A very long time ago, when there were no computers, no Angry Birds, no McDonalds, no cars, no electricity, no flushing toilets, no air conditioning, no Internet- the Creator of the Universe came to earth to redeem the people He loved. Loves.
Redeem is a rich word... but we'll get to that in another chapter.
There were no Bibles then, but there were written stories kept and passed down from the previous 2000 plus years. Stories that told the history, future and purpose of mankind and God's relationship to them. These stories weren't made up by people. They were true accounts of things God did and said. These are the stories we have in our Bibles now. All those stories of things God did and said were unfolding the truth about the very meaning of life. The meaning wasn't a sentence, or a paragraph or even a book. The meaning was a Person. A Person who is the Word of God made human.
The Bible says, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God... And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld His glory, the glory of the only begotten of the Father."
The Son of God, the Word made flesh, is what the hoopla is all about. He was named Jesus and He is the Savior of the world. He is the meaning of life. He is life. He is the Word that all those words from thousands of years past were spelling. He is the Word that tells the one true story. The Bible is all about Jesus, the Savior of the world.
I pray that every time you read the Bible you would remember that the One who saves you said its all about HIM! Learn of Him and you'll learn the meaning of life... what the hoopla is all about.
That same day two of Jesus' followers were walking to the village of Emmaus, seven miles from Jerusalem. As they walked along they were talking about everything that had happened. As they talked and discussed these things, Jesus himself suddenly came and began walking with them. But God kept them from recognizing him.
He asked them, "What are you discussing so intently as you walk along?"
They stopped short, sadness written across their faces. "What things?" Jesus asked.
"The things that happened to Jesus, the man from Nazareth," they said. "He was a prophet who did powerful miracles, and he was a mighty teacher in the eyes of God and all the people. But our leading priests and other religious leaders handed him over to be condemned to death, and they crucified him. We had hoped he was the Messiah who had come to rescue Israel. This all happened three days ago. Then some women from our group of his followers were at his tomb early this morning, and they came back with an amazing report. They said his body was missing, and they had seen angels who told them Jesus is alive! Some of our men ran out to see, and sure enough, his body was gone, just as the women had said."
Then Jesus said to them, "You foolish people! You find it so hard to believe all that the prophets wrote in the Scriptures. Wasn't it clearly predicted that the Messiah would have to suffer all these things before entering his glory?"
Then Jesus took them through the writings of Moses and all the prophets, explaining from all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.- Luke 24:13-27
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