In the name of God ☩
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
Jesus
is the Resurrection. He says so in his own words in this morning’s passage from
John. This passage about the raising of Lazarus is situated here, on the Fifth
Sunday in Lent, because it is the final of the seven signs performed by Jesus
in John, and the grandest. Next Sunday, we turn to Holy Week, so this event
foreshadows Jesus’ own Resurrection. This incredible event, the raising of a
dead man, also becomes the turning point for those who oppose Jesus, as this
event is what leads them to commit to the plan to put him to death. But, by
God’s grace, this Scripture passage also speaks to us in the midst of the
Coronavirus pandemic.
