Why read the Old Testament?
Walking with Jesus Zung Gang nach Emmaus, Robert Zund 1877. If you could meet Jesus on your journey home from the city, would you recognize him? Why is he historically significant? What difference does it make if you recognize him? Is he the promised Messiah, God’s Son? And why was he crucified? Did he actually rise again? If he is who he claimed to be, why didn’t he overcome his enemies, prevent his death and deliver Israel from the Romans? Three days after Jesus’ crucifixion, two disciples, Cleopas and his companion, left Jerusalem for Emmaus. Jesus’ gruesome death had shocked and bewildered the...