![]() ![]() But, they are evidence that resurrection is real. They have been seen in an area of our sight that is not all that good. ![]() From our perspective they are old and blurry. This week we have been given pre-Cross pictures of resurrection. The joke is on them though - they have not taken good photographs of it either. It is my nemesis and my birding friends all joke with me about it. I do have photographs - a little blur of blue and brown obscured by grass stalks. But I have never seen one unobstructed, in full view, sitting still for long enough to get a good photograph. I have even seen them slightly left of centre - in my blurry vision. I have seen glimpses of them among the grass and weeds. They are described as "cryptic", hidden in plain sight. It has a long filamentous tail that looks like an Emu feather - hence the name. It is tiny, has a touch of sky-blue on its chest, and mainly mottled brown on the rest of the body. There is a little bird around here called an Emu-wren. What is Jesus teaching us here, and why is the understanding that death is an unconscious sleep so crucial in understanding Christ’s words? And why do His words offer us, as beings destined to the grave, so much hope? In one line Jesus talks about believers dying, and in the next He talks about believers never dying. Right then and there these people saw the life-giving power of God, the same power that spoke our world into existence, and the same power that at the end of the age will call the dead back to life in the resurrection.īy raising Lazarus, Jesus proved that He had the power to defeat death, which, for beings like us, who inevitably die - what greater manifestation of God’s glory could there be? Read John 11:25-26. After a short prayer, Jesus ordered, “Lazarus, come forth!” ( John 11:43, NKJV). The Bible says that by God’s word life was created ( Genesis 1:20-30, Psalm 33:6), and by His word life can be re-created, as in the case of Lazarus. Martha believed, and she saw the glory of God in the resurrection of her brother. And Jesus added, “If you believe, you will see the glory of God” ( John 11:40, NASB). Do you believe this?” ( John 11:23-26, LEB). The one who believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die forever. But Jesus declared, “I am the resurrection and the life. In this context, when Jesus told Martha, “Your brother will rise from the dead” ( John 11:23, NASB), she reaffirmed her belief in the final resurrection. ![]()
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