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