Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble, and I'm your host for the Bible Recap.

If you're doing our New Testament plan, today we finished our third and fourth books,

and if you're doing the whole Bible, we finished our 42nd and 43rd books. Congratulations.

After the incredible resurrection events we read about yesterday, all of Jesus followers are buzzing about it.

While two of his followers are making the seven-mile trip from Jerusalem to Emmaus, it's all they can talk about.

At this point, it's still Sunday, Resurrection Day, and it's probably mid-afternoon.

Another man runs into them on their trip, but God keeps them from seeing that it's Jesus. Maybe something is different about his resurrection body, or maybe it has something to do with the fact that his old tunic and turban, which cover most of a man's body, have been replaced with new clothes, and the body that was utterly destroyed a few days ago has miraculously healed.

As he does, Jesus asks a question he knows the answer to. So, uh, what are you guys talking about?

They're like, are you kidding me? What is anybody talking about? How have you not heard? They crucified a prophet named Jesus a few days ago, and we were pretty devastated because we hoped he was

the Messiah, but then today, we heard a rumor that some angels told some women that he was alive, and we were pretty devastated because we hoped he was the Messiah,

but then today we heard a rumor that some angels told some women that he was alive, and we don't know what to believe. Then Jesus does two things I find interesting. First, he calls them

slow of heart, not slow of mind, but slow of heart. Belief is in the heart. Second, he tells

them that all of this was necessary.

We've talked about this a few times before.

This has always been the plan from before God created the world.

Jesus unpackes the whole story from them from the beginning.

He points out that He, well, Jesus is all throughout the Old Testament.

Of all the conversations in all of Scripture, I think this is the one I most want in on.

I see Jesus all through the pages of Scripture, but I bet there are still some Easter eggs in there,

pun intended, that he pointed out to them that I've never noticed. If you have a hard time seeing Jesus in the Old Testament,

that's your challenge for when we read through this again next year. He's all over the place, not just in the New Testament. As they get closer to Amas, Jesus does that thing where he pretends he's going to keep going, but then he doesn't. He did that when he was walking on water, remember? They convince him to stay for dinner, and when he blesses the food, their eyes are open to recognize him. Jesus loves surprising people. First, Mary, now these guys. But as soon as they

recognize him, he vanishes. Jesus could always do this, so it may or may not be related to his

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