{"id":5753,"date":"2022-04-29T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/?p=5753"},"modified":"2022-03-31T11:54:57","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T16:54:57","slug":"vanished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2022\/04\/29\/vanished\/","title":{"rendered":"VANISHED"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>2 minute read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Vanished-1024x960.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5754\" width=\"341\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Vanished-1024x960.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Vanished-300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Vanished-768x720.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Vanished-1536x1440.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Vanished-2048x1920.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Daily Reading:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Judges+9%3A22-10%3A18&amp;version=ESV\">Judges 9:22-10:18 ESV<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Luke+24%3A13-53+&amp;version=ESV\">Luke 24:13-53 ESV<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm+100%3A1-5+&amp;version=ESV\">Psalm 100:1-5 ESV<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Proverbs+14%3A11-12&amp;version=ESV\">Proverbs 14:11-12 ESV<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Daily Verse: <\/strong>&#8220;And their eyes were opened, and they recognized him  And&nbsp;he <em>vanished<\/em> from their sight.&#8221; &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Luke+24%3A31&amp;version=ESV\">Luke 24:31 ESV<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GINOMAI (1096) + APHANTOS (855): <\/strong>\u201cGinomai: \u201cto become\u201d Aphantos, means literally, \u2018to cause to disappear, put out of sight.\u201d<a href=\"#_edn1\" id=\"_ednref1\">[i]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref1\" id=\"_edn1\">[i]<\/a> Strong, J., &amp; Strong, J. (2010). <em>The New Strong&#8217;s expanded exhaustive concordance of the Bible<\/em>. <em>Greek Dictionary of the New Testament<\/em> (pp. 48, 59)) Thomas Nelson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Out of sight.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After Jesus&#8217; resurrection, He appeared to Cleopas and a friend on the road to Emmaus. However, the men didn&#8217;t recognize Jesus at the time. As they traveled along the road, Jesus revealed all the Scriptures concerning Himself. When they sat down for dinner together that night, God opened their eyes, the men recognized Jesus, and He vanished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the moment of recognition, not only did they recognize Jesus, but the men realized Jesus overcame death. Within the hour, Cleopas and his friend left to tell the disciples of the miraculous events, spreading the news of Jesus&#8217; resurrection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Heart eyes.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before Jesus opened the men&#8217;s physical eyes, He first opened their spiritual eyes. By teaching them the scriptures as they walked, Jesus reinvigorated their faith. At the time, Cleopas grieved because Jesus didn&#8217;t fulfill his expectations, But Christ showed Cleopas through the scriptures that He had.  They already believed by the time God opened their eyes to Jesus&#8217; physical presence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Faith comes without seeing  Jesus knew we would live life on earth without His physical presence. Contemporary followers of Christ rely on God&#8217;s &#8220;living and active&#8221; (Hebrews 4:12 ESV) Word to &#8220;light [our] path&#8221; (Psalm 119:105 ESV). The scriptures don&#8217;t fail us; in them, we discover Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just because we can&#8217;t see Jesus beside us doesn&#8217;t mean He&#8217;s not present  Cleopas, and his friend couldn&#8217;t see Jesus, but He walked with them for hours  Trust in Jesus; He promises never to leave you. Jesus keeps His Word; look in the scriptures, you&#8217;ll see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a id=\"_edn1\" href=\"#_ednref1\">[i]<\/a> Strong, J., &amp; Strong, J. (2010)  <em>The New Strong&#8217;s expanded exhaustive concordance of the Bible <\/em> <em>Greek Dictionary of the New Testament<\/em> (pp. 48, 59)) Thomas Nelson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/bookcover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/bookcover.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/bookcover-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/bookcover-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Three-Word-Prayers-Everyday-Living-ebook\/dp\/B09JT3B6CW\/ref=sr_1_2?crid=18UKNZFIIDIEA&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=three+word+prayers&amp;qid=1635775169&amp;sprefix=three+word+prayers%2Caps%2C69&amp;sr=8-2\">Check out my new release on Amazon<\/a>. Learn how I used prayer to control my emotions and develop healthier relationships in my life. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 minute read. Daily Reading: Judges 9:22-10:18 ESV, Luke 24:13-53 ESV, Psalm 100:1-5 ESV, Proverbs 14:11-12 ESV Daily Verse: &#8220;And their eyes were opened, and they recognized him And&nbsp;he vanished from their sight.&#8221; &#8220;Luke 24:31 ESV) GINOMAI (1096) + APHANTOS (855): \u201cGinomai: \u201cto become\u201d Aphantos, means literally, \u2018to cause to disappear, put out of sight.\u201d[i]&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2022\/04\/29\/vanished\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">VANISHED<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5753"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5762,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5753\/revisions\/5762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}