Aug. 22, 2024
NEW - Lazarus: The Bible and the UB -Two Stories
In this episode we read the story of the resurrection of Lazarus as it appears in Scripture (John 11 1-44) and by comparison, how it appears in Paper 168 (The Life and Teachings of Jesus).
It's a great example of how the revelation only enhances one's appreciation of the biblical truths.
It is also one of the most remarkable events to ever occur in our world's history.
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Well, here we are again, back on
another edition of the Rancho
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Radio Podcast.
It's good to have you.
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Thank you for stopping by and I
really appreciate all of the
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people from all over the world
that have been tuning into the
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weekly podcast.
We do a, we try to do at least
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one good show, maybe sometimes 2
every week.
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And boy, what a great week it's
been.
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I spent so much time just
pondering the birth of Jesus,
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which the rancher book readers
around the world celebrated on
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August 21st.
In fact, I, I feel really bad
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because I, I was so concentrated
on that that I actually forgot
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my wedding anniversary, which is
on August 22nd.
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So, you know, but I got
everything squared away.
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It's all good, but you know it.
It's almost hard to believe
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sometimes that such a
tremendously great person
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personality of such a high order
was able to grace our planet for
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the short time.
And the effects of of his truths
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and his teachings about God
being a personal father has
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completely changed the way that
people feel about their religion
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in the world.
And although I know we have so
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many different conflicts going
on and there's great sadness,
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there's just great sadness in
the world.
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There's so many things that are
wrong.
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But I, I just have to remind
myself.
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And I think the this is where
faith really matters.
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I don't know how people can go
without faith.
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I remember a long time ago, must
have been 60 years ago.
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Maybe, who knows, maybe maybe 50
years ago.
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Remember the book that Hal
Lindsay wrote called The Late
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Great Planet Earth?
Well, I don't remember much
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about the book, but I do
remember that on the back cover
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it said something to the effect
of man can go without food for
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three days.
Man can go without water for a
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day, 24 hours, but man cannot go
without hope for a single
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second.
And that always stuck with me.
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Always.
And then there's also the great
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line that I picked up from a
movie with Paul Newman in The
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Verdict, where he gives his
summation at the end of a trial
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in which a woman who was killed
by a hospital or paralyzed for
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life.
And the odds are stacked against
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this lawyer.
He's trying to save his career.
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He takes on this case.
He takes on.
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It's like a David and Goliath.
If you're not familiar with the
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movie, it's called The Verdict.
And at the very end, he quotes a
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a Hebrew line that says, act as
if she ye had faith, and faith
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will be given unto you.
And that, again, is always stuck
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out of my mind because what it
means is when you don't have
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faith or you can't muster up the
courage to believe that
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everything is going to be all
right, you can act like you have
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faith.
And faith does sometimes come to
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you because it's so easy to not
have faith.
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It's easier to not have faith.
In a minute, I want to talk
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about something that occurred to
me during the week of Jesus's
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birthday.
I I told you I would do very
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special segments on Jesus's life
as a way of celebrating August
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as Jesus Month.
This is our 4th year of doing
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this, so it's exciting for me to
spend more time than usual
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focusing on the life and
teachings of Jesus.
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And so on Jesus birthday, I made
sure to carve out some time and
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I read reread paper 168 in the
Arantia book where it tells us
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the events leading up to and
including the resurrect
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resurrection of Lazarus, which
is also told in John in the New
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Testament.
What was striking to me is how
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much background information we
get in the Urantia Book that
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expands one's appreciation of
the story above and beyond the
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biblical account.
As a Christian in the
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traditional sense that I can
appreciate the Urantia Book
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narrative for that reason.
It makes the biblical story much
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more real and believable and
substantive and also more
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profound.
Have you found that to be true
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stories that perhaps you were
familiar with growing up if you
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were exposed to any Christian
tradition or biblical teachings
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and then you read the stories in
the life and teachings of Jesus
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and it's all of a sudden this,
it's like going from black and
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white to color.
It's like going to 35mm to IMAX.
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So I wanted to always just
trying to think of a way that I
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could illustrate that.
And I think I found a good way
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to do it.
So let me show you what I'm
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talking about here, and let's
talk about the raising of
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Lazarus from the dead.
Now, there's little information
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about the relationship between
Jesus and Lazarus of Bethany, or
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of Jesus's friendship with their
family, including Lazarus's
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sisters, Mary and Martha, that
are noted in John or in Luke.
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It's very scant.
And when we know there's a
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relationship, John talks about
the closeness.
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But the Urantia Book tells the
whole story and includes their
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early relationship in the Bible.
By the time we hear about
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Lazarus, it is already the last
period of Jesus's life.
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In fact, we're told that the
resurrection of Lazarus was the
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event that finally convinced the
Sanhedrin to kill Jesus, fearing
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the miracle would only enhance
the popularity of the man from
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Nazareth.
Now both the biblical account
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and the Urantia Book concur on
this and many other points.
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So let me read one segment from
John and then we will sample the
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same part of the story in the
Urantia book account.
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And let's see if you can
identify how the Urantia book
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fills in missing pieces that
provide for a much better
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appreciation of the events as
they unfolded.
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So I'm going to read from John
11, chapter one through 16, and
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this is the King King James
Version.
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So we pick up at 11.
Now a man named Lazarus was
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sick.
He was from Bethany, the village
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of Mary and her sister Martha.
This Mary who brother Lazarus
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now lay sick was the same one
who poured perfume on the Lord
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and wiped his feet with her
hair.
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Remember that was the incident
that made people really upset
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because she was wasting such
valuable materials.
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So the sisters sent word to
Jesus quote, Lord, the one you
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love is sick.
When he heard this, Jesus said
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this sickness will not end in
death.
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No, it it is for God's glory so
that God's Son may be glorified
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through it.
Now Jesus loved Martha and her
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sister and Lazarus.
So when he heard that Lazarus
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was sick, he stayed where he was
two more days.
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And then he said to his
disciples, let us go back to
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Judea.
But Rabbi, they said a short
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while ago, the Jews there tried
to stone you, and yet you're
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going back.
And Jesus answered, Are there
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not 12 hours of daylight?
Anyone who walks in the daytime
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will not stumble, for they see
by this world's light.
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It is when a person walks at
night that they stumble, for
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they have no light.
After he said this he went on to
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tell them, our friend Lazarus
has fallen asleep, but I'm going
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there to wake him up.
From John 1112.
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His disciples replied, Lord, if
he sleeps he will get better.
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Jesus had been Speaking of his
death, but his disciples thought
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he meant natural sleep.
So then he told them plainly,
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Lazarus is dead and for your
sake I am glad I was not there
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so that you may believe.
But let us go to him.
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Then Thomas, also known as
Didymus, said to the rest of the
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disciples, let us also go, that
we may die with him.
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Now I want to take the narrative
as it's told from the Urantia
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book.
Same basic story leading again
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right up to the event where
Jesus performs the resurrection.
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And this comes from paper 168.
Same story that I just told you,
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sections one through 12.
It was shortly afternoon when
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Martha started out to meet Jesus
as he came over the brow of the
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hill near Bethany.
Her brother Lazarus had been
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dead for four days and had been
laid away in their private tomb
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at the far end of the garden.
Late on Sunday afternoon.
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The stone at the entrance of the
tomb had been rolled in place.
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On the morning of this day,
Thursday, when Martha and Mary
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sent word to Jesus concerning
Lazarus illness, they were
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confident the Master would do
something about it.
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They knew that their brother was
desperately sick, and though
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they hardly dared hope that
Jesus would leave His work of
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teaching and preaching to come
to their assistance, they had
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such confidence in His power to
heal diseases that they thought
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He would just speak the curative
words and Lazarus would
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immediately be made whole.
And when Lazarus died a few
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hours after the messenger left
Bethany for Philadelphia, they
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reasoned that it was because the
Master did not learn of their
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brother's illness until it was
too late, until he had already
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been dead for several hours.
But they, with all of their
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believing friends, were greatly
puzzled by the message which the
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runner brought back Tuesday for
noon.
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When he reached Bethany, the the
messenger insisted he heard
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Jesus say this sickness is
really not to the death.
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Neither could they understand
why he sent no word to them nor
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otherwise proffered assistance.
Many friends from nearby Hamlets
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and others from Jerusalem came
over to comfort the sorrow
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stricken sisters.
Lazarus and his sisters were the
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children of a well to do and
honorable Jew, one who had been
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the leading resident of the
little village of Bethany.
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And notwithstanding that all
three had long been ardent
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followers of Jesus, they were
respected, highly respected by
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all who knew them.
They had inherited extensive
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vineyards and olive orchards in
this vicinity.
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And that they were wealthy was
further attested by the fact
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that they could afford a private
burial tomb on their premises.
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Both of their parents had
already been laid away in this
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tomb.
Mary had given up the thought of
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Jesus coming and was abandoned
by to her grief.
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But Martha clung to the hope
that Jesus would come, even up
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to the time on that very morning
when she rolled the stone in
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front of the tomb and sealed the
entrance.
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Even then she instructed a
neighbor lad to keep watch down
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the Jericho Road from the brow
of the hill to the east of
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Bethany.
And it was this lad who brought
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tidings to Martha that Jesus and
his friends were approaching.
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When Martha met Jesus, she fell
at his feet exclaiming, Master,
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if you have been here, my
brother would not have died.
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Many fears were passing through
Martha's mind, but she gave
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expression to no doubt, nor did
she venture to criticize or
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question the Masters conduct as
related to Lazarus's death.
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When she had spoken, Jesus
reached down and lifting her
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upon her feet only said, Only
have faith Martha, and your
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brother shall rise again.
Then Martha answered, I know
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that he will rise again in the
resurrection of the last day,
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and even now I believe that
whatever you shall ask of God,
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our Father will give you.
Then said Jesus, looking
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straight into the eyes of
Martha, I am the resurrection
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and the life.
He who believes in me, though he
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dies, yet shall he live in
truth.
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Whoever lives and believes in me
shall never really die.
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Martha, do you believe this?
And Martha answered the Master,
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Yes, I have long believed that
you are the Deliverer, the Son
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of the living God, even he who
should come to this world.
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Jesus having inquired for Mary,
Martha went at once into the
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house, and whispering to her
sister, said, The Master is here
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and has asked for you.
And when when Mary heard this,
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she rose up quickly and hastened
out to meet Jesus, who still
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tarried at the place some
distance from the house where
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Martha had first met him.
The friends who were with Mary,
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seeking to comfort her, when
they saw that she rose up
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quickly and went out, followed
her, supposing that she was
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going to the tomb to weep.
Many of those present were
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Jesus's bitter enemies.
That is why Martha had come out
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to meet Him alone, and also why
she went in secretly to inform
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Mary that He had asked for her.
Martha, while craving to see
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Jesus, desire to avoid any
possible unpleasantness which
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might be caused by His coming
suddenly into the midst of a
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large group of His Jerusalem
enemies.
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It had been Martha's intention
to remain in the house with her
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friends while Mary went to greet
Jesus, but in this she failed,
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for they all followed Mary and
so found themselves unexpectedly
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in the presence of the Master.
Martha LED Mary to Jesus, and
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when she saw him, she fell at
his feet, exclaiming, If you'd
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only been here, my brother would
not have died.
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And when Jesus saw how they all
grieved over the death of
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Lazarus, his soul was moved with
compassion.
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When the mourners saw that Mary
had gone to greet Jesus, they
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withdrew for a short distance
while both Mary and Martha
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talked with the Master and
received further words of
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comfort and exhortation to
maintain strong faith in the
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Father and complete resignation
to the divine will.
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The human mind of Jesus was
mightily moved by the contention
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between his love for Lazarus and
the bereaved sisters, and his
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disdain and contempt for the
outward show of affection
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manifested by some of these
unbelieving and murderously
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intentional Jews.
Jesus indignantly resented the
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show of forced and outward
mourning for Lazarus by some of
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these professed friends,
inasmuch as such false sorrow
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was associated in their hearts
with so much bitter enmity
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toward himself.
Some of these Jews, however,
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were sincere in their mourning,
for they were real friends of
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the family.
So on both accounts we get
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essentially the same story, but
can you observe how much more
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detail is provided?
More of the back story, in part
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because the authors of Paper 168
also had access to mortal
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transcripts of the people who
were actually there at the time.
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John's account is a reflection
of his experience as he
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remembered it.
The Urantia Book narrative
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presents the same story, but
fills in the context of the
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relation of Jesus with his
Bethany friends, as well as
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those who were in the crowd and
had a real disdain for him.
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In John's account, he notates
that he is well aware that there
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are those in the crowd who don't
like Jesus very well, but in the
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Urantia Book account we actually
learn who they are and what
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they're thinking.
But let's look at the
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resurrection itself and compare
the two narratives, again
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highlighting the more expansive
account provided by the Urantia
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Book.
So from John 1132 to 43, we
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read.
When Mary reached the place
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where Jesus was and saw him, she
fell at his feet and said, Lord,
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if you had been here, my brother
would not have died.
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When Jesus saw her weeping and
the Jews who had come along with
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her also weeping, he was deeply
moved in spirit and troubled.
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Where have you laid him?
He asked.
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Come and see, Lord, they
replied.
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Jesus wept.
Then the Jew said, See how he
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loved him.
But some of them said, could not
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he who opened the eyes of the
blind man have kept this man
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from dying?
Jesus once more deeply moved,
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came to the tomb.
It was a cave with a stone laid
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across the entrance.
Take away the stone, he said.
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But Lord said Martha, the sister
of the dead man, by this time
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there is a bad odor, for he has
been there four days from John
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40.
Then Jesus said, did I not tell
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you that if you believe, you
will see the glory of God?
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So they took away the stone.
Then Jesus looked up and said,
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Father, I thank you that you
have heard me.
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I knew that you always hear me.
But I said this for the benefit
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of the people standing here,
that they may believe that you
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sent me.
When he had said this, Jesus
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called in a loud voice.
Lazarus, come out.
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The dead man came out, his hands
and feet wrapped with strips of
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linen and a cloth around his
face.
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Jesus said to them, Take off the
grave clothes and let him go.
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Now let's turn back to the
Urantia book, Paper 168, same
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segment of the story, and it
reads from Paper 168, Section 1.
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After Jesus has spent a few
moments in comforting Martha and
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Mary apart from the mourners, he
asked them, Where have you laid
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him?
Then Martha said, come out and
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see.
And as the Master followed on in
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silence with the two sorrowing
sisters, he wept.
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When the friendly Jews who
followed after him saw his
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fears, one of them said, Behold,
how he loved him.
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Could not he who opened the eyes
of the blind have kept this man
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from dying?
By this time they were standing
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before the family tomb, a small
natural cave or declivity, and
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the ledge of rock which rose up
some 30 feet at the far end of
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the garden plot.
It is difficult to explain to
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human minds just why Jesus wept.
While we have access to the
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registration of the combined
human emotions and divine
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thoughts as a record in the mind
of the personalized gesture, we
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are not altogether certain about
the real cause of these
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emotional manifestations.
We are inclined to believe that
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Jesus wept because of a number
of thoughts and feelings which
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were going through His mind at
this time, such as he felt a
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genuine and sorrowful sympathy
for Martha and Mary.
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He had a real and deep human
affection for these sisters who
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had lost the brother.
He was perturbed in his mind by
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the presence of the crowd of
mourners, some sincere and some
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merely pretenders.
He always resented these outward
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exhibitions of mourning.
He knew the sisters loved their
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brother and had faith in the
survival of believers.
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These conflicting emotions may
possibly explain why he groaned
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as they came near the tomb.
And then there's this, which I
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find really fascinating.
He truly hesitated about
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bringing Lazarus back to mortal
life.
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His sisters really needed him.
But Jesus regretted having to
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summon his friend back to
experience the bitter
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persecution which he well knew
Lazarus would have to endure as
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a result of being the subject of
the greatest of all
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demonstrations of the divine
power of the Son of Man.
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It's a much bigger story there.
So now, now let me add one more
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element to this story that is
not disclosed in the Bible owing
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to the fact that no, no mortal
man would have known what was
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going on behind the scenes, but
that we are now Privy to it
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because of the authors of the
Urantia book are midway errs our
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unseen friends who many were
even present at the time of this
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momentous event.
From Paper 168, Section 2.
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As this company of some 45
mortals stood before the tomb,
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they could only dim.
They could only dimly see the
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form of Lazarus, wrapped in
linen bandages, resting on the
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right lower niche of the burial
cave.
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While these earth creatures
stood there in almost breathless
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silence, a vast host of
celestial beings had swung into
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their places, preparatory to
answering the signal for action
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when it should be given by
Gabriel, their commander.
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Jesus lifted up his eyes and
said, Father, I am thankful that
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you heard and granted my
request.
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I know that You always hear me,
but because of those who stand
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here with me, I thus speak with
you, that they may believe that
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you have sent me into the world,
and that they may know that you
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are the you are working with me
in that which we are about to
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do.
And when he had prayed, he cried
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with a loud voice.
Lazarus, come forth.
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Though these human observers
remained at motionless, the Bas,
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Celestial, Hulse were all astir
in unified action and obedience
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to the Creator's Word.
In just 12 seconds of Earth
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time, the hitherto lifeless form
of Lazarus began to move and
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presently sat up on the edge of
the stone shelf where it had
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rested.
His body was bound with the
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grave cloth and his face was
covered with a napkin.
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And as he stood up before them
alive, Jesus said, lose him and
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let him go.
All save the apostles with
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Martha and Mary fled to the
house.
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They were pale with fright and
overcome with astonishment.
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While some tarried, many
hastened to their homes.
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Lazarus greeted Jesus and the
apostles and asked the meaning
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of the grave clothes and why he
had awakened in the garden.
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Jesus and the apostles drew to
one side while Martha told
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Lazarus of his death, burial,
and resurrection.
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She had to explain to him that
he had died on Sunday and was
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now brought back to life on
Thursday, inasmuch as he had no
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consciousness of time since
falling asleep and death.
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As Lazarus came out of the tomb,
the personalized adjuster of
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Jesus, now chief of his kind in
this local universe, gave
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command to the former adjuster
of Lazarus now and waiting to
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resume a boat in the mind and
soul of the resurrected man.
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Then went Lazarus over to Jesus
with his sisters, knelt at the
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Master's feet to give thanks and
offer praise to God.
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Jesus, taking Lazarus by the
hand, lifted him up, saying, My
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son, what has happened to you
will also be experienced by all
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who believe this gospel, except
that they shall be resurrected
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in a more glorious form.
You shall be a living witness of
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the truth which I spoke.
I am the resurrection and the
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life.
But let us all now go into the
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house and partake of nourishment
for these physical bodies.
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As they walked toward the house,
Gabriel dismissed the extra
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groups of the assembled heavenly
hosts while he made record of
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the first instance on Urantia
and the last where a mortal
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creature had been resurrected in
the likeness of the physical
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body of death.
Lazarus could hardly comprehend
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what had occurred.
He knew he had been very sick,
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but he could only recall that he
had fallen asleep and had been
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awakened.
He was never able to tell
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anything about these four days
in the tomb because he was
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wholly unconscious.
Time is non existent to those
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who sleep.
The sleep of death and all that
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comes from one paper. 168
talking about the resurrection
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of Lazarus.
So you can see from this
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illustration that the Bible has
the facts, but the Urantia book
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coupled with the other
circumstances brings forth much
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more context and profound
truths.
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And this is a good example of
why the Bible and the Urantia
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book sort of work hand in hand.
So for people who are very
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familiar, I will say to this is
a is a closing comment that I'm
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grateful for my exposure of
Christian teachings.
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I'm grateful that I was exposed
to them because they form the
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soil so that years later in my
life I would stumble upon this
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book, the Urantia book, and it
would take the soil that was
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already there, the foundational
truths, because without them I'm
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not sure I would have the full
appreciation.
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So I'm grateful for that, and I
hope that this rather long
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winded explanation or example
proves my point about how the
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Urantia book expands upon the
biblical testimony.
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I'll leave it at that.
If you've got a question or a
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comment, you know, I'll always
respond
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urantiabookradio@gmail.com.
And I'll probably have another
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short segment before the end of
August next week.
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Look for it.
And I also want to thank the
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person who asked me to comment
on some of the miracles in the
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Urantia book.
And I hope that I've met with
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that person satisfaction.
So until next time, thank you so
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much and I hope that you will
continue to enjoy the blessings
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of Jesus month the.
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Well, here we are again, back on
another edition of the Rancho
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Radio Podcast.
It's good to have you.
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Thank you for stopping by and I
really appreciate all of the
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people from all over the world
that have been tuning into the
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weekly podcast.
We do a, we try to do at least
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one good show, maybe sometimes 2
every week.
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And boy, what a great week it's
been.
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I spent so much time just
pondering the birth of Jesus,
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which the rancher book readers
around the world celebrated on
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August 21st.
In fact, I, I feel really bad
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because I, I was so concentrated
on that that I actually forgot
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my wedding anniversary, which is
on August 22nd.
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So, you know, but I got
everything squared away.
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It's all good, but you know it.
It's almost hard to believe
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sometimes that such a
tremendously great person
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personality of such a high order
was able to grace our planet for
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the short time.
And the effects of of his truths
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and his teachings about God
being a personal father has
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completely changed the way that
people feel about their religion
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in the world.
And although I know we have so
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many different conflicts going
on and there's great sadness,
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there's just great sadness in
the world.
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There's so many things that are
wrong.
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But I, I just have to remind
myself.
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And I think the this is where
faith really matters.
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I don't know how people can go
without faith.
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I remember a long time ago, must
have been 60 years ago.
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Maybe, who knows, maybe maybe 50
years ago.
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Remember the book that Hal
Lindsay wrote called The Late
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Great Planet Earth?
Well, I don't remember much
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about the book, but I do
remember that on the back cover
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it said something to the effect
of man can go without food for
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three days.
Man can go without water for a
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day, 24 hours, but man cannot go
without hope for a single
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second.
And that always stuck with me.
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Always.
And then there's also the great
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line that I picked up from a
movie with Paul Newman in The
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Verdict, where he gives his
summation at the end of a trial
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in which a woman who was killed
by a hospital or paralyzed for
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life.
And the odds are stacked against
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this lawyer.
He's trying to save his career.
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He takes on this case.
He takes on.
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It's like a David and Goliath.
If you're not familiar with the
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movie, it's called The Verdict.
And at the very end, he quotes a
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a Hebrew line that says, act as
if she ye had faith, and faith
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will be given unto you.
And that, again, is always stuck
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out of my mind because what it
means is when you don't have
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faith or you can't muster up the
courage to believe that
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everything is going to be all
right, you can act like you have
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faith.
And faith does sometimes come to
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you because it's so easy to not
have faith.
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It's easier to not have faith.
In a minute, I want to talk
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about something that occurred to
me during the week of Jesus's
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birthday.
I I told you I would do very
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special segments on Jesus's life
as a way of celebrating August
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as Jesus Month.
This is our 4th year of doing
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this, so it's exciting for me to
spend more time than usual
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focusing on the life and
teachings of Jesus.
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And so on Jesus birthday, I made
sure to carve out some time and
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I read reread paper 168 in the
Arantia book where it tells us
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the events leading up to and
including the resurrect
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resurrection of Lazarus, which
is also told in John in the New
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Testament.
What was striking to me is how
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much background information we
get in the Urantia Book that
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expands one's appreciation of
the story above and beyond the
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biblical account.
As a Christian in the
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traditional sense that I can
appreciate the Urantia Book
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narrative for that reason.
It makes the biblical story much
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more real and believable and
substantive and also more
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profound.
Have you found that to be true
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stories that perhaps you were
familiar with growing up if you
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were exposed to any Christian
tradition or biblical teachings
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and then you read the stories in
the life and teachings of Jesus
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and it's all of a sudden this,
it's like going from black and
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white to color.
It's like going to 35mm to IMAX.
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So I wanted to always just
trying to think of a way that I
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could illustrate that.
And I think I found a good way
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to do it.
So let me show you what I'm
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talking about here, and let's
talk about the raising of
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Lazarus from the dead.
Now, there's little information
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about the relationship between
Jesus and Lazarus of Bethany, or
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of Jesus's friendship with their
family, including Lazarus's
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sisters, Mary and Martha, that
are noted in John or in Luke.
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It's very scant.
And when we know there's a
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relationship, John talks about
the closeness.
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But the Urantia Book tells the
whole story and includes their
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early relationship in the Bible.
By the time we hear about
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Lazarus, it is already the last
period of Jesus's life.
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In fact, we're told that the
resurrection of Lazarus was the
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event that finally convinced the
Sanhedrin to kill Jesus, fearing
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the miracle would only enhance
the popularity of the man from
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Nazareth.
Now both the biblical account
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and the Urantia Book concur on
this and many other points.
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So let me read one segment from
John and then we will sample the
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same part of the story in the
Urantia book account.
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And let's see if you can
identify how the Urantia book
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fills in missing pieces that
provide for a much better
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appreciation of the events as
they unfolded.
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So I'm going to read from John
11, chapter one through 16, and
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this is the King King James
Version.
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So we pick up at 11.
Now a man named Lazarus was
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sick.
He was from Bethany, the village
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of Mary and her sister Martha.
This Mary who brother Lazarus
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now lay sick was the same one
who poured perfume on the Lord
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and wiped his feet with her
hair.
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Remember that was the incident
that made people really upset
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because she was wasting such
valuable materials.
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So the sisters sent word to
Jesus quote, Lord, the one you
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love is sick.
When he heard this, Jesus said
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this sickness will not end in
death.
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No, it it is for God's glory so
that God's Son may be glorified
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through it.
Now Jesus loved Martha and her
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sister and Lazarus.
So when he heard that Lazarus
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was sick, he stayed where he was
two more days.
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And then he said to his
disciples, let us go back to
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Judea.
But Rabbi, they said a short
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while ago, the Jews there tried
to stone you, and yet you're
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going back.
And Jesus answered, Are there
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not 12 hours of daylight?
Anyone who walks in the daytime
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will not stumble, for they see
by this world's light.
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It is when a person walks at
night that they stumble, for
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they have no light.
After he said this he went on to
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tell them, our friend Lazarus
has fallen asleep, but I'm going
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there to wake him up.
From John 1112.
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His disciples replied, Lord, if
he sleeps he will get better.
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Jesus had been Speaking of his
death, but his disciples thought
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he meant natural sleep.
So then he told them plainly,
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Lazarus is dead and for your
sake I am glad I was not there
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so that you may believe.
But let us go to him.
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Then Thomas, also known as
Didymus, said to the rest of the
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disciples, let us also go, that
we may die with him.
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Now I want to take the narrative
as it's told from the Urantia
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book.
Same basic story leading again
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right up to the event where
Jesus performs the resurrection.
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And this comes from paper 168.
Same story that I just told you,
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sections one through 12.
It was shortly afternoon when
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Martha started out to meet Jesus
as he came over the brow of the
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hill near Bethany.
Her brother Lazarus had been
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dead for four days and had been
laid away in their private tomb
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at the far end of the garden.
Late on Sunday afternoon.
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The stone at the entrance of the
tomb had been rolled in place.
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On the morning of this day,
Thursday, when Martha and Mary
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sent word to Jesus concerning
Lazarus illness, they were
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confident the Master would do
something about it.
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They knew that their brother was
desperately sick, and though
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they hardly dared hope that
Jesus would leave His work of
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teaching and preaching to come
to their assistance, they had
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such confidence in His power to
heal diseases that they thought
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He would just speak the curative
words and Lazarus would
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immediately be made whole.
And when Lazarus died a few
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hours after the messenger left
Bethany for Philadelphia, they
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reasoned that it was because the
Master did not learn of their
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brother's illness until it was
too late, until he had already
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been dead for several hours.
But they, with all of their
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believing friends, were greatly
puzzled by the message which the
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runner brought back Tuesday for
noon.
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When he reached Bethany, the the
messenger insisted he heard
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Jesus say this sickness is
really not to the death.
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Neither could they understand
why he sent no word to them nor
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otherwise proffered assistance.
Many friends from nearby Hamlets
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and others from Jerusalem came
over to comfort the sorrow
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stricken sisters.
Lazarus and his sisters were the
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children of a well to do and
honorable Jew, one who had been
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the leading resident of the
little village of Bethany.
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And notwithstanding that all
three had long been ardent
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followers of Jesus, they were
respected, highly respected by
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all who knew them.
They had inherited extensive
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vineyards and olive orchards in
this vicinity.
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And that they were wealthy was
further attested by the fact
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that they could afford a private
burial tomb on their premises.
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Both of their parents had
already been laid away in this
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tomb.
Mary had given up the thought of
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Jesus coming and was abandoned
by to her grief.
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But Martha clung to the hope
that Jesus would come, even up
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to the time on that very morning
when she rolled the stone in
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front of the tomb and sealed the
entrance.
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Even then she instructed a
neighbor lad to keep watch down
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the Jericho Road from the brow
of the hill to the east of
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Bethany.
And it was this lad who brought
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tidings to Martha that Jesus and
his friends were approaching.
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When Martha met Jesus, she fell
at his feet exclaiming, Master,
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if you have been here, my
brother would not have died.
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Many fears were passing through
Martha's mind, but she gave
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expression to no doubt, nor did
she venture to criticize or
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question the Masters conduct as
related to Lazarus's death.
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When she had spoken, Jesus
reached down and lifting her
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upon her feet only said, Only
have faith Martha, and your
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brother shall rise again.
Then Martha answered, I know
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that he will rise again in the
resurrection of the last day,
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and even now I believe that
whatever you shall ask of God,
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our Father will give you.
Then said Jesus, looking
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straight into the eyes of
Martha, I am the resurrection
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and the life.
He who believes in me, though he
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dies, yet shall he live in
truth.
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Whoever lives and believes in me
shall never really die.
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Martha, do you believe this?
And Martha answered the Master,
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Yes, I have long believed that
you are the Deliverer, the Son
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of the living God, even he who
should come to this world.
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Jesus having inquired for Mary,
Martha went at once into the
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house, and whispering to her
sister, said, The Master is here
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and has asked for you.
And when when Mary heard this,
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she rose up quickly and hastened
out to meet Jesus, who still
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tarried at the place some
distance from the house where
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Martha had first met him.
The friends who were with Mary,
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seeking to comfort her, when
they saw that she rose up
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quickly and went out, followed
her, supposing that she was
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going to the tomb to weep.
Many of those present were
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Jesus's bitter enemies.
That is why Martha had come out
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to meet Him alone, and also why
she went in secretly to inform
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Mary that He had asked for her.
Martha, while craving to see
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Jesus, desire to avoid any
possible unpleasantness which
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might be caused by His coming
suddenly into the midst of a
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large group of His Jerusalem
enemies.
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It had been Martha's intention
to remain in the house with her
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friends while Mary went to greet
Jesus, but in this she failed,
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for they all followed Mary and
so found themselves unexpectedly
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in the presence of the Master.
Martha LED Mary to Jesus, and
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when she saw him, she fell at
his feet, exclaiming, If you'd
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only been here, my brother would
not have died.
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And when Jesus saw how they all
grieved over the death of
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Lazarus, his soul was moved with
compassion.
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When the mourners saw that Mary
had gone to greet Jesus, they
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withdrew for a short distance
while both Mary and Martha
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talked with the Master and
received further words of
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comfort and exhortation to
maintain strong faith in the
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Father and complete resignation
to the divine will.
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The human mind of Jesus was
mightily moved by the contention
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between his love for Lazarus and
the bereaved sisters, and his
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disdain and contempt for the
outward show of affection
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manifested by some of these
unbelieving and murderously
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intentional Jews.
Jesus indignantly resented the
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show of forced and outward
mourning for Lazarus by some of
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these professed friends,
inasmuch as such false sorrow
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was associated in their hearts
with so much bitter enmity
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toward himself.
Some of these Jews, however,
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were sincere in their mourning,
for they were real friends of
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the family.
So on both accounts we get
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essentially the same story, but
can you observe how much more
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detail is provided?
More of the back story, in part
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because the authors of Paper 168
also had access to mortal
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transcripts of the people who
were actually there at the time.
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John's account is a reflection
of his experience as he
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remembered it.
The Urantia Book narrative
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presents the same story, but
fills in the context of the
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relation of Jesus with his
Bethany friends, as well as
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those who were in the crowd and
had a real disdain for him.
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In John's account, he notates
that he is well aware that there
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are those in the crowd who don't
like Jesus very well, but in the
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Urantia Book account we actually
learn who they are and what
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they're thinking.
But let's look at the
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resurrection itself and compare
the two narratives, again
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highlighting the more expansive
account provided by the Urantia
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Book.
So from John 1132 to 43, we
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read.
When Mary reached the place
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where Jesus was and saw him, she
fell at his feet and said, Lord,
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if you had been here, my brother
would not have died.
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When Jesus saw her weeping and
the Jews who had come along with
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her also weeping, he was deeply
moved in spirit and troubled.
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Where have you laid him?
He asked.
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Come and see, Lord, they
replied.
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Jesus wept.
Then the Jew said, See how he
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loved him.
But some of them said, could not
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he who opened the eyes of the
blind man have kept this man
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from dying?
Jesus once more deeply moved,
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came to the tomb.
It was a cave with a stone laid
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across the entrance.
Take away the stone, he said.
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But Lord said Martha, the sister
of the dead man, by this time
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there is a bad odor, for he has
been there four days from John
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40.
Then Jesus said, did I not tell
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you that if you believe, you
will see the glory of God?
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So they took away the stone.
Then Jesus looked up and said,
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Father, I thank you that you
have heard me.
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I knew that you always hear me.
But I said this for the benefit
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of the people standing here,
that they may believe that you
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sent me.
When he had said this, Jesus
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called in a loud voice.
Lazarus, come out.
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The dead man came out, his hands
and feet wrapped with strips of
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linen and a cloth around his
face.
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Jesus said to them, Take off the
grave clothes and let him go.
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Now let's turn back to the
Urantia book, Paper 168, same
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segment of the story, and it
reads from Paper 168, Section 1.
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After Jesus has spent a few
moments in comforting Martha and
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Mary apart from the mourners, he
asked them, Where have you laid
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him?
Then Martha said, come out and
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see.
And as the Master followed on in
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silence with the two sorrowing
sisters, he wept.
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When the friendly Jews who
followed after him saw his
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fears, one of them said, Behold,
how he loved him.
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Could not he who opened the eyes
of the blind have kept this man
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from dying?
By this time they were standing
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before the family tomb, a small
natural cave or declivity, and
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the ledge of rock which rose up
some 30 feet at the far end of
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the garden plot.
It is difficult to explain to
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human minds just why Jesus wept.
While we have access to the
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registration of the combined
human emotions and divine
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thoughts as a record in the mind
of the personalized gesture, we
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are not altogether certain about
the real cause of these
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emotional manifestations.
We are inclined to believe that
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Jesus wept because of a number
of thoughts and feelings which
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were going through His mind at
this time, such as he felt a
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genuine and sorrowful sympathy
for Martha and Mary.
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He had a real and deep human
affection for these sisters who
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had lost the brother.
He was perturbed in his mind by
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the presence of the crowd of
mourners, some sincere and some
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merely pretenders.
He always resented these outward
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exhibitions of mourning.
He knew the sisters loved their
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brother and had faith in the
survival of believers.
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These conflicting emotions may
possibly explain why he groaned
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as they came near the tomb.
And then there's this, which I
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find really fascinating.
He truly hesitated about
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bringing Lazarus back to mortal
life.
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His sisters really needed him.
But Jesus regretted having to
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summon his friend back to
experience the bitter
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persecution which he well knew
Lazarus would have to endure as
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a result of being the subject of
the greatest of all
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demonstrations of the divine
power of the Son of Man.
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It's a much bigger story there.
So now, now let me add one more
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element to this story that is
not disclosed in the Bible owing
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to the fact that no, no mortal
man would have known what was
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going on behind the scenes, but
that we are now Privy to it
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because of the authors of the
Urantia book are midway errs our
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unseen friends who many were
even present at the time of this
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momentous event.
From Paper 168, Section 2.
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As this company of some 45
mortals stood before the tomb,
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they could only dim.
They could only dimly see the
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form of Lazarus, wrapped in
linen bandages, resting on the
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right lower niche of the burial
cave.
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While these earth creatures
stood there in almost breathless
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silence, a vast host of
celestial beings had swung into
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their places, preparatory to
answering the signal for action
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when it should be given by
Gabriel, their commander.
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Jesus lifted up his eyes and
said, Father, I am thankful that
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you heard and granted my
request.
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I know that You always hear me,
but because of those who stand
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here with me, I thus speak with
you, that they may believe that
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you have sent me into the world,
and that they may know that you
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are the you are working with me
in that which we are about to
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do.
And when he had prayed, he cried
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with a loud voice.
Lazarus, come forth.
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Though these human observers
remained at motionless, the Bas,
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Celestial, Hulse were all astir
in unified action and obedience
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to the Creator's Word.
In just 12 seconds of Earth
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time, the hitherto lifeless form
of Lazarus began to move and
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presently sat up on the edge of
the stone shelf where it had
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rested.
His body was bound with the
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grave cloth and his face was
covered with a napkin.
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And as he stood up before them
alive, Jesus said, lose him and
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let him go.
All save the apostles with
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Martha and Mary fled to the
house.
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They were pale with fright and
overcome with astonishment.
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While some tarried, many
hastened to their homes.
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Lazarus greeted Jesus and the
apostles and asked the meaning
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of the grave clothes and why he
had awakened in the garden.
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Jesus and the apostles drew to
one side while Martha told
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Lazarus of his death, burial,
and resurrection.
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She had to explain to him that
he had died on Sunday and was
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now brought back to life on
Thursday, inasmuch as he had no
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consciousness of time since
falling asleep and death.
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As Lazarus came out of the tomb,
the personalized adjuster of
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Jesus, now chief of his kind in
this local universe, gave
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command to the former adjuster
of Lazarus now and waiting to
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resume a boat in the mind and
soul of the resurrected man.
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Then went Lazarus over to Jesus
with his sisters, knelt at the
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Master's feet to give thanks and
offer praise to God.
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Jesus, taking Lazarus by the
hand, lifted him up, saying, My
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son, what has happened to you
will also be experienced by all
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who believe this gospel, except
that they shall be resurrected
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in a more glorious form.
You shall be a living witness of
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the truth which I spoke.
I am the resurrection and the
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life.
But let us all now go into the
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house and partake of nourishment
for these physical bodies.
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As they walked toward the house,
Gabriel dismissed the extra
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groups of the assembled heavenly
hosts while he made record of
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the first instance on Urantia
and the last where a mortal
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creature had been resurrected in
the likeness of the physical
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body of death.
Lazarus could hardly comprehend
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what had occurred.
He knew he had been very sick,
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but he could only recall that he
had fallen asleep and had been
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awakened.
He was never able to tell
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anything about these four days
in the tomb because he was
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wholly unconscious.
Time is non existent to those
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who sleep.
The sleep of death and all that
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comes from one paper. 168
talking about the resurrection
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of Lazarus.
So you can see from this
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illustration that the Bible has
the facts, but the Urantia book
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coupled with the other
circumstances brings forth much
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more context and profound
truths.
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And this is a good example of
why the Bible and the Urantia
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book sort of work hand in hand.
So for people who are very
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familiar, I will say to this is
a is a closing comment that I'm
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grateful for my exposure of
Christian teachings.
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I'm grateful that I was exposed
to them because they form the
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soil so that years later in my
life I would stumble upon this
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book, the Urantia book, and it
would take the soil that was
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already there, the foundational
truths, because without them I'm
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not sure I would have the full
appreciation.
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So I'm grateful for that, and I
hope that this rather long
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winded explanation or example
proves my point about how the
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Urantia book expands upon the
biblical testimony.
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I'll leave it at that.
If you've got a question or a
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comment, you know, I'll always
respond
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urantiabookradio@gmail.com.
And I'll probably have another
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short segment before the end of
August next week.
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Look for it.
And I also want to thank the
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person who asked me to comment
on some of the miracles in the
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Urantia book.
And I hope that I've met with
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that person satisfaction.
So until next time, thank you so
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much and I hope that you will
continue to enjoy the blessings
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of Jesus month the.
