11:25
However, Jesus had a much more immediate application as well. “I am the resurrection and the life”, Jesus is making the theological statement about the resurrection much more immediate. The resurrection is not an abstract concept, but something that is very real, and it is personally tied into Jesus Christ Himself. “Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live”.These words would also seem to fit the last day resurrection context. This would imply that we should take the Lazarus raising as evidence that the final resurrection will take place, that Jesus is perfectly capable of raising the dead. However, we should not expect raising the dead to be an everyday occurrence, but that is not to say it will never happen. If it was an everyday occurrence it would actually make life very difficult.
11:26,27
Death is defeated. The resurrection Lazarus was going to experience would one day result in him dying again. However, the resurrection we will all experience is an eternal resurrection, we will be raised never to die again. Jesus then asks Martha if she believes this, and she announces that she does. Indeed, she says more than this. She is convinced that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God who is coming into the world. The loss of her brother has not shaken her faith in Christ.
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