And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately,
Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: For I tell you, that
many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have
not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. – Luke 10.23-24
Jesus turned to speak privately with His disciples. He
told them that they were especially blessed that they were going to see the
fulfilment of the plan of salvation. All of the prophets and kings looked
forward to the day, and did not get to see them, but the disciples saw them and
still did not believe.
All through the Old Testament the people looked forward
to the coming Messiah. They longed to see the day, but up to this point no one
had actually seen it come to fruition.
But here they were in the midst of the fulfilment of
prophecy. They were seeing the miracles and the healing and hearing the
teaching of the Messiah.
Now, if they were blessed by what they had seen, what
about us? Not only can we see what they saw, but we have the full record of the
death and burial and resurrection of Jesus. We have the record of the spread of
the gospel and we have the 2,000 years of testimony as to the wonderful power
of the gospel of Christ. Those of us who are saved for a while have seen God work
in our lives over and over again. It is amazing that I can ever doubt His
promises today?
Sure they were more blessed than the prophets, but how
much more blessed are we?
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