Eoad to Emmaus - What caused the two disciples who met Jesus on the road to Emmaus to finally recognize Him?

This is an interesting question considering what speculated there are about what cause the disciples to finally recognize Jesus. What does the scripture really say about this. First, we know from Luke 24:16 that the disciples were kept from recognizing him, meaning they were blinded to this fact just as the House of Judah (Jewish Nation) minds are blinded until God thinks it is time to remove the blindness of the Jewish people. If you walk with someone over 7 miles and have one person do most of the speaking, you do not go very fast, so they might have been together a min of 2 hours?  Verse 30 and 31 says when they were at the table to eat, God open their eyes and then they recognized Jesus.  The two disciples said they recognized Jesus when he broke the bread in verse 35.  We know people do things by habit and how they do it.  These disciples have been with Jesus over 3 and half years and how many times have they seen how Jesus broke bread for the disciples.  They know Jesus must have had a certain way to break bread and when their eyes were open, they recognized this.  In the disciples own words, Jesus was recognized by then when Jesus broke the bread.  But it was only after their eyes were open as in the future, the Jewish people eyes are open and then they will accept Jesus as their Messiah, the Anointed One. 

Blessing

Stephen

(Luke 24:16 NIV) but they were kept from recognizing him.

(Luke 24:30 NIV) When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them.

(Luke 24:31 NIV) Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight.

(Luke 24:35 NIV) Then the two told what had happened on the way, and how Jesus was recognized by them when he broke the bread.