The fascinating thing about the story of Lazarus has, to me, always been this: it’s only in the Gospel of John. John is, generally, accepted to be the last of the gospels written. Possibly after most of the Apostles had been martyred. Mark & Matthew would have been there, yet it is only John has the story. I’ve felt that part of that is what you are getting from the story. The Lord weeps over us, yet he has the Power & Authority over Death itself. It is not that God will save us in this life, it is that he has *saved* our Soul and given us New Life.
This is something we always easily forget.
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