All Things New · FORGE TRIBE

Pete Stone

Apr 5 • #CRUCIBLE

All Things New

Good morning brothers! He is risen!

…a few phrases come to mind this morning…

Tetelestai…it is finished.

He is risen…Just as he said.

Behold, I am making all things new.

Because of the Resurrection of our King, the worst thing is never the last thing.

“He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.”

Then Jesus explains the core message they were meant to see:

“Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.”

Luke 24:46–47

So the big idea is this:

Jesus did not treat the Scriptures as random moral lessons or isolated prophecies. He taught that the entire scriptural story finds its fulfillment in him—especially:

• the suffering of the Messiah

• the resurrection

• the forgiveness of sins

• the mission to the nations

There is also a beautiful progression in Luke 24:

• their eyes were kept from recognizing him

• the Scriptures are opened

• their eyes are opened

• their minds are opened

In other words, Jesus reveals himself through the Scriptures, and then the disciples are able to truly see.

My brothers, I pray this post CRUCIBLE phase of our journey draws us deeper and deeper into God‘s word as we seek to know him and make him known.

@⁨John Thompson⁩ I cannot wait to hear your teaching on the kingdom of heaven revealed through the sermon on the Mount.