A READER of the SIGNS asks us to give an explanation of John 11:25, 26, which reads thus:— "Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life; he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live; and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?" The circumstances under which these words were spoken make their meaning unmistakable. Lazarus was dead, and his sisters were mourning for him. The Lord was comforting them with the only hope set forth in the Scriptures, namely, the hope of the resurrection. Jesus said to Martha, "Thy brother shall rise again. Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life." The following excellent comment on this text by Dr. Barnes will assist in understanding it:— "I am the resurrection. I am the author or the cause of the resurrection. It so depends on my power and will, that it may be said that I am the resurrection itself. This is a most expressive way of saying that the whole doctrine of the resurrection came from him, and the whole power to effect it was his. In a similar manner he is said to be made of God unto us 'wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption.' 1 Cor. 1:30. And the life. John 1:4. As the resurrection of all depends on him, he intimated that it was not indispensable that it should be deferred to the last day. He had power to do it now as well as then. Though he were dead. Faith does not save from temporal death; but, although the believer, as others, will die a temporal death, yet he will hereafter have life. Even if he dies, he shall hereafter live. Shall he live. Shall be restored to life in the resurrection." The following verse is equally plain. He that believeth in Christ though he die yet in the resurrection he shall live again; and he who is at that time alive shall never die, but shall, as we learn from 1 Cor. 15:51, 52 and 1 Thess. 4:16, 17, be changed to immortality and be caught up with those who have been raised from the dead to meet the Lord in the air, so to ever be with the Lord.