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The account in John 11 makes clear that God intended for Lazarus to die temporarily so that he could be raised again (John 11:4). His earlier "brush with death" was not his resurrection moment, but simply an opportunity or God to display His power over death. Lord, she says, by now he must smell, for it is four days. Martha objects, not yet understanding what Jesus intends to do. Actually, it is a cave with a stone placed at the entrance. If we assume that Lazarus was a believer in Jesus Christ (probably a safe assumption), then we can be sure he will one day be resurrected into a new body (together with all believers) and will live eternally with Christ. When Lazarus Is Resurrected JESUS, along with those accompanying him, now arrives at the memorial tomb of Lazarus. This is why they had to die again, because the putting away of our present body is a necessary prerequisite to receiving a new body. When Lazarus and the others like him were brought back to life, they merely returned to their existing, corrupt body. Paul describes the nature of true resurrection at length in 1Cor 15, where he teaches that the body of a resurrected believer is a new, better form than the previous body. Secondly, resurrection is a transformation into a new body, one that is fundamentally different than the one that preceded it. Warning: The following article contains spoilers from The Lazarus Project season 1, episode 1. ASHLEY THE MINISTRY PLAYS of the late medieval cycles and. A child, a young man and an adult were raised from the dead. Once Jesus raised him from the dead, he continued in his Earthly life and eventually faced his true death and judgment. The Resurrection of Lazarus in the Late Medieval English and French Cycle Drama KATHLEEN M. Only three of the miracles are about the raising of a dead person: the daughter of Jairus (Matthew 9:18, 23-26 Mark 5:21-43 Luke 8:40-56), the son of a widow (Luke 7:11-17) and Lazarus (John 11:38-46). Why was Lazarus Resurrected Why did Jesus resurrect Lazarus when He could have healed him and prevented his death Jesus answers this in part when He told them plainly, Lazarus has died, and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe (John 11:14-15). When Lazarus fell ill, his sisters sent a message to Jesus, 'Lord, the one you love is sick.' When Jesus heard the news, he waited two more days before going to Lazarus' hometown of Bethany. John 11:43-44, And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.

When Lazarus died, he didn't face the moment of judgment nor did he escape death forever. Lazarus was one Jesus Christ 's closest friends. A true resurrection is one that returns a person to a permanent state of new life, one in which the person is never to be subjected to death again (see Heb 9:27 Rom 6:8-9 1Cor 15:54, etc.). Resurrection as it is described in Scripture requires two elements, neither of which were present for Lazarus nor the other people raised from the dead during Jesus' ministry on Earth.įirst, as you say each person Jesus raised prior to his own resurrection was subject to death again at some later point. According to Scripture, Jesus was the first person to be resurrected (1Cor 15:20), and you offered part of the answer in your question for why we cannot consider Lazarus (or any of the other people Jesus raised from the dead) to have preceded Jesus in resurrection.