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00:03 by the friends of the Amazing Facts ministry. 00:09 Doug Batchelor: It was first called Salem, a small town 00:11 ruled by a king named Melchizedek about 1900 BC. 00:16 Today, Jerusalem is believed to be one of the most hotly 00:20 contested pieces of real estate in the world. 00:23 It's considered a holy place by Jews, Catholics, 00:26 Protestants, Muslims, and others. 00:29 The city has been destroyed through war 00:31 and rebuilt 27 times. 00:34 The amazing irony is that the word "Jerusalem," 00:37 pronounced Jeru-Shalom, means city of peace. 00:42 You know, the Bible teaches that God's people are on a pilgrimage 00:45 following Jesus to the new Jerusalem. 00:48 You can read in Hebrews 11:16, "But now they desire 00:52 a better country, that is, a heavenly country. 00:55 Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, 00:58 because He has prepared for them a city." 01:01 Today, we're going to do something special. 01:03 We're going to join some friends in old Jerusalem and hear 01:06 a message about walking with Jesus to the new Jerusalem. 01:14 Doug: I'm very thankful to be here with you. 01:17 And I appreciate so much all the work and preparation our friends 01:21 from the TBN studios have done here in Jerusalem. 01:24 And we praise God for this beautiful location, where we can 01:28 just absorb the blessings of being here in the Promised Land. 01:32 How many of you have never been in Jerusalem until this trip? 01:36 Quite a few, isn't this exciting? 01:39 One of my favorite stories is in this message we call 01:42 "Back to Jerusalem." 01:44 I thought that would be appropriate. 01:46 And you only find it in one gospel. 01:47 It's in the Gospel of Luke chapter 24, last chapter. 01:51 And it begins in verse 13. 01:53 Now, just to give you the background, it takes place 01:56 after that very dreadful and sad afternoon 02:01 where Jesus is crucified. 02:03 Now, it's good news for you and I, but for the disciples, 02:05 it was absolute devastation because they had 02:08 a whole different picture of what the Messiah 02:10 was going to do. 02:12 And when they saw Jesus crucified and dead, and witness 02:15 Him being laid in a tomb, all their hopes 02:18 were completely dashed. 02:20 And after spending the Sabbath together in Jerusalem, some of 02:26 the disciples began to migrate back to their hometowns. 02:30 And that's where we pick up our story. 02:32 Luke chapter 24, verse 13, "Now, two of them were traveling 02:36 that same day to a village called Emmaus, 02:39 which is about seven miles from Jerusalem. 02:42 And they talked together of these things that had happened. 02:45 And it was, while they conversed and reasoned, 02:48 that Jesus Himself drew near and went with them. 02:52 But their eyes were restrained, that they did not know Him." 02:56 Now, as they're walking down the road, they're suddenly joined 03:00 by a stranger that comes alongside of them. 03:03 And that wasn't uncommon, they used to like to travel together 03:06 for safety back then. 03:07 So, they're commiserating with each other 03:09 about the terrible thing that had happened. 03:12 And as they're going, He just kind of walks alongside. 03:14 And He listens for a while, He doesn't reveal Who He is. 03:18 And then finally, He can't hold Himself back anymore, 03:20 and He says-- they don't know Who He is, 03:22 they don't recognize Him. 03:24 It says they should not know Him, their eyes were restrained. 03:29 And He said, "What kind of conversation is this you have 03:31 one with another as you walk and are sad?" 03:34 Now, what does that tell us right away? 03:36 Does Jesus want us to have a sad walk? 03:40 What does the word "gospel" mean? 03:43 Good news. 03:45 And what does the word "good news" mean? 03:47 Something that's happy, something that's joyful. 03:49 Christians ought to be the happiest people 03:51 in the world, right? 03:53 And so, He basically chastises them and says, "What kind of 03:57 conversation is this as you walk and are sad?" 03:59 Now, don't miss this important point. 04:02 There's a connection between their not knowing Him 04:06 and their being sad. 04:08 It says they did not know Him and they were sad. 04:11 So, at the end of the story, you're going to see that all 04:13 changes, and you'll figure out what it is that changes it. 04:16 So, they're walking along and He says, "What is this?" 04:19 And one of them, whose name was Cleopas, he's mentioned also 04:21 in the book of Acts, "He answered and he said to Him, 04:25 'Are you only a stranger in Jerusalem?'" 04:27 What a thing to say to Jesus. 04:29 "'And have you not known the things that are happened 04:31 there in these days?' 04:33 And He said, 'What things?'" 04:35 Now, does God ask questions because He doesn't know, 04:37 or does He ask questions 'cause He wants us to think? 04:40 And sometimes He draws us out with our own--His own questions. 04:43 He said to Adam, "Where are you?" 04:45 Well, He knew where Adam was. 04:46 He said to the disciples, "What were you arguing about on your 04:49 way to the upper room?" 04:51 He knew what they were arguing about, 04:53 which of them was greatest. 04:55 And so, Cleopas says, "Are You only a stranger in Jerusalem?" 04:59 You know, Jesus was born in Bethlehem, not far away. 05:03 And He was dedicated in Jerusalem. 05:06 He came 12 years old and taught and asked questions 05:09 in the temple. 05:11 He had been teaching and preaching 05:13 for 3 1/2 years in Jerusalem. 05:15 And so, it was a strange thing to ask Him. 05:19 And He says, "What things?" 05:21 They said, "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, Who was a prophet 05:24 mighty in deed and word before God and all the people. 05:27 And how the chief priests and all of our rulers delivered Him 05:30 to be condemned to death, and crucified Him. 05:33 But we were hoping that He would be the one 05:36 that would deliver Israel." 05:38 Now, what does that mean when they say, "We were hoping"? 05:40 That's past tense, isn't it? 05:42 What had happened to their hope? 05:45 It had been destroyed. 05:48 "And finally Jesus said to them, 'O fools and slow of heart 05:52 to believe that all the prophets have spoken! 05:54 Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things 05:57 and entered into His glory?'" 05:59 And notice this, "Beginning at Moses and all the prophets, 06:04 He expounded unto them in all the Scriptures 06:07 the things concerning Himself." 06:09 Now, how much of the Bible was written at that point? 06:14 Just the Old Testament. 06:16 And so, what does He do? 06:18 He expounds in all the Scriptures, speaking of 06:20 the Old Testament Scriptures, things concerning Himself. 06:23 What are the Scriptures talking about? 06:26 The Old Testament is principally pointing us to Jesus. 06:31 When you read in the Bible about Adam, on the sixth day he goes 06:37 to sleep, His side is opened up, and a wife is born. 06:42 Jesus on the sixth day of the week, hung on the cross, 06:45 He said, "It is finished," He went to sleep, His side 06:48 was opened up, and the church was born. 06:52 When you read in the Bible about Abraham going up the mountain 06:55 with Isaac, and Isaac has the wood on his back, and Isaac 06:58 says, "Father, we've got the--we've got the wood 07:01 and we've got what it takes to make the fire, 07:03 but where is the lamb?" 07:05 And Abraham says, "My son, God will provide himself a lamb." 07:10 Isaac is the son of Abraham, and he's a willing sacrifice 07:14 when they get to the top of the mountain. 07:16 And just before the knife comes down, the angel stops Abraham 07:21 and directs him to a ram who's caught in the-- 07:26 in a thicket by a crown of thorns. 07:28 It's a ram with a crown of thorns in a thorn bush. 07:32 He's a type of Christ. 07:34 When you read in the Bible about Samson, who is standing, 07:37 and the last act of his life, he says, "Let me die." 07:42 He stretches out his hands and he brings down 07:44 the temple of Dagon. 07:47 He lays down his life to save God's people from their enemies. 07:50 That is a type of Christ. 07:51 Matter of fact, you can go from cover to cover in the Bible, and 07:54 if you read about Gideon, if you read about any of the prophets, 07:58 if you read about Esther, they're all telling us 08:00 something about Jesus. 08:02 And so, the Bible is an amazing book. 08:05 It says He expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things 08:07 concerning Himself. 08:09 Now, I'm going to do something I don't often do. 08:11 You name an Old Testament story. 08:15 You can call it out. 08:16 Name an Old Testament character. 08:19 Noah. 08:21 All right, the Bible tells us that Noah found grace, 08:23 we find grace through Jesus, that there was only one 08:26 way to be saved in the days of Noah. 08:28 You had to go through the door. 08:30 Jesus said, "I am the door." 08:31 And it was through going in the side of that ark 08:34 that they found life. 08:36 And the whole world was repopulated 08:38 or recreated through Noah. 08:40 It is through Christ the whole world is repopulated. 08:44 Jesus is in the story of Noah. 08:46 The gospel of salvation is in the story of Noah. 08:49 They are saved through grace. 08:50 Noah found grace. 08:53 I want to give you a chance for more stories, name another one. 08:56 Solomon. 08:58 Solomon is the son of David. 08:59 Jesus is the Son of David. 09:01 Solomon is the king of peace. 09:03 Jesus is the son of peace. 09:04 Solomon is the wisest of those who had ever lived. 09:06 Jesus is the wisest. 09:08 Solomon is the richest, Jesus is the richest. 09:11 Solomon was the king of Jerusalem in its highest glory. 09:14 Jesus is the king of the new Jerusalem in the ultimate glory. 09:18 And you can go on and on and find, you know, 09:22 the examples of Jesus in the story of Solomon. 09:24 There was a battle before Solomon was king. 09:27 Someone tried to take the throne from him. 09:29 And yeah, in the same way there's a battle trying 09:32 to take the throne from Jesus. 09:34 Someone else. 09:36 Daniel, all right, let's say-- 09:38 I heard Daniel, young man over here. 09:40 Daniel was never married. 09:42 I won't go into the details, but trust me, he was never married. 09:46 And the Bible tells us that spies followed Daniel around to 09:51 find something wrong with him because the king thought 09:53 to set him over the whole realm. 09:55 And they tried to find some occasion. 09:57 Did spies follow Jesus around? 09:59 The Bible tells us that finally they made a law, they brought 10:03 an accusation against Daniel, saying that he was breaking 10:06 the law of the king. 10:07 It was a false accusation. 10:09 Daniel was willing to die rather than deny 10:11 his relationship with God. 10:13 Jesus, more than anything He said, "Not My will, 10:16 Thy will be done." 10:17 God was first. 10:19 Daniel prayed, and then he went to the lion's den. 10:22 Jesus prayed in the garden of Gethsemane, which you can see 10:24 not too far away over there on the Mount of Olives. 10:29 Jesus prayed there, and then He went to the cross. 10:32 They took Jesus from the cross, and they put Him in a tomb, 10:34 and they sealed it with a government seal. 10:37 But the devil couldn't keep Him there. 10:39 Daniel was placed in a tomb, in a hole in the ground full of 10:42 lions, a stone was placed over the mouth, a government seal. 10:48 But Jesus came out alive. 10:50 And the lions, the devil is like a roaring lion, going around 10:53 seeking whom he might devour. 10:55 The lion could not keep Daniel. 10:57 The devil could not keep Jesus, amen? 11:00 I heard some other Bible stories. 11:03 Oh, you're getting excited now. 11:05 Joseph I heard, okay. 11:06 Now I get to pick the ones I like. 11:10 Joseph, oh. 11:12 It's like Paul says, "What shall I more say?" 11:15 For time would fail me to tell you of Joseph. 11:18 Here you have the beloved son of an ancient patriarch. 11:24 God is called the ancient of days. 11:26 And he gives him a special robe. 11:30 The brothers, he comes seeking their welfare. 11:32 The brothers are missing, he comes to seek his lost brothers 11:35 sent by the father. 11:37 Jesus is sent by the Father to come and seek and save the lost. 11:41 They take him, they throw him in a pit. 11:44 Jesus is put in a tomb. 11:46 They sell him as a slave for silver. 11:49 Now, it's true Joseph was sold for 20 pieces of silver 11:52 and Jesus for 30 pieces of silver. 11:54 And you might be thinking, "Pastor Doug, that doesn't fit." 11:56 But you got to keep in mind over 1,000 years go by and there's 11:59 inflation in the price of a slave between the time of Joseph 12:03 and the time of Judas. 12:05 And He goes down to Egypt. 12:07 Did Jesus also go down, spend some time in Egypt? 12:12 And He's betrayed by one of the 12. 12:16 They think it was Simeon that was the ringleader 12:18 and the one that wanted to kill Joseph. 12:21 His brothers finally come seeking bread from him, 12:25 but He doesn't reveal Himself to them. 12:28 He speaks through a translator even though He understands 12:30 everything they're saying 'cause He speaks 12:32 perfect Hebrew, Aramaic. 12:34 They don't know that He's hearing everything. 12:36 They don't recognize Him. 12:38 The Bible says, "Jesus came unto His own, 12:40 and His own received Him not." 12:41 So often we don't recognize Him. 12:43 In the story of Emmaus, He's walking right with 12:45 His disciples, and they don't know Him. 12:48 Doug: Don't go anywhere, friends. 12:50 We'll be back in just a moment with the rest 12:52 of today's presentation. 12:53 No, the Bible never says that Eve ate an apple, nor does it 12:57 say that three wise men came to see Jesus in the manger. 13:02 Neither does the Bible say that God made a devil. 13:05 So, how well do you know your Bible? 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14:58 Are you still the jealous, conniving brothers I knew, 15:00 you know, 25, 30 years ago? 15:03 Oh, by the way, when did Jesus begin His ministry? 15:06 He was baptized at 30 years of age. 15:08 When did Joseph go out to rule over Egypt? 15:10 At 30. 15:12 How old was David when he began to reign over Hebron 15:14 and then later Jerusalem? 15:16 Thirty. 15:18 They're types of Christ. 15:20 And so, Joseph says, "I'm going to arrest Benjamin. 15:22 You guys can go home." 15:24 And Judah says, "No, I've offered to lay myself down 15:26 for my brother." 15:28 He comes to Joseph and he pours out his heart. 15:29 He said, "Our father will be brokenhearted 15:32 if we don't come back with his son. 15:34 He loves his son so much. 15:36 And I've told my father that I will be a substitute." 15:40 Now, Judah's from what tribe? 15:42 That's a trick question. 15:44 Who's in Grant's tomb? 15:46 So, Judah of course is the tribe of Judah. 15:48 What tribe does Jesus come from? 15:50 Tribe of Judah. 15:52 Judah intercedes, he offers himself. 15:53 He says to Joseph, "Take me. 15:55 How can I go home and see my father brought down to the 15:58 grave, his grey hairs brought down to the grave with sorrow?" 16:02 Joseph can't take it anymore, he says, "These men have changed. 16:04 They've spent years regretting what they did to me." 16:07 And instead of getting even-- he has the power to get even. 16:10 He has--and they are guilty. 16:13 They were going to kill him, and then they sold him as a slave, 16:16 where he suffered. 16:17 He suffered in prison. 16:19 Was Jesus in prison? 16:20 He forgives them. 16:22 What does Jesus do for us? 16:24 He not only forgives Him, he feeds them with bread. 16:28 And he reveals himself to his brothers. 16:29 And I want to get to heaven, I want to see this DVD 16:31 when I get there. 16:33 I want to see the look on their faces when finally he says to 16:37 them--he begins to sob and weep after Joseph reveals himself. 16:42 And they're wondering what's happened to this ruler of Egypt 16:46 that's just having a meltdown. 16:48 And then he sobs out in their language for the first time, 16:51 "I am Joseph." 16:54 Doesn't Jesus say, "I am"? 16:56 And God says, "I am that I am." 16:59 Jesus says, "Before Abraham was, I am." 17:04 And the look on the brother's face when he says, 17:06 "I am Joseph," they must have thought, 17:09 "Oh, it's curtains now." 17:12 But he says, "Is my father yet alive?" 17:15 More than anything, he was brokenhearted 17:18 because of the separation with the father. 17:21 And I love the way the book Genesis ends, when you see 17:23 the father and the son finally meeting, and you hear the news 17:26 of Jacob when he gets the news Joseph lives. 17:30 And his heart stops, and he sees the wagon train full of gifts 17:34 coming from Egypt, then he believes. 17:36 When he saw the gifts, then he believed. 17:38 At Pentecost, people saw the gifts, and then they believe. 17:41 And so, you see the gospel story in Joseph? 17:44 So, Jesus Himself, He's walking down the road. 17:48 And as they're going down the road and He's opening 17:50 the Scriptures for them, they are just overwhelmed. 17:53 They're thinking, "'Wow, we've never heard anything like this. 17:56 You mean to tell us that everything that happened 17:58 was part of God's will?' 18:00 And they drew near the village where they were going, 18:02 and he indicated that he would have gone further. 18:05 But they constrained Him, they begged Him, 18:07 'Please abide with us.'" 18:09 Have you heard that song, "Abide with Me, 18:10 for fast falls the eventide"? 18:12 It's based on this verse. 18:14 It's toward evening and the day is far spent. 18:16 He would have kept going, but they asked Him in. 18:19 Do you know we need to ask Jesus, don't we? 18:21 Every day, we need to ask Him in. 18:23 He'll come, and He will not force Himself into your life. 18:26 "And as they come and sit at the table, He took the bread, 18:30 and He blessed it." 18:32 He said that prayer that Malcolm shared with us last night, 18:34 "B'ruch atah Adonai Eloheinu melech ha-olam 18:37 hamotzi lechem min ha-aretz." 18:40 That's I'm sure a corrupt English or American version, 18:42 but He broke the bread, He blessed it. 18:45 And it says when He broke the bread, their eyes were opened, 18:49 and they knew Him. 18:52 He was known in the breaking of bread. 18:55 How are we going to know that Jesus is Who He says He is? 18:58 It's in the breaking of bread. 19:01 And after He revealed Himself, then He disappears 'cause He 19:04 wants them to know Him from the bread, not because they see. 19:07 He says, "Blessed are those who believe without seeing." 19:10 They are so excited, they cannot constrain themself. 19:12 They've just walked seven miles downhill to--by the way, 19:15 notice they're going--they're back to Jerusalem down 19:19 to Emmaus, which means hot water. 19:21 They're going from the city of peace to hot water, and Jesus 19:24 saves them from hot water, and they go back 19:26 to the city of peace. 19:28 And it's night now, and they're going uphill. 19:30 But they are happier going uphill now in the dark with 19:35 Jesus, knowing He's alive, than they were going downhill 19:38 in the daytime, thinking they were alone. 19:41 And when they get to the upper room and they say, 19:43 "Jesus is alive, and He's appeared to Simon." 19:46 They can't wait to share these news with them, they said, 19:48 "He was known to us in the breaking of bread." 19:51 As they are talking about Jesus, He stood in their midst. 19:55 Christ said, "Where two or three are gathered in My name, 19:57 I am there among them." 19:59 Do you know as you talk to others about Jesus, 20:01 He draws near? 20:03 When did He draw near to them in the story of Emmaus? 20:05 As they were walking down the road talking about Jesus, 20:07 He drew near. 20:09 Now, they're in the upper room talking about Jesus, 20:11 and He draws near. 20:12 You notice Jesus will be with you when you're gathered 20:14 together with the other believers. 20:16 And He will be with you on the way as you're walking 20:19 down the road. 20:21 He wants you to be witness not only in the upper room, He wants 20:24 you to be a witness--they were sad walking down the road. 20:27 They weren't converting anybody walking down the road. 20:29 Jesus said, "What's this deal, you're so sad?" 20:33 Spurgeon used to teach preachers. 20:35 And He said to the preachers, He said, "When you preach, 20:39 your face ought to reflect the subject you're talking about." 20:44 Said, "If you're talking about heaven, your eyes ought 20:46 to sparkle as you talk about the golden streets, and your face 20:49 should shine as you talk about the pearly gates." 20:52 And He said, "If you happen to be preaching about hell, 20:53 just use your everyday, normal expression." 20:57 Unfortunately, sometimes Christians don't look like 21:02 the gospel is good news. 21:04 And we'd do a lot more to reach people if we were happier 21:07 about what we believe. 21:09 And then they couldn't believe it. 21:11 While they're talking about Jesus, He appears. 21:13 And they were terrified and frightened, 21:15 and thought they saw a ghost. 21:17 Now, I want you to think about this. 21:19 When they went down the road, He was with them, they saw Him. 21:23 When He went up the road, He was still with them. 21:26 You can read in the book "Desire of Ages," 21:28 it says He was with them going up. 21:30 When they entered the upper room, 21:31 He entered invisible with them. 21:33 He didn't break through the door, He didn't go through 21:35 the walls like a ghost. 21:37 He went with them, they just didn't know He was with them 21:40 the whole time. 21:41 How often do we forget that Christ is with us 21:44 wherever we go? 21:46 And then sometimes we're afraid. 21:48 They were terrified, thought He was a spirit. 21:50 And He says, "No, look, I'm not--I'm not a ghost. 21:52 I'm a real and a living God." 21:54 He said, "Peace to you." 21:55 He doesn't want us sad, He wants us to have peace. 21:58 "And they were terrified and frightened. 22:00 He said, 'Why are you troubled? 22:02 And why do doubts arise in your heart? 22:04 Behold My hands and feet. 22:05 It is I Myself. 22:07 Handle Me and see, for the spirit doesn't have flesh 22:09 and bone as you see that I have.' 22:11 When He said these things, He showed them His hands and His 22:14 feet, while they still did not believe for joy, and marveled. 22:18 He said to them, 'Do you have any food to eat?' 22:20 They gave Him a piece of broiled fish and some honeycomb. 22:23 He took and ate in their presence." 22:25 Said, "Look, I'm not a ghost. 22:27 I'm still the same Jesus." 22:29 In the resurrection, we get glorified bodies, 22:31 but we're still real. 22:33 God made Adam and Eve with a purpose. 22:35 He put them in a garden to eat, and says we're going to plant 22:37 vineyards and eat the fruit of them in heaven. 22:39 We're going to build houses and inhabit them. 22:42 And it tells us it's very real. 22:44 We're not on clouds floating around as, like, chubby cherubs 22:47 shooting arrows to make people fall in love. 22:51 You know, we're doing real things in the new earth. 22:54 And then when He got done eating, He shared a meal 22:56 with them again. 22:58 He said, "These are the words that I spoke to you while I was 23:02 still with you, that all things must be fulfilled that are 23:05 written in the law of Moses," all the way from Moses. 23:08 You know, Moses says in Deuteronomy 18, 23:11 "The Lord your God will raise up a prophet unto you like me. 23:15 Him you shall hear." 23:17 Jesus is that prophet like Moses that was raised up. 23:19 He is the great lawgiver. 23:21 "All things written in the law of Moses and the prophets." 23:26 And you know, you go all the way from Moses to Malachi, 23:28 where it says, "Behold, I send you Elijah the prophet. 23:31 Remember ye the law of Moses, My servant." 23:33 It's all talking about Jesus all along the way. 23:37 Jesus is in every line. 23:38 Jesus is in Genesis, He's in Exodus, He's in Leviticus, 23:41 He's in Numbers, He's in Deuteronomy, in Joshua. 23:45 You know the story of Jericho. 23:47 I shared that in Jerusalem last week. 23:49 Joshua is the way you say Jesus in Hebrew, Yeshua. 23:53 He comes, he blows the trumpets, they shout, the city walls fall, 23:58 and only Rahab and her family are saved. 24:00 That's the story of salvation. 24:02 Jesus says, "I'm coming. 24:04 The Lord will descend from heaven with a shout, 24:06 the trump of God. 24:08 The dead in Christ will rise." 24:10 There's a great earthquake, and only those who are in the house 24:13 of Rahab with that red rope, it's a symbol of salvation, 24:15 are saved. 24:17 All these stories you read about in the Old Testament 24:19 are talking about Christ. 24:21 "All things that are written in the law of Moses and the 24:24 prophets and the psalms." 24:26 What did Jesus say in Psalm 22? 24:30 Hanging on the cross. 24:32 Everyone wonders, why did Jesus say, "My God, My God, 24:34 why have you forsaken Me?" 24:37 He was quoting from a messianic psalm. 24:40 And you read later in that very psalm, what does it say? 24:42 "They pierced My hands and My feet. 24:45 They gambled for My clothing," the very things that were 24:47 happening right there around the cross. 24:49 He's directing their attention. 24:51 He didn't get discouraged. 24:53 He's quoting like the priest from one of the psalms. 24:56 That was supposed to strengthen their faith. 24:58 It could be the reason the thief on the cross realized 25:00 it was Jesus. 25:01 "All things written in the prophets 25:03 and the psalms concerning Me." 25:05 And this is my last verse, "And He opened their understanding, 25:09 that they might comprehend the Scripture." 25:12 Every time Jesus met with them, it says He opened their 25:15 understanding, that they might comprehend the Scripture. 25:18 You know, they went from Jerusalem and they were sad. 25:21 They came back to Jerusalem knowing that Jesus was alive, 25:24 and they were happy. 25:25 We're here on earth. 25:27 Our object is to get to the new Jerusalem. 25:29 We need to know He's real, He's alive. 25:31 How did these disciples know Jesus? 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