Lazarus! John 11

Lazarus 11 Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Miriam and her sister Martha. 2 This was the same Miriam who anointed the Master with perfume and wiped His feet with her hair. It was her brother Lazarus who was sick. 3 So the sisters sent a word to Yeshua, saying, “Master, the one you love is sick!”

Lazarus 4 When Yeshua heard this, He said, “This sickness will not end in death. It is for God’s glory, so that Ben-Elohim may be glorified through it.” 5 Now Yeshua loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 However, when He heard that Lazarus was sick, He stayed where He was for two more days.

Lazarus 7 Then after this, He said to His disciples, “Let’s go up to Judea again.” 8 “Rabbi,” the disciples say to Him, “just now the Judean leaders were trying to stone You! And You’re going back there again?”

Lazarus 9 Yeshua answered, “Aren’t there twelve hours in the day? If a man walks in the day, he doesn’t stumble, because he sees the light of the world. 10 But if a man should walk around at night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”

Lazarus 11 After He said this, He tells them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I’m going there to wake him up.” 12 So the disciples said to Him, “Master, if he has fallen asleep, he will get better.” 13 Now Yeshua had spoken about his death, but they thought He was talking about ordinary sleep.

Lazarus 14 Then Yeshua told them clearly, “Lazarus is dead! 15 I’m glad for your sake I wasn’t there, so that you may believe. Anyway, let’s go to him!” 16 Then Thomas called the Twin said to the other disciples, “Let’s go too, so that we may die with Him!”

Lazarus 17 So when Yeshua arrived, He discovered that Lazarus had been in the tomb already for four days. 18 Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem, 19 and many of the Judeans had come to Martha and Miriam to console them about their brother.

Lazarus 20 When Martha heard that Yeshua was coming, she went out to meet Him; but Miriam sat in the house. 21 Martha said to Yeshua, “Master, if You had been here, my brother wouldn’t have died! 22 But I know, even now, that whatever You may ask of God, He will give You.” 23 Yeshua said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”

Lazarus 24 Martha said to Him, “I know, he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.” 25 Yeshua said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life! Whoever believes in Me, even if he dies, shall live. 26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?”

Lazarus 27 She says to Him, “Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Messiah, Ben- Elohim who has come into the world.” 28 After she said this, she left and secretly told her sister Miriam, “The Teacher is here, and He’s calling for you.” 29 As soon as Miriam heard, she quickly got up and was coming to Him.

Lazarus 30 Now Yeshua had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha had met Him. 31 The Judeans, who were with Miriam in the house and comforting her, seeing how quickly she got up and went out, followed her. They thought she was going to the tomb to weep there.

Lazarus 32 So when Miriam came to where Yeshua was, she saw Him and fell at His feet, saying to Him, “Master, if You had been here, my brother would not have died!”

Lazarus 33 When Yeshua saw her weeping, and the Judeans who came with her weeping, He was deeply troubled in spirit and Himself agitated. 34 “Where have you laid him?” He asked. “Come and see, Master,” they tell Him.

Lazarus 35 Yeshua wept. 36 So the Judeans said, “See how He loved him!” 37 But some of them said, “Couldn’t this One, who opened the eyes of the blind man, have also kept this man from dying?”

Lazarus 38 So Yeshua, again deeply troubled within Himself, comes to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it. 39 Yeshua says, “Roll away the stone!” Martha, the dead man’s sister, said to Him, “Master, by this time he stinks! He’s been dead for four days!”

Lazarus 40 Yeshua says to her, “Didn’t I tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?” 41 So they rolled away the stone. Yeshua lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard Me. 42 I knew that You always hear Me; but because of this crowd standing around I said it, so that they may believe that You sent Me.”

Lazarus 43 And when He had said this, He cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” 44 He who had been dead came out, wrapped in burial clothes binding his hands and feet, with a cloth over his face. And Yeshua tells them, “Cut him loose, and let him go!”

Lazarus Crisis:

Lazarus Crisis: Death!!

Lazarus The history of death:

Lazarus The history of death: Death was never intended for beings like us (1 Cor 15)

Lazarus The history of death: Death was never intended for beings like us (1 Cor 15) 1 Cor. 15:25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death.

Lazarus The history of death: Death was never intended for beings like us (1 Cor 15) Gen. 2 “the image of God” “breathed the spirit of life” 2:7 Creative, learning 19,20

Lazarus The history of death: Personal 20 Free choosing 16,17 Responsible 17

Lazarus The history of death: Enter death: The fall

Lazarus The history of death: Enter death: The fall Rom. 5:12 “Just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men…”

Lazarus The history of death: Enter death: The fall Death remains the ultimate enemy of humanity!

Lazarus The history of death: Enter death: The fall Death remains the ultimate enemy of humanity! We have no answer for it!

Enter… Jesus!!! Lazarus The history of death: Enter death: The fall Death remains the ultimate enemy of humanity! We have no answer for it! Enter… Jesus!!!

Back to our story… Lazarus The history of death: Enter death: The fall Death remains the ultimate enemy of humanity! We have no answer for it! Back to our story…

Lazarus Lazarus has died

Lazarus Lazarus has died Death had won

Lazarus Lazarus has died Death had won But…

Lazarus Lazarus has died Death had won But… The Messiah was on His way!!!

Lazarus 17 So when Yeshua arrived, He discovered that Lazarus had been in the tomb already for four days. 18 Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem, 19 and many of the Judeans had come to Martha and Miriam to console them about their brother.

Lazarus 17 So when Yeshua arrived, He discovered that Lazarus had been in the tomb already for four days. 18 Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem, 19 and many of the Judeans had come to Martha and Miriam to console them about their brother.

Lazarus 17 So when Yeshua arrived, He discovered that Lazarus had been in the tomb already for four days. 18 Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem, 19 and many of the Judeans had come to Martha and Miriam to console them about their brother. Jesus intentionally sets up a drama that will draw our focus to his central purpose: resolving the problem of death

Lazarus 20 When Martha heard that Yeshua was coming, she went out to meet Him; but Miriam sat in the house. 21 Martha said to Yeshua, “Master, if You had been here, my brother wouldn’t have died! 22 But I know, even now, that whatever You may ask of God, He will give You.” 23 Yeshua said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”

Lazarus 24 Martha said to Him, “I know, he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.” 25 Yeshua said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life! Whoever believes in Me, even if he dies, shall live. 26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?”

Lazarus 24 Martha said to Him, “I know, he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.” 25 Yeshua said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life! Whoever believes in Me, even if he dies, shall live. 26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?”

Lazarus Resurrection on the “last day”: 24 Martha said to Him, “I know, he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.” 25 Yeshua said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life! Whoever believes in Me, even if he dies, shall live. 26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?”

Lazarus Resurrection on the “last day”: Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, those to everlasting life, but others to disgrace and everlasting contempt. Daniel 12:2 24 Martha said to Him, “I know, he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.” 25 Yeshua said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life! Whoever believes in Me, even if he dies, shall live. 26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?”

Lazarus 24 Martha said to Him, “I know, he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.” 25 Yeshua said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life! Whoever believes in Me, even if he dies, shall live. 26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?”

Lazarus Resurrecting Power: 24 Martha said to Him, “I know, he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.” 25 Yeshua said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life! Whoever believes in Me, even if he dies, shall live. 26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?” Resurrecting Power:

Lazarus Resurrecting Power: 24 Martha said to Him, “I know, he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.” 25 Yeshua said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life! Whoever believes in Me, even if he dies, shall live. 26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?” Resurrecting Power: God’s promise in the old testament was to defeat the plague of death

Lazarus Resurrecting Power: 24 Martha said to Him, “I know, he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.” 25 Yeshua said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life! Whoever believes in Me, even if he dies, shall live. 26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?” Resurrecting Power: God’s promise in the old testament was to defeat the plague of death Jesus was telling Martha she was looking that promise in the face!

Lazarus Resurrecting Power: 24 Martha said to Him, “I know, he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.” 25 Yeshua said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life! Whoever believes in Me, even if he dies, shall live. 26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?” Resurrecting Power: God’s promise in the old testament was to defeat the plague of death Jesus was telling Martha she was looking that promise in the face! Jesus is the living, breathing manifestation of God’s power over death!!

Lazarus 33 When Yeshua saw her weeping, and the Judeans who came with her weeping, He was deeply troubled in spirit and Himself agitated. 34 “Where have you laid him?” He asked. “Come and see, Master,” they tell Him. 35 Jesus wept

Lazarus 33 When Yeshua saw her weeping, and the Judeans who came with her weeping, He was deeply troubled in spirit and Himself agitated. 34 “Where have you laid him?” He asked. “Come and see, Master,” they tell Him. 35 Jesus wept

Lazarus 33 When Yeshua saw her weeping, and the Judeans who came with her weeping, He was deeply troubled in spirit and Himself agitated. 34 “Where have you laid him?” He asked. “Come and see, Master,” they tell Him. 35 Jesus wept = to be outraged, furious Used to describe the snorting of angry horses How does God feel about death?

Lazarus 38 So Yeshua, again deeply troubled within Himself, comes to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it. 39 Yeshua says, “Roll away the stone!” Martha, the dead man’s sister, said to Him, “Master, by this time he stinks! He’s been dead for four days!”

Lazarus 40 Yeshua says to her, “Didn’t I tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?” 41 So they rolled away the stone. Yeshua lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard Me. 42 I knew that You always hear Me; but because of this crowd standing around I said it, so that they may believe that You sent Me.”

Lazarus 43 And when He had said this, He cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” 44 He who had been dead came out, wrapped in burial clothes binding his hands and feet, with a cloth over his face. And Yeshua tells them, “Cut him loose, and let him go!”

Lazarus 43 And when He had said this, He cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” 44 He who had been dead came out, wrapped in burial clothes binding his hands and feet, with a cloth over his face. And Yeshua tells them, “Cut him loose, and let him go!” The proof and demonstration of who He was and what He said about Himself was true!!

Conclusion

Conclusion The plague of death: this is the most basic and crucial question we must ask

Conclusion The plague of death: this is the most basic and crucial question we must ask You can’t answer the question of life’s meaning without first resolving the issue of death

Conclusion The plague of death: this is the most basic and crucial question we must ask You can’t answer the question of life’s meaning without first resolving the issue of death The alternatives: A great nothingness; therefore, nothing at all matters

Conclusion The plague of death: this is the most basic and crucial question we must ask You can’t answer the question of life’s meaning without first resolving the issue of death The alternatives: A great nothingness; therefore, nothing at all matters God is outraged about death!

Conclusion The plague of death: this is the most basic and crucial question we must ask You can’t answer the question of life’s meaning without first resolving the issue of death The alternatives: A great nothingness; therefore, nothing at all matters God is outraged about death! But He has a plan!!

Conclusion The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. John 1:14a racism torture poverty slander injustice betrayal rejection death The plague of death: this is the most basic and crucial question we must ask You can’t answer the question of life’s meaning without first resolving the issue of death The alternatives: A great nothingness; therefore, nothing at all matters God is outraged about death! But He has a plan!!

Conclusion A Terminal Problem: A Future Hope: Victory in Christ:

Conclusion A Terminal Problem: A Future Hope: Victory in Christ: “In the day you eat from this tree, you shall surely die.” Genesis 2:17 “sin reigned in death” Romans 5:21 A Future Hope: Victory in Christ:

Conclusion A Terminal Problem: A Future Hope: Victory in Christ: “In the day you eat from this tree, you shall surely die.” Genesis 2:17 “sin reigned in death” Romans 5:21 A Future Hope: “He will swallow up death for all time, and the Lord God will wipe tears away from all faces” Isaiah 25:8 Victory in Christ:

Conclusion A Terminal Problem: A Future Hope: Victory in Christ: “In the day you eat from this tree, you shall surely die.” Genesis 2:17 “sin reigned in death” Romans 5:21 A Future Hope: “He will swallow up death for all time, and the Lord God will wipe tears away from all faces” Isaiah 25:8 Victory in Christ: “so that just as sin reigned in death so also grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Messiah Yeshua our Lord.” Romans 5:21

Conclusion A Terminal Problem: A Future Hope: Victory in Christ: “In the day you eat from this tree, you shall surely die.” Genesis 2:17 “sin reigned in death” Romans 5:21 A Future Hope: “He will swallow up death for all time, and the Lord God will wipe tears away from all faces” Isaiah 25:8 Victory in Christ: “so that just as sin reigned in death so also grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Messiah Yeshua our Lord.” Romans 5:21 God extends to you the offer of life through Jesus Christ!!!

Conclusion “I am the resurrection and the life! Whoever believes in Me, even if he dies, shall live. 26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?”

Conclusion “I am the resurrection and the life! Whoever believes in Me, even if he dies, shall live. 26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?”