RECALIBRATION 7
Saint Luke's Gospel 24:27 "And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all scriptures the things concerning himself.
I intend to take this teaching further from where we concluded in my last post because there's a very strong conviction and witnesses of the realities of Christ in my spirit. We saw from our anchor scripture in my last post how that the entirety of scriptures testifies about one persona; the man Christ Jesus, the revelation of Christ were in types and shadows in the old testament, it takes only the discerning to decipher and unlock him and for this to find expression there must be accurate bible study. Telling us Jesus is not in the old testament is the proof that you lack proper bible study and interpretation; this will lead to the burden for today.
As referenced in our anchor scripture today we saw Jesus organized a christocentric conference for two disciples who were puzzled on their way to Emmaus still doubting the authenticity of Jesus' resurrection while they commune and reasoned amongst themselves Jesus joined their conversation and querying them, wanting to know the content of their conversation and they began some narratives which of course reveals the status of their unbelief.
Then Jesus interrupted them with an alarming statement "O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: Ought not Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into his glory?... The phrase 'O fools' isn't actually an insult but that phrase reveals the state of their spiritual stature. It's a pain in the heart of God that many believers are still camped in this economy of "O fools".. Some persons have been born again for donkey years but are still immature , their spiritual stature is still epileptic because they are Knowledge bankrupt. Knowledge deficiency is a pointer to your immaturity.
However we saw Jesus began a doctrine seminar for this envoys with the aim of installing a recent operating system into them and update them with reality of the immortals but this update started from the beginning; so beginning at Moses, this bible study exercise had a curriculum which began with Moses and by that I mean the pentateuch( 5 books of Moses) and all the prophets and he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning HIMSELF.
Jesus' goal in this doctrine session is to reveal HIMSELF to them from the old testament just as Paul was separated from his mother's womb for Jesus to be revealed in him (Gal 1:16). Please note that you're the Revelator(Vessel) not the Revelation(Content).
The word expounded in that passage is "diermeneuo" which means 1, to unfold 2, to explain thoroughly so it means the disciples needed a thorough tutelage, tutorship and an unfolding. This is what Jesus wants to achieve with believers today unveiling himself unto us but unfortunately our mentors have taking His place though they're needful but not at the detriment of primary class sessions with Jesus.
To further corroborate our object of contemplation let's flip through to the 44th verse of that same passage " And he said unto them, these are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses and in the prophets and in the psalms CONCERNING ME.. These were Jesus' direct words when he invaded his disciples where they were gathered meanwhile the only way they could grasp this reality was for Jesus to employ a technology, so what he did was to open their understanding that they might understand the scriptures( verse 45). This now left me dumbfounded, does it mean the disciples were void of understanding? Yes they were.. Do not forget that after Jesus' resurrection he had to do 40 days conference for his disciples baptizing them into resurrection doctrine( Act 1:3). These teachings were necessary because when Jesus walked the earth they knew him after the flesh( 2 Cor 5:16) and the three( 3) who came close to an Infinitesimal knowledge of his glory on the mount he commanded them to tell no man the vision.
Accuracy with God is not only furnished by knowledge but by knowledge in synchrony with understanding. Do you remember the Ethiopian eunuch in Acts 8, the eunuch was helpless when he got to a cross road in the scripture and was stuck but Philip joined his chariot as instructed and found him reading the book of Esaias the prophet and he asked him understandeth what thou readest? The eunuch replied how can I, except some man should guide me and verse 35 that catches my attention the bible says then Philip opened his mouth and began at the same scripture (old testament) and preached unto him JESUS. There are teachings being peddled undermining the potency of the old testament in fact it was even said that Jesus in his time also preached the law thereby invalidating the synoptic gospels meanwhile this peddled gospel gave premium only to Pauline epistles. Please don't fall for that crap, the bible is a compendium of realities centered around a character (Christ), every other characters points to him.
We'll look into the finished work of Christ in my next piece taking our bearing from the compartmentalized tabernacle. My Labour in all of these pieces is to reveal Jesus and Him alone crucified.
Are you blessed?
Stay blessed and remain connected.
Shalom
Karounwi Damilola Gabriel
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