John 11:21-27
Jesus Speaks to Martha and Mary After Their Brother's Death
21 “Lord,” Martha said to Jesus, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask.”
23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”
24 Martha answered, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; 26 and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
27 “Yes, Lord,” she replied, “I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.”
Jesus calls Himself the Resurrection and the Life...The ones who believe in Him, even though they physically die, they will not die by believing in Him...They will never die...And Jesus ask Martha if she believed this...And Martha said, “Yes, Lord,” she replied, “I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.”...And He proved to her and those with them that day, that He is the Messiah, by raising her brother Lazarus just a few moments later...
Jesus took on death and changed the way people looked at death that day...And when Jesus died, He too would resurrect and give all who believe in Him meaning in His words that He is the Resurrection and the Life...Jesus died...But death is not God's Way...God's Son's death was followed, first by three days of sacred and holy mystery, and then by a resurrection...Jesus resurrected...He has risen...He is alive today, because He overcame His death and this world...Easter happened...