In the days of Jesus they did not have any high tech morgues with make up artist to make the dead look better, or any giant freezers to keep the bodies longer. When someone died, immediately decay set in. Imagine someone that you love deeply having died all of a sudden. What emotions would you feel? Anger, disbelief, and hurt to name a few maybe?
Death is no friend to life. In opposition of each other, stark enemies. Death favors not the young or the old. Death comes at times when least expected, in surprise fashion with no chance to say goodbye. Death for many is the greatest fear in life. The fear surrounding death will cause many a man to search high and low for ways to escape or prolong the inevitable. For man there is an appointed time to live and die. For Lazarus, it was not yet his time to die though he already has spent four days rotting and decaying in a tomb.
You have to get a bit gruesome hear to fully appreciate and marvel at the miracle that Jesus performed by raising Lazarus from the dead. After four days a body would have already started to rot, show signs of stains and discoloration, and carry a major stench. There would be swelling, and different degrees of disfiguration. Okay you get the point. Gross!
The word tells us in this passage that Jesus was really angry and troubled. Yes Jesus got angry. He was human. His anger related to Lazarus's death is what moved Him to raise him from the dead after four days. It was to display Gods glory. Jesus loved Lazarus deeply. There was a deep affection and bond between Heaven and earth in their relationship.
To be continued...
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