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MAY 10
32 He who disdains instruction despises
his own soul,
But he who heeds rebuke gets
understanding. 24:45 opened their understanding. He
The fear of the LORD is the instruction undoubtedly taught them from the Old
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of wisdom, Testament, as He had on the road to Emmaus.
And before honor is humility. But the gist of the expression also seems to
convey a supernatural opening of their minds
Luke 24:36–53
to receive the truths He unfolded. Whereas
Now as they said these things, Jesus
36 their understanding was once dull (9:45), they
Himself stood in the midst of them, and said to finally saw clearly (see Ps. 119:18; Is. 29:18,19;
them, “Peace to you.” But they were terrified 2Cor. 3:14–16).
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and frightened, and supposed they had seen a
spirit. And He said to them, “Why are you
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troubled? And why do doubts arise in your 46 Then He said to them, “Thus it is written,
hearts? Behold My hands and My feet, that it and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suf-
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is I Myself. Handle Me and see, for a spirit does fer and to rise from the dead the third day,
not have flesh and bones as you see I have.” 47 and that repentance and remission of sins
When He had said this, He showed them His should be preached in His name to all nations,
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hands and His feet. But while they still did not beginning at Jerusalem. And you are wit-
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believe for joy, and marveled, He said to them, nesses of these things. Behold, I send the
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“Have you any food here?” So they gave Him a Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in
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piece of a broiled fish and some honeycomb. the city of Jerusalem until you are endued
And He took it and ate in their presence. with power from on high.”
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Then He said to them, “These are the And He led them out as far as Bethany, and
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words which I spoke to you while I was still He lifted up His hands and blessed them. Now
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with you, that all things must be fulfilled which it came to pass, while He blessed them, that He
were written in the Law of Moses and the was parted from them and carried up into heav-
Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.” en. And they worshiped Him, and returned to
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And He opened their understanding, that Jerusalem with great joy, and were continually
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they might comprehend the Scriptures. in the temple praising and blessing God. Amen.
DAY 9:What was the resurrected body of Christ like?
In Luke 24:31,it tells us that after the two men had traveled with Jesus on the road to Emmaus,
“their eyes were opened,” i.e., by God.They had been sovereignly kept from recognizing Him until
this point (v. 16). His resurrection body was glorified and altered from its previous appearance (see
John’s description in Rev. 1:13–16), and this surely explains why even Mary did not recognize Him
at first (John 20:14–16). But in this case, God actively intervened to keep them from recognizing
Him until it was time for Him to depart.
“He vanished from their sight.”His resurrection body,though real and tangible (John 20:27)—
and even capable of ingesting earthly food (vv. 42,43)—nonetheless possessed certain properties
that indicate it was glorified, altered in a mysterious way (1 Cor. 15:35–54; Phil. 3:21). Christ could
appear and disappear bodily, as seen in this text. His body could pass through solid objects—such
as the graveclothes (v.12) or the walls and doors of a closed room (John 20:19,26).He could appar-
ently travel great distances in a moment, for by the time these disciples returned to Jerusalem,
Christ had already appeared to Peter (v. 34).The fact that He ascended into heaven bodily demon-
strated that His resurrection body was already fit for heaven.Yet it was His body, the same one that
was missing from the tomb, even retaining identifying features such as the nail wounds (John
20:25–27). He was no ghost or phantom.
May 10 when his brothers and all his father’s house
heard it, they went down there to him. And
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everyone who was in distress, everyone who
was in debt, and everyone who was discon-
1 Samuel 22:1–23:29
tented gathered to him. So he became captain
David therefore departed from there over them. And there were about four hundred
22 and escaped to the cave of Adullam. So men with him.
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