The healing power of the Prophecies of Christ

"Then, starting with Moses and going through all the prophets, He explained to them the passages throughout the scriptures that were about Himself.’’ Luke 24:27

The greatest scandal for the disciples was the crucifixion and death of Jesus. Here was their Master, on whom they had pinned all their hopes - who had seemed to them a little while ago the invincible Son of God, for whom nothing was impossible - taken prisoner by his enemies, mocked, handed over to the gentiles and crucified! All their hopes were shattered. But listening to the prophecies about the Christ from the Prophets and the Psalms changes them - a healing light now begins to shine once more upon their minds and now doubt is replaced by faith - they realise that without His Passion, it would have been impossible for Jesus to have entered into His glory.