Cleopas and his companion walk away from Jerusalem discouraged, despite hearing reports of the resurrection. As the sermon notes, “we heard there’s this thing called the resurrection… but we didn’t believe him” .
Jesus meets them in their confusion, walks with them, listens to their disappointments, and then opens the Scriptures—showing that all of Scripture points to Him. This becomes the “reality of revelation,” where God discloses Himself and opens their eyes. Revelation is not merely intellectual but experiential: “a living, breathing, talking, walking, eating, chewing Jesus” .
The sermon then moves to the “reality of redemption.” Cleopas admits, “We thought that He was the one to redeem us” , revealing misplaced hopes—political, personal, or circumstantial.
True redemption, reorients our vision so that even ordinary things—like bread—become windows into the divine. Just as Adam and Eve “took, ate, and their eyes were opened” to shame, the disciples “took, ate, and their eyes were opened” to Christ.
Jesus invites us to ask God to “open the eyes of our hearts” so that their lives may be marked by worship, service, and unshakable hope.
Sermon preached by Peter Tepper on 19APR2026 at St Peter the Fisherman, New Smyrna Beach, Florida.
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