THE DISCIPLES' STATE OF MIND

Thank You Reg . . related to this topic . . John 20:29 "Iesus saith vnto him, Thomas, because thou hast seene mee, thou hast beleeued: blessed are they that haue not seene, and yet haue beleeued." In this verse, our Lord speaks directly to believers in this generation and gives us a special blessing. We tend to exalt the original disciples and should for their great enduring faith that helped bring us the Word ( I believe that Jesus asking "Neuerthelesse, when the Son of man commeth, shall hee find faith on the earth?" Luk18:8 was his motivation to these disciples to make haste to spread the gospel.) But Jesus makes it clear that our faith in this generation represents something above the physical knowledge of Jesus experienced by those disciples. We are loved specially by our Savior for the faith we show in these times. Endure until the end.

I think this was covered but . . on the topic of being "scattered" . . I think Jesus was also foretelling to them that . . . although they will each experience confusion and scatter to their separate places because of the events to come (which they did eg. think Peter). . .the Holy Spirit eventually will come to each of them individually/separately and establish their understanding (of course they all were blessed to also see Jesus Risen). Jesus through the Holy Spirit gathers each who has faith back to the flock to the Shepherd. John 10:27 "My sheepe heare my voyce, and I know them, and they follow me."