Things Hidden and Revealed

Luke 18:31-43

Jesus a Third Time Predicts His Death and Resurrection

31 Then He took the twelve aside and said to them, "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be accomplished. 32 For He will be delivered to the Gentiles and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon. 33 They will scourge Him and kill Him. And the third day He will rise again."

34 But they understood none of these things; this saying was hidden from them, and they did not know the things which were spoken.

A Blind Man Receives His Sight

35 Then it happened, as He was coming near Jericho, that a certain blind man sat by the road begging. 36 And hearing a multitude passing by, he asked what it meant. 37 So they told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by. 38 And he cried out, saying, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"

39 Then those who went before warned him that he should be quiet; but he cried out all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"

40 So Jesus stood still and commanded him to be brought to Him. And when he had come near, He asked him, 41 saying, "What do you want Me to do for you?"

He said, "Lord, that I may receive my sight."

42 Then Jesus said to him, "Receive your sight; your faith has made you well." 43 And immediately he received his sight, and followed Him, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.

Jesus spoke of things that were hidden and revealed.  The hidden was clearly stated but required ears of the hearers to be opened by Him to be seen.  He spoke about the rejection, humiliation, degradation, torture, and murder to come to Him as told before by the prophets (Acts 26:22-23) by those unwilling and unable to hear the clear declaration of His suffering and death to atone for their sins in a way no mere yearly animal sacrifice in the temple could ever achieve (Hebrews 9:24-25, 28, 10:3, 10).  But He also talked of the fact of His resurrection when He rose again from death to life as a pattern and forerunner (1 Corinthians 15: 20-22, of we who will hear and believe His words of these things which He has done for us to reconcile us to God the Father through His Son (2 Corinthians 5:18-19, Colossians 1:20, Romans 6:6-7) as we are given spiritual understanding (Luke 24:45, Ephesians 1:18, 1 John 5:20) by the Spirit of God Himself.  These truths from old and new were not understood even by the apostles near to Jesus until He later revealed them when He rose from death to life and promised them the same (John 5:24) with His Spirit place inside them to grasp these with the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:10, 12, 16).  This comprehension comes with our new birth of regeneration as we gain a new mind and heart to observe God’s word since we have it engraved on our very being with such understanding of all its significance!  The hidden is now revealed to the children of God in Jesus Christ.  Another example of hidden things is the man who was blind and heard the Lord pass by close to him.  He cried out for mercy and to see what he always unable to himself.  By the faith that trusted the word of the Lord to him to be able to see he then saw clearly with eyes wide open by the finger of God in a figurative sense.  Once able to see, the once blind man followed Jesus and gave glory to God which caused others to praise Him in response.  Such it is with us who have been given eyes to see and ears to hear with them ringing in our ears and hearts in this new life now and into eternity with Him before His face one day.  Things hidden have been revealed and we give joyful glory to God in following Him!