New Thru 30 - Day 8 - Luke 15-24

Seeing Jesus

In today's reading we walked thru Luke's presentation of the death and resurrection of Jesus. Luke puts a lot of emphasis on seeing or not seeing Jesus.

The death of Jesus is recorded in Luke 23:44-49. The centurion (47) and the crowds (48) both "saw" Jesus die. The acquaintances of Jesus (49) stood at a distance "watching" him die.

The burial of Jesus is recorded in Luke 23:50-56. The women (55) who watched him die "saw" the tomb and saw how his body was laid in the tomb.

The resurrection of Jesus is recorded in Luke 24:1-12. Peter ran to the tomb when the women told him that Jesus was risen. When he got to the tomb Peter (12) began "looking" in it and he "saw" that Jesus was not there.

The remainder of chapter 24 contains various post resurrection appearances of Jesus. In verse 39 he tells his disciples, "See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me, and see."

The death of Jesus was real. The burial of Jesus was real. The resurrection of Jesus was real. The post-resurrection appearances of Jesus were real. We know this because people have seen it all with their eyes and recorded it for us.

Praise God that one day our faith will become sight.