A Walk Together Along The Emmaus Road

We joyously dedicate this website to the Lord Jesus Christ, the only Savior of mankind.

In particular, we seek to show that Jesus is truly the great theme of the Old Testament Scriptures, that His suffering and glory constitute the gospel message of Moses and all the prophets (Luke 24:27), and that He is also the great Song of all the psalmists of Israel (Luke 24:44). All creation was made by Him (John 1:3); all things are for Him (Rev 4:11); everything is held together by Him (Col 1:17), and so it is necessary that all the Scriptures should bear witness to Him (John 5:39).

The method by which the Old Testament Scriptures display Jesus is typology. Read the article: Typology and Reformed Exegesis

The essays, notes, sermons, and comments on this site are set forth to expand and enlarge our imagination so that we might understand and treasure the truths hidden in Holy Scripture about Jesus. May the Lord bless us in the journey, and may our hearts, like the Emmaus disciples, “burn within us” as the Lord opens to us the Scriptures (Luke 24:32), as He opens our minds to a greater understanding of all that was written about Him (Luke 24:45), and as He opens our eyes to recognize Him in the breaking of the bread (Luke 24:31).

Sep 17

A Biblical “Open” Theology

Posted by Warren Gage on Wednesday Sep 17, 2008 Under Kingdom of God, Theology

“And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb”  Luke 24:2

The resurrection changes everything!  The stone rolled away from the tomb opened up an entirely new world. A brave new world! The evangelist Luke captures this new reality by telling us that Jesus, whose resurrection from death had opened the tomb, afterward opened the eyes of the Emmaus disciples to understand Christ’s suffering and glory from Moses and all the prophets (Luke 24:31).  Then they understood what Jesus had told them, for He had opened the Scriptures to them (Luke 24:32).  Later that day Jesus opened the minds of his disciples to understand all that Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms had intended concerning Him (Luke 24:45).

In other words, the open tomb becomes a symbol that finds its meaning in the human suffering and divine glory of Jesus.  The fact of the resurrection opens our understanding to the meaning of the Scriptures.  The resurrection is the key that unlocks the Bible.  It breaks the seals of the ancient scrolls and solves the riddles of revelation.  The stone rolled away from the tomb opens up nothing less than the door to a new creation.

Read the full article: A Biblical “Open” Theology

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