Acts Chapter Nine

An unusual event happened at the time of Acts Chapter nine. It was totally unexpected and most certainly un-prophesied. That is to say, none of the Old Testament prophets to the nation of Israel ever mentioned what happened on the road to Damascus in Acts Chapter nine. Nowhere in all of the books from Genesis to Malachi, did a prophet utter a single word about this.

On that dusty Syrian road that day was a man with hate in his heart. A man who despised even the mention of the name of Jesus of Nazareth. Saul of Tarsus had in his pocket letters from the leaders of the Jews. Those letters would give him the authority to arrest anyone he found who professed to be a believer in Jesus. As a matter of fact, he was the worst enemy of the Lord Jesus Christ on the face of the earth.

But that day, something unusual, and totally unexpected happened. As Saul journeyed toward Damascus, about the middle of the day, a light shone round about him. He later said that the light was “brighter than the noonday sun.” And he heard a voice speaking to him in the Hebrew tongue, saying, “Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?” Saul, on the ground, said, “Who art thou, Lord?” And the voice replied, “I am Jesus, whom thou persecutest.”

The men who were traveling with Saul could hear a voice, the voice of Saul as he spoke to the Lord. But they saw no one. Only Saul saw the Lord that day, and only Saul heard the voice of the ressurrected, ascended and glorified Lord Jesus Christ. As the conversation continued, Saul, trembling and astonished, asked the Lord, “Lord, what wilt thou have me to do.”

And so began “the revelation of the mystery.” which had been kept secret since the world began.

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