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.
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