I wasn't on the Emmaus Road

The account of the two disciples travelling on the Emmaus road holds within it some captivating pictures. What a wonderful sermon they heard from 'stranger' who joined them that day. Why were they leaving Jerusalem when the news was spreading about the resurrection of Jesus? How wonderful to sit at the table and have the 'stranger' break unleavened bread only to leave them there and then. Luke 24 has the details on which the following poem is based.

I didn’t travel the Emmaus Road

 

I didn’t walk the Emmaus Road

Where two disciples strode,

Wondering about the news told

Of the Lord’s rising from the tomb,

And the joy replacing disciples’ gloom.

When joined by a stranger

Who asked “what news from Jerusalem?”

They talked of Christ’s resurrection.

The stranger then shared a lecture

About prophecies in their Scripture

Concerning the coming Messiah.

 

I wasn’t there at the Emmaus Road venue

Where those three shared in the menu.

It was the second day of Unleavened Bread

Celebrating a Nation redeemed from the dead,

Israel’s deliverance from Egyptian bondage,

To become a Nation to do homage

To the Great ‘I Am’, and the Passover Lamb.

And remember their call to the Promised Land.

It was when the stranger broke the bread

They knew He was the Lamb of God,

Jesus the Messiah, risen from the dead,

 

 

Though He vanished from their sight,              

Eternal day has replaced Sin’s eternal night.

When we receive Jesus as our Lord and Saviour

There's born within the heart a desire to sing

And gather together to remember Him

As the Passover Lamb, taking our place

 in agony, bearing our judgement and disgrace,

Destroying death's power by His sacrifice,
Fulfilling all of Heaven's demands for justice.
Now as the forgiven, we make the Communion time
Our testimony that Jesus is Lord and proclaim -
He is risen!
Christ Has risen from the dead

Hallelujah!

copyright Ray Hawkins