The Resurrection Of The Body And The Life Everlasting

The Apostle John records seven signs in his gospel account. The account of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead is the seventh and final sign that precedes Passion Week, which leads us to consider the importance of what Jesus tells Martha in John 11:17-27. Jesus claims He is the resurrection and the life, which is both a statement of His Godhood and a call to believe not just in an abstract, future event, but in the person of Jesus Himself.