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They had a clear word from heaven. “After I arise again, I’ll
meet you in Galilee.” The angels told them to go to Galilee.
Jesus told them to go to Galilee. So, these seven disciples go to
Galilee. Why did they go to Galilee? They went to see the risen
Savior. He invited them to go see Him alive. That was in their
hearts; to go meet the risen Savior. But at this time He didn’t
give them an address. He didn’t say, “Go to 35 Jerusalem
Avenue.” He just said, “Go to Galilee.”

The prophet Amos in chapter 3 says, “Can two men walk
together if they haven’t agreed?” So, they are going to Galilee.
Galilee is a big place. He didn’t say where to go. He just said,
“Go to Galilee.” Galilee is a region. There’s an upper Galilee
and a lower Galilee. He didn’t tell them what city. He didn’t
say, “Meet me by the sea.” He didn’t say, “I’ll meet you at the
base of the mountain.” Where were they going to go?

I can picture these disciples discussing it. “Maybe we should
go to Cana in Galilee. That’s where he did His first miracle.”
Someone else might have said, “No, no. Maybe it’s Nazareth.
That’s in Galilee. That was his boyhood town.” Someone else
might have said, “Let’s go to Capernaum. That’s where He did
so many miracles. That’s in Galilee.” Another might have said,
“I think we should go to Mount Carmel.” Do you see how
vague that command was? He puts it in your heart, “Go see the
risen Savior,” but you don’t know where to go.

They finally came to a decision, “Let’s go to the Sea of Galilee.
That’s where He walked on water and that’s where He
multiplied the fish. It was on the shores of Galilee that He fed
the multitude. That’s where Peter caught the fish with the coin
lodged in the gill. That’s where Peter lent Jesus his boat and
Jesus preached from the boat.” So, they went to Galilee.

John 21:3, “Simon Peter said to them, ‘I am going fishing.’
They said to him, ‘We will also come with you.’ They went
out, and got into the boat; and that night they caught nothing.”
When they go to Galilee they aren’t sure that is the right place.