Monday, September 02, 2013

Why the Weeping?

John 11:35 KJV
Jesus wept.

I seems to me that the weeping of the Lord here is more important than is generally looked upon. He is certainly not weeping over the death of Lazarus; He knew He would rise again. 
  • He wept because of the dullness of faith and understanding in these two, some of His closest companions. 
  • He wept over their interest in an immediate temporal answer to their prayer rather than the eternal and permanent one

Jesus wept because the focus of everyone present was on Lazarus' death and looked at the promise of a future resurrection as having little value to them just then. 

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