Re:Verse passage – Luke 24:45-53 (day three)
“You are witnesses of these things.”
The passage states that Jesus “opened their minds to understand the scriptures.” This action Jesus took was not a hidden, mysterious process. Rather, the gospel writer goes on to explain what Jesus actually did in opening the disciples’ minds: he identified recent events with the scriptures’ teaching about the Messiah, and he confirmed that they had experienced what it’s like when prophecies get fulfilled. In other words, he reframed everything they had been through so that they could see it in a new way – if they would. The Lord continually brings people to this new kind of sight. Later, Paul says, “in my weakness I am strong.” That’s not a word game. He’s saying that weakness partners him with the Lord in a way he could not have otherwise experienced. God can reframe your life that way.
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Bryan, as Glen and I get older, “hind sight” takes on a whole new perspective in life and scripture that we didn’t see before. I guess the fact that the disciples were fully human also plays a part in their not grasping the picture until Jesus ascension. Praise GOD, HE understands our human condition!!