Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Luke 24:36-48
by: Dale E. Rood.
The resurrection has happened and it seems too good to be true. The disciples have a mission ahead now that Christ is alive again, but they are far from ready for it. It hasn’t quite soaked in yet that Jesus is alive. They don’t understand how it was necessary for “the Christ to suffer and rise from the dead” (v. 46) to fulfill what was written about him in scriptures. Jesus sums it up in verses 46-47, and then tells the disciples “You are witnesses…” Therein is their commission. But wait! Power from on high must be given first (v. 49).