Day Seven 3-29

I'm moving on the the Why? part of studying this passage (Luke 24:13-35). Some questions that have flooded my mind as I read over the entire passage are...Why include this particular event in the Bible? Why did Jesus take the time to visit these men? Why did Jesus do the things He did? Why did He not do some things, like reveal Himself do them in the beginning? Why take the time to explain what was said about Him in the Scriptures? Had they not already heard this or were familiar with it? What does it mean to have the Scriptures opened to them and have I ever experienced that? Is this event in any of the other Gospels?

I realize there are some things I can't answer and some answers don't matter really to the big scheme of things, but I like thinking deeper about all this and investing the time to dig into the Word. If anything, it has helped me become more in tune with Luke and most importantly, the character of Jesus. 

It is interesting to see that Mark is the only other Gospel writer to include this event, however it is only 2 verses. Some of the Gospels make it seems as if the actual ascension (post-context) was restricted to the 11 disciples, but it doesn't seem that way in Luke. So, I may have been wrong earlier when talking about the 2 men's reward being that they got to see Jesus ascend, but I don't know. I'd have to do some deeper investigating about that. Either way, I do think their doubts were subsided and they took it upon themselves to spread the good news, but that is speculation of course, unless they are mentioned later in Paul's writing? The other Gospel writers do, however mention Jesus visiting others that Luke does not. I think throughout the Gospels, God wanted us to see various perspectives and encounters written from all the authors. I think it would be less credible if they were all the exact same accounts word for word. I'm not sure why people have such a hard time with that aspect of the gospels.

During my "Be Still and Listen" part of my QT at the end, I thought it was made pretty clear to me that it was great I was spending all this time in Bible study, but I needed to make sure I was balancing my time with focused prayer as well. You got it Lord. Thanks.