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Question 4
Chuck highlights Jesus’ rebuke on the road to Emmaus: “How foolish you are and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken”; what parts of the Old Testament storyline about Messiah’s suffering do you suspect you’ve been “slow to believe,” even if you affirm the cross as a doctrine?
Another way to ask: Jesus said the disciples were slow to believe what the prophets said about the Messiah. What Old Testament parts about the Messiah suffering do you think you’ve been slow to accept, even if you believe in the cross?

Direct Answer The transcript implies many Christians may affirm the cross generally but be “slow to believe” how deeply and widely the Old Testament foretells a suffering Messiah—through specific texts like Isaiah 53 and Psalm 22 and through patterns like the bronze serpent and Passover lamb. Being slow here often looks like not knowing these Scriptures well enough to use them.

Support from Transcript:

  • Jesus’ rebuke: “How foolish you are and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken… Did not the Messiah have to suffer?”
  • Jesus insists: “Everything must be fulfilled… in the law of Moses, the prophets and the Psalms.”
  • Chuck says prophecy fulfillment is what “most Christians are the least familiar with.”
  • He chooses four key examples specifically tied to suffering and crucifixion: “bronze serpent… Passover Lamb… Isaiah 53… Psalm 22.”
  • He notes even disciples and enemies “could [not] grasp the idea… [He] was going to suffer and die on the cross.”
Discussion Follow-ups Which of the four major examples (serpent, lamb, Isaiah 53, Psalm 22) is least familiar to you, and why?

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