Editing Blog:"and greet no one along the way" (section)

== Travelers, wayfarers, and a fallen world ==
Literally, a "way" is the path between points A and B. Allegorically, a "way" is how to act, what to do, in order to get there. The early Church -- and it's so perfect -- was called literally and allegorically, "The Way", as Jesus is both "the way" to live our lives and "the way" to salvation.  

While we may be situated in modes and places that expose us to spiritual dangers, it is in moving about, and, especially moving between circumstances, that we are especially vulnerable to the world's definitions upon us. Thus it is along "the way" that we often find ourselves getting in trouble. Literally, travel along a way has inherent uncertainty, and, as anyone who has traveled much can attest, the world of travelers can be rather unsavory. Travel means exposure to the world.   

The Lord mentions the word "world" frequently, generally as a reference to creation and mankind or as the fallen "world" ruled by Satan. In Luke's version of the Temptation of Jesus,

<blockquote>Then he took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a single instant. ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/luke/4?5 Lk 4:5])</blockquote>

The "world" is that which is not of Heaven and God. You know, where we live -- which is why Jesus instructs us to be like a beacon upon a mountain, 
<blockquote>You are the light of the world. ([https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/5?14 Mt 5:14])</blockquote>

That lamp is not to be extinguished on its way up the hill. So, sending out of the Seventy-Two is preparation for the larger journey to follow Christ's Death and Resurrection, when the world will be much larger and far more dangerous. Jesus needs them to get ready, needs them to discern good from evil, and to wield the powers and protections of Faith.