The Sunset Road To Emmaus

Luke 24:15-16  

"And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, 

Jesus himself drew near, and went with them. But their eyes 

were holden that they should not know him."

    It tells of two men who were walking towards the sunset. The Sunset was the very reason why they did not recognize Jesus.  Because, Emmaus was west of Jerusalem, and the sun was sinking, and the setting sun so dazzled them that they did not know their Lord. However that may be, it is true that the Christian is a man who walks not towards the sunset but towards the sunrise.

   The whole situation seemed to these two men that their hopes and dreams was shattered. There was bewildered regret and sorrow in their words, when they told the stranger about the trial and crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus had met and talked with them on the road to Emmaus. They had an ordinary meal in an ordinary house with an ordinary loaf that they broke together, that is when they recognized Jesus.and the meaning of life became clear and the darkness became light. 

   My Friends, It is only in Jesus that, even in the bewildering times, we learn what life means. these two men, when they received such great joy, hastened to share it. It was a seven mile trip back to Jerusalem, but they could not keep the good news to themselves. The Christian message is never fully ours until we have shared it with someone else. The Christian goes onwards, not to a night which falls, but to a dawn which breaks, and that is what, in their sorrow and their disappointment, the two on the Emmaus road had not realized.

Amen!

Reading; Luke 24:13-35

Ref: HG SB; BSB

May God Bless You

And Your Family

Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.

The Cross Life Ministry