WEBVTT - #964 - Luke 24:36-53 – Jesus Appears

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<v Speaker 1>Life Audio The Bible Study Podcast, Episode nine hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>sixty four. Today, The Bible Study Podcast wraps up the

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<v Speaker 1>study of the Book of Luke. Welcome to the Bible

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<v Speaker 1>Study Podcast. I'm your host, Chris Christensen. We're going to

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<v Speaker 1>wrap up the study of Luke today as we continue

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<v Speaker 1>on with Luke twenty four. But first a word from

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<v Speaker 1>this sponsor Luke twenty four. We continue on with the

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<v Speaker 1>story of the Resurrection, and we get Jesus appeers to

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<v Speaker 1>the disciples. While they were still talking about this, Jesus

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<v Speaker 1>stood among them and said, peace be with you. This

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<v Speaker 1>that they're talking about here is we've just done the

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<v Speaker 1>story of the two disciples who saw Jesus on the

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<v Speaker 1>road to Ammaeus. They come back to Jerusalem, and when

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<v Speaker 1>they get there, they're told it's true the Lord has

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<v Speaker 1>risen has appeared to Simon or to Peter, Simon Peter,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's this in the sentence. So while they were

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<v Speaker 1>still talking about this, Jesus stood among them and said

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<v Speaker 1>to them, Peace be with you. They were startled and frightened,

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<v Speaker 1>thinking they saw a ghost. He said to them, why

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<v Speaker 1>are you troubled and why do doubts rise in your minds.

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<v Speaker 1>Look at my hands and at my feet. It is

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<v Speaker 1>I myself. Touch me and see. A ghost does not

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<v Speaker 1>have flesh and bones as you see I have. When

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<v Speaker 1>he said this, he showed them his hands and feet,

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<v Speaker 1>and while they still did not believe it because of

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<v Speaker 1>joy and amazement, he asked them, do you have anything

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<v Speaker 1>here to eat? They gave him a piece of broiled fish,

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<v Speaker 1>and he took it and ate it. In their presence.

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<v Speaker 1>He said to them, this is what I told you

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<v Speaker 1>while I was still with you. Everything must be fulfilled

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<v Speaker 1>that is written about me in the Law of Moses,

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<v Speaker 1>the Prophets, and the Psalms. Then he opened their minds

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<v Speaker 1>so they could understand the scriptures. He told them, this

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<v Speaker 1>is what is written. The Messiah will suffer and rise

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<v Speaker 1>from the dead on the third day, and repentance for

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<v Speaker 1>the forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name

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<v Speaker 1>to all nations beginning at Jerusalem. You are witnesses of

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<v Speaker 1>these things. I'm going to send you what my father

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<v Speaker 1>has promised, but stay in the city until you have

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<v Speaker 1>been clothed with power from on high. So this is

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<v Speaker 1>the story that Luke tells. The version of it that

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<v Speaker 1>Luke tells about the appearance of the disciples. A couple

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<v Speaker 1>things to note here is they were just told that

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<v Speaker 1>it is true. There was just this conversation that it's

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<v Speaker 1>true Jesus's rise from the dead. Peter has seen him.

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<v Speaker 1>We understand, you two just saw him on the road

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<v Speaker 1>to Amaeis. It's still a tough thing to believe. We

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<v Speaker 1>talk about it every Sunday at church as if it

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<v Speaker 1>were a normal thing. But this is not something that

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<v Speaker 1>happens very often. Now, these are the same disciples that

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<v Speaker 1>saw Jesus raise Lazarus from the dead, so they have

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<v Speaker 1>also seen him raise the son of the widow of Nane,

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<v Speaker 1>and so it isn't something that is completely unheard of

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<v Speaker 1>for them. And yet it's still something that doesn't happen

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<v Speaker 1>every day. So they see Jesus right after this conversation

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<v Speaker 1>about how Jesus is raised from the dead, and they

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<v Speaker 1>think they're seeing a ghost. It's just a normal natural reaction.

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<v Speaker 1>And so he says, touch me, I have flesh and bones.

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<v Speaker 1>Let me have something to eat. They give him something,

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<v Speaker 1>Indeed he eats it. So apparently his resurrected body still

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<v Speaker 1>works like a body in the sense that he can

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<v Speaker 1>still eat, he still has flesh and bones. It is

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<v Speaker 1>different in some ways in the sense that they have

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<v Speaker 1>trouble recognizing him sometimes like on the road to Amais,

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<v Speaker 1>or he keeps them from recognizing him in some ways.

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<v Speaker 1>And then he shows them his hands and feet apparently

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<v Speaker 1>where there is still evidence of crucifixion, and that's why

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<v Speaker 1>we have this. In other versions, we have you know, Thomas,

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<v Speaker 1>put your hand in my wound basically so that you

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<v Speaker 1>can see that it is me. We don't have that

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<v Speaker 1>in this version. But he's still showing them his hands

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<v Speaker 1>and feet where apparently there are scars or holes or

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what exactly, but there is evidence of crucifixion.

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<v Speaker 1>So they finally get to the point of okay, we

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<v Speaker 1>understand this is Jesus, and he says, I told you

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<v Speaker 1>all this was going to happen. And remember we had

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<v Speaker 1>him talking on at least three occasions about I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to go to Jerusalem and I'm going to be handed

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<v Speaker 1>over to the Gentiles and I'm going to be killed,

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<v Speaker 1>and then a third day I'm going to rose again, right,

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<v Speaker 1>and the third day I'm going to rise again. He

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<v Speaker 1>told them that explicitly, but now he's opening their mind

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<v Speaker 1>to the scriptures, as he did with the two on

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<v Speaker 1>the Road to Ammaeis. He's saying, this isn't something new.

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<v Speaker 1>If you go back into the Book of Isaiah, for instance,

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<v Speaker 1>the prophets, you will see that this was the plan

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<v Speaker 1>all along. Now they knew about Messiah. But again, there

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<v Speaker 1>are two sets of verses in the Old Testament that

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<v Speaker 1>talk about Messiah, some that talk about conquering king and

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<v Speaker 1>some that talk about suffering servant. And if you were

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<v Speaker 1>a people who are basically occupied by a foreign power,

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<v Speaker 1>which of those two sets of verses are going to

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<v Speaker 1>be more popular, Well, it's going to be the verses

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<v Speaker 1>about the conquering king. And so it isn't that the

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<v Speaker 1>other verses weren't there, and maybe they were even aware

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<v Speaker 1>of them, but the focus on Messiah was on conquering king.

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<v Speaker 1>And so Jesus has to point out that the scriptures

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<v Speaker 1>always talked about Messiah will suffer and rise from the

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<v Speaker 1>dead on the third day. And then he says the

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<v Speaker 1>plan going forward here, you're going to be doing something.

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<v Speaker 1>Repentance for the forgiveness of sins will be preached in

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<v Speaker 1>his name to all nations. And he's basically saying, by you,

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<v Speaker 1>you're going to be talking to not just the Jews,

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<v Speaker 1>but to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. You're going to

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<v Speaker 1>start right here where you are, your witnesses, and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to send you out, but not yet, wait until

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<v Speaker 1>you get power from on high, Wait until the Holy

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<v Speaker 1>Spirit comes, which will come, which Luke will also document

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<v Speaker 1>in part two of his book, which is the Book

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<v Speaker 1>of Acts, which is not what we're going to study next.

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<v Speaker 1>I have done a study in the Book of Acts before.

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<v Speaker 1>If you want to continue on with this story, you

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<v Speaker 1>can go ahead and read on your own as Luke

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<v Speaker 1>continues this story in his second book, or you can

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<v Speaker 1>listen to those to the Bible Study podcast study on

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<v Speaker 1>the Book of Acts. You can find it on the

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<v Speaker 1>biblestudypodcast dot com or on your podcast feed. You're going

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<v Speaker 1>to have to go back a bit to find that.

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<v Speaker 1>But he says, I'm going to send you out with

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<v Speaker 1>what my father's promised. Stay in the city until you're

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<v Speaker 1>clothed with power. And then Luke closes this first of

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<v Speaker 1>two books with the ascension of Jesus. Then, when he

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<v Speaker 1>had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he

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<v Speaker 1>lifted up his hands and blessed them. While he was

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<v Speaker 1>blessing them, he left them and was taken up into Heaven.

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<v Speaker 1>They worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,

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<v Speaker 1>and they stayed continually at the temple praising God. Now

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<v Speaker 1>that's not again the end of the story. The story

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<v Speaker 1>continues on in Acts and will take up that story

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<v Speaker 1>from Jesus being ascended into Heaven in the Book of

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<v Speaker 1>Acts as well. And then, of course the Book of

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<v Speaker 1>Acts will continue this theme that we saw in the

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<v Speaker 1>Gospel of Luke, that all of this was intended for

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<v Speaker 1>every nation. That we see in these verses, we also

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<v Speaker 1>saw throughout the Book of Luke that was always Luke's

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<v Speaker 1>intention to get that story across. And it becomes even

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<v Speaker 1>more obvious in the Book of Acts that this is

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<v Speaker 1>not just for the Jews, in the same way that

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<v Speaker 1>this is not just for us. This is meant for

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<v Speaker 1>every nation. This is God's plan for bringing people back

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<v Speaker 1>to Him. And the calling that he gives these disciples

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<v Speaker 1>is the same calling that he gives to us to

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<v Speaker 1>spread this good news. And that wraps up the study

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<v Speaker 1>of Luke. I still haven't dicided for sure, but I

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<v Speaker 1>think next time, I'm actually doing something very different. We're

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<v Speaker 1>going to go back in the Old Testament and we're

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<v Speaker 1>going to look at the belevitical law. This has been

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<v Speaker 1>a book that I'll tell you next time why I

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<v Speaker 1>have been avoiding doing a study on this for a while.

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<v Speaker 1>But we'll get into that next time, so you'll have

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<v Speaker 1>to come back. So with that, we're going to end

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<v Speaker 1>this episode of the Bible Study Podcast. If you have

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<v Speaker 1>any questions, send an email to Chris toxedgmail dot com, or,

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