Luke 24:17-21 ~ What are you discussing together

Matthew 27: 62-66

62 The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate. 63 "Sir," they said, "we remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, 'After three days I will rise again.' 64 So give the order for the tomb to be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come and steal the body and tell the people that he has been raised from the dead. This last deception will be worse than the first."

65 "Take a guard," Pilate answered. "Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how." 66 So they went and made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the stone and posting the guard.

Holy Saturday, the day the Soldiers were sent to guard the Tomb of the Son of God.

Don't you wonder? 
What it was the day like to stand next to the grave of the man all of Israel knew healed them all?

Matthew 14:14

And when Jesus went out He saw a great multitude; and He was moved with compassion for them, and healed their sick.

Matthew 19:2

And great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them there.

Luke 24:17-21

17 He asked them, “What are you discussing together as you walk along?”

They stood still, their faces downcast. 

18 One of them, named Cleopas, asked him, 

“Are you the only one visiting Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?”

19 “What things?” he asked.

“About Jesus of Nazareth,” they replied. 

“He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people. 20 The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; 21 but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel."

Isaiah 49:6

He says: “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the preserved of Israel; I will make you as a light for the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”

Acts 13:47

For this is what the Lord has commanded us: 'I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.'"

Acts 26:23

The Christ would suffer, and as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles."

Isaiah 42:6

"I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations"

Isaiah 45:22

Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.

Isaiah 51:4

Pay attention to Me, My people, and listen to Me, My nation; for a law will go out from Me, and My justice will become a light to the nations; I will bring it about quickly.

How impossibly possible our Father God, God of Love, would call the soldiers following orders to murder His Son would have His Church bloom His Love and His Hope and His Faith and His Encouragement.

The Word of God is Victorious. We can see His Words and Deeds and Victory in our world today. The Word of God is Active and Living. Knowing the Scriptures and the Power of God Himself. The Zacchaeus Word of God was active on Holy Saturday as the Church Jesus spoke of in Caesarea would move forth and begin in the home city of the Soldiers. The Word of God is Alive and Living Today.

Luke 19:5-10

When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today.” 

6 So he hurried and came down and received him joyfully. 

7 And when they saw it, they all grumbled, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.” 

8 And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold.” 

9 And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

Royal Stoaa and the First Vatican before the fire in 1400 A.D.

Abba, You are our Beloved Father, Giving us Jesus,

Because of the tender mercy
of our God,
the sunrise shall visit us from on High
Giving light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
Guiding our feet into the way of peace.

Jesus Christ, live in us every day in Your Willing Blessings.
We thank You for Your Graciousness Shining upon us.

Lift Your Face to Shine upon us and our family.
Bless us with Your own Peace.

Cover us for Eternity in the Name of Jesus Christ, God's Only Son.
And Your Blessings will endure forever. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †