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*From Sunset to Dawn*
*Luke 24:13-35*
*Opening Illustration*
v End of Ocean’s Eleven
Ø Standing in front of the fountain at the Bellagio
§ 11 men who came together to pull off the biggest heist in history
· Their cause holding them together now gone
¨ They slowly disperse
Ø One by one
v That is the scene before us today in our text
Ø The empty tomb left many wondering what had happened
§ Not just Peter
· *But wonder was not enough to keep the rag-tag group of Jesus-followers together*
¨ They had come to Jerusalem 7 days earlier, Palm Sunday, on a high
Ø Believing that Jesus was going to do something great!
v What they got was a crucified prophet…a humiliated teacher
Ø A dead end for all the disciples
§ So they began to disperse…break up…go home
· The cause holding them together no longer remained
v So we pick up our story with two of them leaving Jerusalem on their way back home to Emmaus
*READ v. 13-14*
*Unbelief*
v So here we meet two dejected disciples wallowing in their unbelief
Ø Cleopas and an unnamed disciple
§ On a 2 hour journey to Emmaus
v They are discussing between themselves all that has happened in the last several days
Ø Triumphal entry
Ø The cleansing of the temple
Ø The confrontations with the elders, Pharisees and scribes in the temple all week
Ø The Passover meal they shared
§ And the strange twist Jesus put on it
Ø The Garden experience
Ø The arrest of their rabbi
Ø The many hurried trials
Ø The horrible death
Ø The mystery of the empty tomb
v The road is teeming with people leaving the Passover celebration
Ø And as they are talking…
§ A stranger begins keeping pace with them and engages them in conversation
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*READ V. 15-19a*
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v This story is so well known and loved for many reasons
Ø But surely one of them is that we are on the inside
§ We know who this stranger is…Jesus
· And it makes it exciting
v For whatever reason, Jesus lets on that he does not know what has taken place
Ø Some suggest that he is testing his disciples
Ø Some believe that he is using a typical rabbinic style of teaching
§ But for whatever reason…
· This prompts the two disciples to tell the fellow pilgrim the story…
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*READ 19b-24*
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v The two disciples tell the hidden Jesus a story
Ø But it is a story of lost hope
v Their hope was lost because *they thought they had found the Messiah*
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21a ~~ /we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel/
§ You see…
· The disciples’ hope was crushed because they were looking for the triumphant Messiah
¨ Not the suffering Messiah
· They believed that this Jesus was going to */redeem/* Israel in the political or physical sense, meaning…
¨ Kick the Romans out
¨ Restore Israel’s pre-eminence
¨ Reclaim the empty throne of David
¨ Rule with scepter and staff once again
Ø They were looking for the physical, not the spiritual
Ø They were looking for the crown, not the cross
Ø I wonder how many Christians get disillusioned for the same reason these two did
§ Start following Jesus thinking that everything in this life will be OK now
· *The longer I am a Pastor…*
¨ The more I find it my job to inform Christians that that is not the case
Ø My job is to prepare you for the difficulties, hardships, tribulations of being a Christian this side of Glory
Ø To undo the health~/wealth type of doctrine that is preached so often
Secondly…
v Their hope was lost because *it was the third day*
Ø Even though they knew Jesus died on the cross
§ There was a glimmer of hope that he would return three days later
· He had told them over and over again
¨ /‘Handed over to chief priests, will be killed, three days later I will rise again’/
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Ø In the darkest of times, people will hang on to even the remotest of hopes
§ And Jesus returning was just that for these disciples
· The remotest of hopes
Ø So these two disciples stayed until the third day
§ When they did not *see* him return…
· They left
v And that is the last reason for their lost hope…
Ø They did not see him
v Their hope was lost that because *they did not see*
Ø They tell of what the women experienced
Ø And then they say something interesting…
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24 ~~* /Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, *but him they did not see*/
· They did not see him
¨ They did not believe the empty tomb because they did not *see* the risen Christ
Ø Even though all the evidence was there
Ø We depend so heavily on our sight
§ Let me ask you a question:
· Would your faith be stronger…
· Would you have more faith…
· Would you follow Jesus more diligently if you saw the risen Christ?
§ The Scripture overwhelmingly teach that seeing the supernatural *does not* inspire greater faith or dedication
· Look at the Jews in the wilderness
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