Numbers 18:1-32; Proverbs 15:1-33; 2 Peter 2:1-22
Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. John 11:11
Consider the pronouncement—Lazarus is sleeping. This sleep refers to the body of the deceased saint. Consider the promise: “I go, that I may awake him out of sleep”. This reminds us of the imminent awakening when the Lord “shall descend from heaven with a shout…and the dead in Christ shall rise first” (1 Thess. 4:16). Consider the power: He who formed Adam out of the dust of the earth, (Gen. 2:7), will again assert His power and raise up everyone that has died in Christ. How we long for that day! —L. Cain
Jesus is coming! The dead shall arise,
Loved ones shall meet in a joyful surprise.
Caught up together to Him in the skies;
Jesus is coming again! —D. W. Whittle