3073.— Lazarus. John 11

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Mar 15, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 11.

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3073.— Lazarus. John 11

What became of Lazarus after having been raised from the dead, as spoken of in John 11:44? Did he together with others who had been restored to life have to die the second time, or do they still live on this earth with us?
We are sure that our inquirer, if he is an earnest, devoted reader of the Bible, must have concluded long before this that God does not satisfy our curiosity. The Bible is not written for that purpose. Again and again our human curiosity would wonder what became of this one, and what became of that one, and how did this enterprise turn out, and in what did that result, but the Lord tells us nothing of that. That is outside of His purpose in giving His book. He had one curious disciple in His own times. That disciple had been given his work. His name was Simon Peter. But great and important as his work was, he was exceedingly anxious to know about the other man, and so he asks: Lord, what of this man? What is he going to do? I want to know about him. The reply of Jesus to Peter's curiosity was, "What is that to thee? follow thou Me." And so in regard to many of these unsolvable questions. We shall have to bring the Lord's answer to our curiosity, and hear Him saying to us as He did to Peter of old, "What is that to thee? follow thou Me." Presumably Lazarus lived and died in hope of salvation when the Lord should come the second time.