seekeroftruth
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John 21:1 Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Galilee. It happened this way: 2 Simon Peter, Thomas (also known as Didymus, Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. 3 “I’m going out to fish,” Simon Peter told them, and they said, “We’ll go with you.” So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.
4 Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus.
5 He called out to them, “Friends, haven’t you any fish?”
“No,” they answered.
6 He said, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.
7 Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, “It is the Lord,” he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken it off) and jumped into the water. 8 The other disciples followed in the boat, towing the net full of fish, for they were not far from shore, about a hundred yards. 9 When they landed, they saw a fire of burning coals there with fish on it, and some bread.
10 Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish you have just caught.” 11 So Simon Peter climbed back into the boat and dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn. 12 Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” None of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord. 13 Jesus came, took the bread and gave it to them, and did the same with the fish. 14 This was now the third time Jesus appeared to his disciples after he was raised from the dead.
So... it's a fish dinner.... I wonder if it was on a Friday!
Remember when Jesus first enlisted Peter and John? They were fishing and Jesus told them to fish from the other side of the boat... and they hauled in so many fish, two boats wouldn't handle it... but the nets didn't burst open. Peter and his brother and John and his brother... just walked away from the boat, the fish, the business.... everything... to walk with Jesus. I remember I said... "what about the fish????", when I read it.
Now there's a nice brisk fire going... and the fish [a reminder of the fish they left behind to join Him] and some bread. It's a Pot Luck for the disciples. Peter would bring some fish from the boat.
They left Him in a hollowed out stone tomb, bound in 75 pounds of linen infused with herbs and aloe. He was dead. He showed Himself to Mary Magdeline, then He came to them in a locked room, twice, and now He's feeding them breakfast. Pull up a rock... We're having breakfast.
Breakfast with a "dead" man.... now that's something one of the networks might pick up today. That's a book for the Best Seller's list.
Too bad it's already been written! John, the one Jesus loved, wrote it.
I wonder... would kids read the Bible if they knew there were stories about "dead" men serving breakfast?
How many people can honestly say "I've had Breakfast with a dead man".
