11:5,6
These two verses have an odd juxtaposition. 11:5 tells us that Jesus loved, Mary, Martha and Lazarus, so we might expect the next verse to say that Jesus left immediately. Instead it says that he stayed where He was for two further days. And the opening says “So”, as if his staying two days, so ensuring that Lazarus would die, was because of His love for them. What are we to make of this? We think that death is the end. Jesus could have just healed Lazarus, He didn’t even need to be there, but then Lazarus would have died some time later and they would have still had the same view of death. Because of what happened Jesus demonstrated to them something of how great His authority over death is.
11:7-9
Jesus was never happier than when He was upsetting people’s preconceptions. So He announces that they are going back to Judea. This was where the Jews (religious leaders) had been seeking to stone Jesus and it seemed like a crazy idea to them. Jesus assures them that He knows exactly what He is doing. Jesus walked in the light of God, so He would not stumble. Sometimes God may take us down what seems to be a foolish or dangerous road, but if it is indeed the Lord leading us we can be confident that He knows what He is doing.
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