Christ's Resurrection

Christ arose, hallelujah!

After Jesus' resurrection he appeared in another form to two of his disciples on the Emmaus Road--a village a good distance away from Jerusalem (Luke 24 v. 13). According to a corresponding chapter, Mark 16 verse 12, they did not recognize him. But as they spoke with him, they were blessed by the things that He said. Jesus patiently reminded them of portions in the Scriptures that stated that Christ would suffer before entering into His glory.

After He stopped to eat with them, He blessed the bread and broke it. In that instant, the disciples' eyes were opened and they recognized Jesus. However He vanished from out of their sight.

Full of joy, these disciples rushed back to Jerusalem to inform the eleven other disciples. Consequently they were all together in one room when the Lord appeared to them again saying, "Peace be unto you." Stunned and afraid, the group believed that he was a spirit. In order to quiet their fears, Jesus showed them the nailprints in His hands and His feet. "A spirit does not have flesh and bones as you can see that I have," Jesus said. He also ate broiled fish and honeycomb to offer further proof that he was a living being. The Lord then reminded them of statements he had made prior to his crucifixion. But He hadn't come to remain with them forever, teaching and preaching, for the scriptures and prophecies (including Moses and the prophets) that foretold of His sacrifice for our sins had to be fulfilled. The Christ was to suffer and die, then rise from the dead on the third day in order to secure our future, show us our need for repentance and for the remission of our sins. All this was to be preached among all the nations in the Christ's name after He had passed through all these things.

Jesus then led them to Bethany and blessed them. As His blessing was still ringing in their ears, He was carried up into heaven before their eyes. The group of rejoicing disciples then worshipped him and returned to Jerusalem, where they praised and worshipped God and his Son daily in the temple.

Jesus said in John 12 v. 26, "If any man would serve me, let him follow me, and where I am there he will be also."

Luke Chapter 24 v. 13, 26, 30, 31, 33, 36, 39, 46, 47, 51
Mark Chapter 16 v. 12
John Chapter 12 v. 26