Ought Christ to have Suffered? - Luke 24:26

Luke the beloved physician shared how Jesus said to the two disciples on the way to Emmaus, “O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:”, and in chapter twenty-four and verse twenty-six of his book Luke shared how Jesus says, “ought not Christ to have suffered these things” where we read:

Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?

The verse reads, “Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, ...” Luke began with the words, “Ought not Christ” or “was it necessary and binding that the anointed One, the Messiah and Son of God” “to have suffered these things” which means “to have experienced and felt the painful events and circumstances”. Luke shared how Jesus began to ask the two disciples whether the “Messiah”, Himself, needed to go through the torment and death He experienced.

The verse goes on to say, “... and to enter into his glory?” Luke added the words, “and to enter” which means “and to come in, arise and make entrance” “into his glory” or “in the Messiah's praise, honor, splendor and brightness”? Luke shared how Jesus continued His question to the two disciples by asking whether He should also “make entrance” into His “honor and glory”.

When we think through Luke's words in this verse, we learn how Jesus began His discourse with the “two disciples” by asking them whether the “Messiah” was to endure everything He did so He could “enter into” the honor, glory, splendor and brightness due to Him. Jesus went through these things so every person would have an opportunity to receive Him as their personal “Savior and Lord”. Those who are wise will carefully consider all Jesus did so they could be forgiven of their sins and inherit everlasting life with God, and when they do, simply believe.

Next time Luke shares how Jesus, “expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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