SEVEN
SIGNS THAT REVEAL WHO JESUS IS - #7
The story about the resurrection of
Lazarus is found in John chapter eleven. The sisters of Lazarus notified Jesus
that their brother was ill. Instead of returning to Bethany immediately, the
Bible says Jesus “stayed where he was two more days” (vs. 6, NIV). By the time
Jesus arrived in Bethany, Lazarus had been in the tomb for four days” (vs. 11,
NIV). Why did Jesus wait so long?
Maybe it is because
of something F. F. Bruce says: “The rabbis’ believed a person’s soul revisited
the tomb during the first three days but left it permanently from the 4th
day onward; death was then irreversible.” John, the author, wanted to make it
clear Lazarus was dead.
Why did Jesus raise
Lazarus from the dead? John writes, “it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son
may be glorified through it” (vs. 4, NIV). Jesus did something the ancient
heathens thought could not be done. It was even beyond anything God could do.
Our physical bodies
will die someday. However, Jesus Himself is the resurrection and the life!
Jesus has the power
to resurrect us. In Him, we have eternal life.
“The
Memoirs of One Man’s Journey Through Time”
Website: cpaulwooderson.com
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