All Scripture Points Us to Jesus – April 21, 2026

All Scripture Points Us to Jesus – April 21, 2026

From WELS Daily Devotions by WELS: What About Jesus

April 21, 2026 · 3 min · Season 1

About this episode

This episode discusses how all Scripture points to Jesus, emphasizing the importance of God's Word in understanding faith.

https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/daily-devotions/20260421dev.mp3 Listen to Devotion [Jesus] said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?” And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself. Luke 24:25-27 All Scripture Points Us to Jesus When Jesus appeared to the two disciples on the road to Emmaus, he kept them from recognizing him. That seems strange. If the goal was to convince them he was alive, why not simply say, “It’s me”? Instead, Jesus did something just as powerful. He opened the Scriptures. He walked them through the first part of the Bible, what we call the Old Testament, and showed them how it had always been pointing to him. He may have taken them back to the Garden of Eden, where God promised that one of Eve’s descendants would crush the serpent. He may have reminded them of the Passover Lamb in Exodus, whose blood saved God’s people from death. He certainly could have pointed to the prophet Isaiah, who wrote about a suffering…

Topics covered

  • Scripture
  • Jesus
  • Faith
  • Old Testament
  • Discipleship
  • Resurrection

Keywords

  • Jesus
  • Scripture
  • Old Testament
  • faith
  • disciples
  • resurrection
  • Isaiah
  • Eve
  • Garden of Eden

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Luke 24:25-27, Old Testament, Garden of Eden, Passover Lamb

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