Our Hearts Burning

April 05|Road to Resurrection Series

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TODAY’S SCRIPTURE

When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight. Luke 24:30-31

Read: Luke 24:28-32
Listen: Luke 24

TODAY’S MESSAGE

At the end of the journey, Jesus goes into their home, and they eat together. At the meal, two things happen that point back to the resurrection of Jesus in a powerful way. First, the phrases Luke records about breaking bread and giving thanks are the same as those used in the story of the Last Supper (Luke 22:19). There, Jesus shares what was about to happen to him. Here, Luke completes the powerful message of the cross with the resurrection’s completion and victory.

The passage also says, “Their eyes were opened.” This phrase points back to Genesis 3:6-7 when Adam and Eve ate the fruit and “their eyes were opened.” Adam and Eve’s eyes opened because they sinned. It was a sign that creation had been broken. Here, these same words signal Jesus’s restoration of creation.

This week, we saw two hopeless people walking away from Jerusalem. Yet, at the end of their journey, they learned about the true source of their hope—Jesus Christ. Through his death and resurrection, we find forgiveness and restoration. That is the message of Easter—Jesus has risen. He has defeated sin and death, and he invites us into his victory and the restoration of all things.

TODAY: Listen to the Ada Bible Worship Team sing “Resurrecting.” Worship Jesus for who he is and what he accomplished through his death and resurrection. Allow the song to remind you of where our true hope comes from.