John 11:43
WHEN HE HAD SAID THIS,
HE CRIED OUT WITH A LOUD VOICE,
"LAZARUS,COME FORTH!"
John 11:43
Life and death. Topics that are full of mistery, studied by philosophers and spoken by all, but enjoyed by only a few.
We don´t know how to live.
We don´t know how to die.
Life and death...crucial parts of our existence. We face them everyday, and yet we still have no idea of how to handle them.
Life, we understand it so little and complain about it a lot- yet when faced by death our reaction it to cling to life!
Death, we understand even less of this non avoidable issue of our earthly existence...few even dare to mention it out loud.
Please read this passage complete, there is so much to it, but I have no time to talk about it all (I feel this way about every single passage in the Bible).
"LAZARUS IS DEAD"
John 11:14
Today I want to stop here, in death. Jesus reaction is so strange. His friend is dead...and he mentiones it without tears, and he adds "I am glad"...???
Once again I will speak of things unwritten. But in hope that this reflections will bring a different perspective into your way of thought.
I believe Lazarus was glad too. Life here on earth can be rough- no matter money or health, we are surrounded by sin.
But it was not his appointed time to die really, so instead of being taken up to heaven, he was put into "deep sleep"...for four days, in a cold, dark grave.
What happened to Lazarus those days? He died.
Glad to die? Well, it was a rather special death...I would call it a complete death.
He died more than phisically. I believe that during those days he died to his wrong ideas of how to live life. I believe that in that cold lonely grave he died to his false expectations of a Walt Disney land.
Strange how it worked out, his dying to such misconceptions allowed him to obey Jesus call to raise from the dead.
Please, lets look at this again. Lazarus died to wrong ideas of how to live life and Lazarus died to the false expectations of a Walt Disney Land. That place where we have been told that everybody lives happily ever after.
Here on earth there is no such land.
Here on earth we must learn to face sin and death,in us and in those around.
Many translations state: Lazarus come out!
I like this one:
LAZARUS COME FORTH!
The words here imply come out, come live, come and have an effect on those around you...COME FORTH!
"Lazarus show others how to live,
by living a different type of life,
in their same broken world.
Lazarus, COME FORTH!"
Before Lazarus could receive such a call,
he had to die.
HE CRIED OUT WITH A LOUD VOICE,
"LAZARUS,COME FORTH!"
John 11:43
Life and death. Topics that are full of mistery, studied by philosophers and spoken by all, but enjoyed by only a few.
We don´t know how to live.
We don´t know how to die.
Life and death...crucial parts of our existence. We face them everyday, and yet we still have no idea of how to handle them.
Life, we understand it so little and complain about it a lot- yet when faced by death our reaction it to cling to life!
Death, we understand even less of this non avoidable issue of our earthly existence...few even dare to mention it out loud.
Please read this passage complete, there is so much to it, but I have no time to talk about it all (I feel this way about every single passage in the Bible).
"LAZARUS IS DEAD"
John 11:14
Today I want to stop here, in death. Jesus reaction is so strange. His friend is dead...and he mentiones it without tears, and he adds "I am glad"...???
Once again I will speak of things unwritten. But in hope that this reflections will bring a different perspective into your way of thought.
I believe Lazarus was glad too. Life here on earth can be rough- no matter money or health, we are surrounded by sin.
But it was not his appointed time to die really, so instead of being taken up to heaven, he was put into "deep sleep"...for four days, in a cold, dark grave.
What happened to Lazarus those days? He died.
Glad to die? Well, it was a rather special death...I would call it a complete death.
He died more than phisically. I believe that during those days he died to his wrong ideas of how to live life. I believe that in that cold lonely grave he died to his false expectations of a Walt Disney land.
Strange how it worked out, his dying to such misconceptions allowed him to obey Jesus call to raise from the dead.
Please, lets look at this again. Lazarus died to wrong ideas of how to live life and Lazarus died to the false expectations of a Walt Disney Land. That place where we have been told that everybody lives happily ever after.
Here on earth there is no such land.
Here on earth we must learn to face sin and death,in us and in those around.
Many translations state: Lazarus come out!
I like this one:
LAZARUS COME FORTH!
The words here imply come out, come live, come and have an effect on those around you...COME FORTH!
"Lazarus show others how to live,
by living a different type of life,
in their same broken world.
Lazarus, COME FORTH!"
Before Lazarus could receive such a call,
he had to die.
posted by thisfool @ 4:59 AM
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