It was all happening just as God had planned because God loved us too much to let our sin separate us from knowing His love.
He knew He would die as a sacrifice, the final Passover Lamb, and that His death would pay the price for our sin. Jesus already knew what was going to happen. The religious leaders thought they were in charge, but they weren’t. The high priest said, “.it is to your advantage that one man should die for the people rather than the whole nation perish.” They would rather Jesus die than face the Romans. They were afraid that the Roman soldiers would come, take the temple, and destroy their land. Jesus’ enemies began to plot how they could kill Jesus. We DO know that when Lazarus left the tomb, many more people believed in Jesus because of this, but some did not and were upset. We don’t know how the sisters reacted when they saw their brother brought back to life, or how Lazarus described his experience to the people around them. We don’t know what immediately happened next. “Father, I thank you that you heard me…” And then with a loud voice, Jesus said, “Lazarus, come out.” And he did! Lazarus, who had been dead for four days, walked out of the tomb. Then Jesus lifted His eyes and spoke to God. Still, Jesus saw how grief affected His friends, and He shared their sorrow. Jesus knew that Lazarus’ death was just temporary. Mary and Martha wept because they thought death had won, and they would never see their brother again. Jesus knew He was about to call Lazarus out of the tomb. His tears were different than those of Mary and Martha. When they took Jesus to the grave, Jesus also wept. Jesus was deeply moved when He saw Mary’s grief. Martha’s sister Mary didn’t understand either, and when she saw Jesus, she fell at his feet and wept. She had seen Him do great miracles, but she didn’t understand what Jesus was about to do. Do you believe this?” She answered, “Yes, Lord, I believe You are the Messiah, the Son of God, who comes into the world.” Martha knew Jesus was powerful. Everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die ⎯ ever. The one who believes in Me, even if he dies, will live. When Martha saw Jesus, she said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother wouldn’t have died.” Jesus responded, “Your brother will rise again.” Martha said, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.” Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life. It was such a long time that no one had any hope that Jesus could help Lazarus. But let’s go to him.” When the disciples prepared to follow Jesus to Judea, they knew that they could face death, too.īy the time Jesus got there, Lazarus had been dead in the tomb for four days. I’m glad for you that that I wasn’t there so that you may believe.
Then Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus has died. The disciples didn’t believe that Lazarus would die, so when Jesus told them He was going to Judea after all, they were surprised. Mary, Martha, and Lazarus lived in Bethany which was just a few miles from Jesus’ enemies, so it was dangerous for Jesus to travel there. Some people did not like Jesus or His teachings. For two days, Jesus remained where he was, and the disciples thought they knew why. When the sisters sent word that Lazarus was sick, Jesus did not come right away to help. Jesus loved His friends Mary, Martha, and Lazarus.
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