Fourth Appearance

Our Lord's fourth appearance was to two disciples on their way from Jerusalem to a village called Emmaus. They were discussing the strange things that had happened at Jerusalem. They had been told by the women who had been to the sepulcher that they had seen the Lord. The women had been told by the angels that He was risen from the dead. As they were going the Lord Jesus Christ walked a long distance with the two disciples expounding to them the scriptures with great authority, but they could not recognize Him. In the evening when He came to stay with them at their own request, at the meal, according to the Jewish practice, He took bread, gave thanks and broke it. Then they recognized Him; in the act of breaking of bread they remembered what He said at the time of the last supper, "Take, eat, this is my body, which is broken for you." Now they understood the significance of His statement that He was going to give His body to be broken, His precious blood to be shed, as atonement for the sins of all people.

It is only as we thank our Lord with all our hearts for dying Himself for our sake. For dying upon the cross for our sins and giving His whole-body to be broken for us, than we begin to experience this wonderful power of resurrection. That is way our worship gathering on Sunday morning around the Lord’s Table is so precious and helpful. We have seen that wherever believers have learnt to gather together Sunday by Sunday around the Lord’s Table to remember His death in the manner He taught and to spent sufficient time in pure heartfelt worship and then taking part in the Lord’s table after searching their hearts and putting things right, there has been spiritual growth and enlargement. Unfortunately the Lord’s Table has become a ritual and ceremony for many believers. They do not realize the value of pure worship before taking part in the Lord’s Table. That is why their lives remain barren and comparatively dry. It is very important for believers to learn to worship the Lord around His Table. Then there will be very rapid growth in them spiritually and they will grow in the grace and knowledge of the God.