Come and See: The Glory

Since the fall into sin, the hope of God’s people was tied to the Messiah whom God has promised would crush the serpent’s head. What most had forgotten was that the serpent would also strike the Messiah’s heel. Eternal life with God hinged on the sacrificial death and victorious resurrection of Christ. God had carried this ancient hope in his Word through the ages. How did the disciples fail to anticipate the resurrection? How did the teachers and people of Israel fail to see the Messiah God had promised and delivered? They let their wants and cultural expectations color their view of Scripture, and hope was lost. But God restored this ancient hope by raising Jesus from the dead and pointing his people back to his promises. As two discouraged disciples traveled to Emmaus, the Messiah made his way alongside them—opening the Scriptures and lighting their hearts on fire. Our living Savior does the same today, as he illuminates his Word by the Light of the World and moves us from foolishness to wisdom and transforms hearts that are slow to believe into those who are on fire for the kingdom of God.