![]() By Lazarus’ death, Jesus will show He is the Resurrection and the Life. So, we’ll sleep in a tranquil rest, waking anew in the morning light of our resurrection. No, from slumber deep, we will reap the everlasting life our Savior once sowed. The way Jesus talks, physical death is no permanent end. Jesus brings us life and resurrection for eternity-and today as our present possession. In Christ, no death abides, so whoever lives in Him shall never perish. Will sleepiness soon break as sure as he will awake? Will the Resurrection-and-Life breathe life’s bloom within his being? A dead man will stir if Jesus calls him forth to a new start, for whenever Jesus speaks so, death must die and arise to life. Unknown to Jesus’ disciples, Lazarus lies in slumber. To Him, sleep is a mere repose from which the faithful will awaken with joyous bodies united to their soaring souls. “Lazarus is sleeping.” So grim and final death is for us, but not for Jesus, God’s eternal Son. Is Lazarus’ body not buried, sealed in a tomb, rotting in the darkness, and stinking to heaven? Well, Jesus doesn’t speak this way. “Passed away” is how we refer to others whose life is gone. Why let loose the stench of her brother’s decaying remains? Ah, but her Lord stirs with other plans. So, she isn’t asking Jesus, so He’ll raise Lazarus from death today, but on the Last Day. How so? Later, she doesn’t want Him to roll the stone back where Lazarus lay. Martha heaves and exhales, “I’m sure whatever you ask of God, He will grant you.” So, she implores Jesus to pray for her dead brother. Today, she is stirring with a sliver of faith, not her sister, Mary. “Jesus, if you arrived earlier, Lazarus will still be a-stir with life.” First is Martha, next is Mary, followed by their friends. Outside in the light, the Savior of sinners stands weeping. Jesus’ lack of punctuality will prove His full power, allowing death to suck their hearts dry to fill them with faith’s fullness.Īt last, Jesus arrives at Bethany. Don’t miss this: The Lord loves Lazarus, so He postpones His arrival to fulfill a divine purpose. Jesus delays waiting for Lazarus to be long-dead and buried for four days. So when he received news of Lazarus’ illness, he stayed two more days” (John 11:5-6). “Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. Runners rush to bring Jesus their message, unaware when they reach Him, Lazarus is no more. ![]() So things appear to this family, awash in their anxiety. Swift, the sickness rushes in, so slow is the Lord of mercy. Despite the urgency, time still runs in its continual coursings. Lazarus grows ill and soon may breathe his last. ![]() Two sisters, whom Jesus loves, send word and beg Him to hurry their way. ![]()
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