The Emmaus Experience - Part 2

As you can see, this is a continuation of the previous post. My apologies for the extended gap of time between this and the previous post.

The two disciples were kept from seeing Jesus in the flesh because the Lord wanted them to see Him in all the fullness of scriptures and so their eyes were only opened when they partook of the communion - an act that Jesus Himself encouraged us all to do as often as we can; we need not wait until Sunday or when we are in church to partake of the communion but we can do so as often as we wished.

Pastor Prince of New Creation Church shared an amazing truth a few Sundays ago when he preached on the Emmaus Experience. At the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve ate of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil and immediately their eyes were opened and they saw their nakedness and went to cover themselves with fig leaves (Genesis 3:7) as they heard the Lord approaching. Actually the Lord was there all the time but they did not realized it. Sin came in after Adam and Eve disobeyed God and ate from the very tree that the Lord had told them not to eat of and this resulted in their physical separation from God and eventual demise at age 930 (the Lord had told them that they will die the day they ate of the fruit - a day to the Lord could be taken as 1000 years).

But when Cleopas and his wife partook of the holy communion that evening, something miraculous happened. Their eyes too were opened but instead of seeing themselves condemned, they saw the Lord and what He had accomplished for them (and us) and they believed. Because they saw Jesus in all His loveliness and the perfection of His work for us on the cross, now they began to enjoy a renewal of their bodies. And they decided to go back to Jerusalem (which is about 11 KM away from Emmaus where they stayed) to tell the rest of the disciples of the good news that He had appeared to them even though it was already getting late. I believe that they received supernatural strength as they ate of the bread and drank of the cup. Of course, even as the eyes of Cleopas and his wife were opened, Jesus disappeared from before them and immediately He appeared before His 10 apostles, who were so scared that they bolted the door, to encourage them.

Incidentally, Emmaus in Hebrew means Healing Baths (the Romans of the day actually built bath houses (hot-springs) in that area) and this was exactly what Mr & Mrs Cleopas experienced that day and what a bath it must have been for their lives were radically changed. What an experience they had and I am glad to inform you that this same bath can be yours when you so desire in your hearts. I do believe Jesus wants each and everyone of us to experience that warm bath ourselves at first hand rather than through reading the accounts in the bible.