{"id":467,"date":"2022-07-26T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/?p=467&2022"},"modified":"2022-07-21T18:04:53","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T00:04:53","slug":"the-almost-missed-opportunity-luke-24-13-34","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/the-almost-missed-opportunity-luke-24-13-34\/","title":{"rendered":"The Almost Missed Opportunity: Luke 24:13-34"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"spoiler spoiler-style-2\"><div class=\"spoiler-title\">Focus Passage: Luke 24:13-34 (NASB)<\/div><div class=\"spoiler-content\" style=\"display: none;\"><p><sup>13<\/sup>\u00a0And behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was <span class=\"tooltiptrigger\">*<\/span><span class=\"tooltip\">Lit <em>60 stadia;<\/em> one stadion was about 600 ft<\/span>about seven miles from Jerusalem. <sup>14<\/sup>\u00a0And they were talking with each other about all these things which had taken place. <sup>15<\/sup>\u00a0While they were talking and discussing, Jesus Himself approached and <em>began<\/em> traveling with them. <sup>16<\/sup>\u00a0But their eyes were prevented from recognizing Him. <sup>17<\/sup>\u00a0And He said to them, <span class=\"red-letter\">&#8220;What are these words that you are exchanging with one another as you are walking?&#8221;<\/span> And they stood still, looking sad. <sup>18<\/sup>\u00a0One <em>of them,<\/em> named Cleopas, answered and said to Him, &#8220;Are You the only one visiting Jerusalem and unaware of the things which have happened here in these days?&#8221; <sup>19<\/sup>\u00a0And He said to them, <span class=\"red-letter\">&#8220;What things?&#8221;<\/span> And they said to Him, &#8220;The things about Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word in the sight of God and all the people, <sup>20<\/sup>\u00a0and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered Him to the sentence of death, and crucified Him. <sup>21<\/sup>\u00a0But we were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, it is the third day since these things happened. <sup>22<\/sup>\u00a0But also some women among us amazed us. When they were at the tomb early in the morning, <sup>23<\/sup>\u00a0and did not find His body, they came, saying that they had also seen a vision of angels who said that He was alive. <sup>24<\/sup>\u00a0Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just exactly as the women also had said; but Him they did not see.&#8221; <sup>25<\/sup>\u00a0And He said to them, <span class=\"red-letter\">&#8220;O foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!<\/span> <sup>26<\/sup>\u00a0<span class=\"red-letter\">Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?&#8221;<\/span> <sup>27<\/sup>\u00a0Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures. <\/p><p><sup>28<\/sup>\u00a0And they approached the village where they were going, and He acted as though He were going farther. <sup>29<\/sup>\u00a0But they urged Him, saying, &#8220;Stay with us, for it is <em>getting<\/em> toward evening, and the day is now nearly over.&#8221; So He went in to stay with them. <sup>30<\/sup>\u00a0When He had reclined <em>at the table<\/em> with them, He took the bread and blessed <em>it,<\/em> and breaking <em>it,<\/em> He <em>began<\/em> giving <em>it<\/em> to them. <sup>31<\/sup>\u00a0Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Him; and He vanished from their sight. <sup>32<\/sup>\u00a0They said to one another, &#8220;Were not our hearts burning within us while He was speaking to us on the road, while He was explaining the Scriptures to us?&#8221; <sup>33<\/sup>\u00a0And they got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and found gathered together the eleven and those who were with them, <sup>34<\/sup>\u00a0saying, &#8220;The Lord has really risen and has appeared to Simon.&#8221; <\/p><p class=\"passage-read-more\">Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=luke 24:13-34&amp;version=NASB\" title=\"Read the passage on BibleGateway.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"hyperlink-underlined\">Luke 24:13-34<\/a> in context and\/or in other translations on BibleGateway.com!<\/p><\/div><\/div>\r\n<p>Sometimes, when I read the gospels, I wonder what would have happened differently if one little detail changed. In our passage for this post, we have a clear case where if one little detail changed, then things would have gone way differently.<\/p>\r\n<p>The passage describes Jesus meeting the disciples on the road to Emmaus, which is about 7 miles away from Jerusalem. However, one little detail the passage shares is that the disciples eyes \u201c<strong>were prevented from recognizing Him.<\/strong>\u201d (v. 16)<\/p>\r\n<p>If we would change this one little detail, the whole trip to Emmaus would have gone much differently, and these disciples would have not hesitated to invite Jesus to their home to stay the night.<\/p>\r\n<p>However, because Jesus hid His identity, there is also another detail that is worth paying attention to: \u201c<strong>And they approached the village where they were going, and He acted as though He were going farther.\u00a0But they urged Him, saying, \u2018Stay with us, for it is\u00a0<em>getting<\/em>\u00a0toward evening, and the day is now nearly over.\u2019 So He went in to stay with them.<\/strong>\u201d (v. 28-29)<\/p>\r\n<p><em>If the disciples had not invited Jesus to stay with them, they would have missed realizing who He was.<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p>While they had developed a short friendship on the road traveling together, these disciples could have simply let their mysterious companion continue on His way, but then they would have had no idea this was Jesus walking with them.<\/p>\r\n<p>Instead, as the verses describe, these disciples urged Jesus to stay with them, and they then discover who their new Friend was.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>This leads me to believe that I am fully capable of choosing things that cause me to miss out on discovering Jesus.<\/strong> The places I go and the things I do have a direct connection to whether I see Jesus in the world today \u2013 though I might add that this is not literally as much as it is figuratively and symbolically.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>The disciples had to make the clear choice to invite Jesus to stay, and that means that we must clearly make the choice to look for Jesus, and be ready to recognize Him when He chooses to reveal Himself.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<div id=\"aj-wrap-up--467\" class=\"aj-wrap-up\"><p><em>This thought was inspired by studying the <strong>Walking With Jesus<\/strong> \u201cReflective Bible Study\u201d package. 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