker 1: caused the disciples to proclaim that He is Lord. May 93 00:06:43,339 --> 00:06:45,240 Speaker 1: we follow in their footsteps.