Jesus Raises Lazarus From The Dead
The miracle of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead is Jesus' greatest miracle other than raising himself from the dead. Lazarus had been dead for four days and had already started to decompose. However, Jesus showing us that he was God, not only was he able to reconstruct Lazarus's rotting body and make it whole again, but he also gave him the use of all his faculties. Why did Jesus groan and weep before he performed this miracle? I think his weeping showed that he was fully human and sympathetic to the tears of those who were grieving, but not only that: he was bringing Lazarus back into a broken world from a state of peace in the presence of God. For that reason, when we escape death, we say that God is not finished using us in this world, because we know that rest comes when our soul is home with Jesus. For this reason, Jesus teaches us not to fear what man can do to us, because he knows that when our life is over in the flesh, we will be safe and secure in life beyond this realm, where only he has dominion over us; that's a wonderful place to be.
This miracle stirred up the Pharisees and pointed to Jesus being God because no one had ever raised someone from the dead after four days. I can picture them seething over it. They knew they were about to be found out for their fraud and faulty teachings. They feared that Jesus was going to usurp the authority they had become quite comfortable in, so anyone who came along and disrupted them was at risk of death, which is why they came after Jesus so hard.
If you are wavering at all in your faith that Jesus is God, ask the Holy Spirit to strengthen you, help you overcome your unbelief, and cultivate a relationship with him. It will be the best thing you've ever done for your well-being.
And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go. Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him. John 11:44-45
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