“THEIR EYES WERE OPENED!”

 Luke 24:13-16                            (ESV)

[13] That very day two of them (disciples) were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, [14] and they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened. [15] While they were talking and discussing together, JESUS HIMSELF drew near and went with them. [16] But THEIR EYES WERE KEPT FROM RECOGNIZING HIM.

Luke 24:31

Then “THEIR EYES WERE OPENED” and THEY RECOGNIZED HIM; and HE vanished from their sight.

A few months ago I wrote about people who share PROPAGANDA, intentionally sharing “misinformation, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.”  “This world” has become inundated with people who are convinced that what they believe to be true is the right way, regardless of whether it lines up with Scripture or not. Only when “THEIR EYES ARE OPENED” can they SEE and RECOGNIZE TRUTH! 

In Luke 24 JESUS came up on TWO OF THEM, HIS disciples, and carried on a extensive conversation with them.  But they WERE KEPT FROM RECOGNIZING HIM, even though they had spent the prior three years being mentored by HIM.  They knew and loved JESUS, but JESUS kept them from recognizing HIM for a specific purpose.  

In Luke 24:31 “”THEIR EYES WERE OPENED” and THEY RECOGNIZED HIM; and HE vanished from their sight”!  JESUS had been with them and conversed for a lengthy period.  Yet HE allowed THEIR EYES to be opened, to SEE TRUTH (John 14:6) right before HE vanished from their sight!  Although “THEIR EYES WERE OPENED”, they couldn’t SEE HIM because HE vanished from their sight!  

We need to be THANKFUL for SEEING TRUTH when it is REVEALED to us.  Just because we are HIS disciples doesn’t mean that HIS PLAN will be for us to have our EYES behold HIM and HIS GLORY!  These disciples walked and talked with JESUS on the road to Emmaus, but their EYES were unable to identify HIM.  FATHER IN HEAVEN, may I stay so IN TOUCH with JESUS that when “THEIR EYES WERE OPENED” and THEY RECOGNIZED HIM that I won’t miss HIM in my presence!!!