After
His resurrection, Jesus appeared to two people on the road to Emmaus.
They walked and talked with him as the traveled, but didn’t recognize
Him. Mostly they talked about the miraculous things that had
happened—the resurrection of Jesus Christ. There is a profound irony
here that while speaking of Him, they didn’t know Him.
Sometimes
we as mortals have this same experience. We speak of the Savior, marvel
at His goodness and miracles, yet we don’t know Him. In other words, we
know about Him without knowing Him. But as Jesus taught, “This is life
eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ,
whom thou hast sent” (John 17:3).
So how did the people of the
road to Emmaus finally come to know Jesus? It didn’t happen until they
sat down to eat with Him. At that point Jesus took bread, blessed it,
broke it, and gave it to them to eat. Obviously there this is symbolic
of the sacrament and as the two people ate we are told, “Their eyes were
opened, and they knew him” (Luke 24:30).
There is a great lesson
in this story for us. Yes, we need to study His words and learn all we
can about Jesus, but one of the ways we will really come to know Him is
through the sacrament. If partaken of with real intent and feeling, the
sacrament will open our eyes, also.
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I'm so thankful for the Atonement and the sacrament that reminds us of it each week. :)
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