![]() Therefore the Tyrians are emboldened to keep watch no more on their own camp, but rather on their foes’ retreat, lest haply they seek to return with all speed to Mycenae the watchword gives the signal to the sentinels, and posts are set Meges by lot, and Lycus at his request are leaders of the night’s enterprise. Each side is alike distressed, but Thebes has solace in the four Danaan bands wandering without a chief: like alder vessels on the billowy deep that are widowed of their helmsmen and steered by God and Chance and all the storms. Then, an unsightly troop with tattered ensigns, they withdraw their exhausted lines, and the gates that were so narrow as they thronged to battle are all too broad as they return. Far stretches the plain, a vast unsightly sea of blood there they leave their arms, and the steeds whereon before they went so proudly, and the corpses deprived of their pyres and the neglected limbs. Dewy Night overwhelmed Phoebus in the gateway of the West, hastened by the commands of Jove nought pities he the Pelasgian camp nor the Tyrian forces, but he grieved that beside the warriors so many innocent folk should fall by the sword. At a simple invitation, you will free Jesus to enter your situation and lead you to the victory.Theseus & Burial of the Dead THEBAID BOOK 10, TRANSLATED BY J. Is your head downcast today? If you are frustrated today because of circumstances in your life look up to Him. He will not force Himself into our situations. If they had not invited Jesus to stay they would have missed the revelation of who He was, and the restored hope they did receive a few verses later. He never imposes Himself on any of us but waits to be invited in. Jesus would have kept right on walking even though the two were stopping. 29But they urged him strongly, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them.” It demonstrates that we have blinded our spiritual eyes.Īs the disciples reach their destination watch what happens in verses 28-29: 28”As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus acted as if he were going farther. When we are downcast and defeated that is evidence that we are not looking at things with hope and faith. Their spiritual eyes were shut tight so when they were reminded of their circumstances, they were crestfallen. They were blinded to the revelation that Jesus, whom they desired, was right there with them at the moment that they so needed Him. They only saw the situation through natural eyes. ![]() These two disciples were not looking with spiritual eyes at the circumstances unfolding around them. 1 Corinthians 2:14 shows this clearly : “But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.” The things of the spirit realm can never be discerned by the flesh, only by the spirit. It is the same reason that we often fail to recognize His presence in our situations. Amazing!īut it is understandable when you consider why they failed to recognize Him. But all the time that He walked with them they failed to understand who He was. They had also heard Him speak, so even if they failed to recognize His appearance, they should have identified Him when He spoke to. Jesus should have been very familiar to them. These were followers of Jesus and had most likely seen Him often. It is hard for us to understand how they could fail to recognize Him. Let’s go back for a moment and recall that they did not recognize Jesus when He came up to them. At the query by Jesus, they stopped walking and their body language revealed their defeat. ![]() That which they had put their hope in (that Jesus was the redeemer of Israel), appeared to be false. This demonstrates where their hearts were. Note their response from the verse above. But the two disciples fail to recognize Jesus in His spiritual body. As they walked Jesus comes alongside and joins them. In Luke 24, two disciples are were walking together and talking about all the events that had taken place in Jerusalem with the death of Jesus. “ They stood still, their faces downcast.” Luke 24:17 NIV
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