What Happened To Lazarus?

[FaithfulFollower]

Recently had a discussion with my fiance on the topic of Lazarus. Which brought up a question or two. Lazarus died and was raised up from the dead by Jesus upon his being dead for approximately three days. The questions that came up with this were simply thus. Can a man die more than once? If not...what happened to Lazarus? This has both of us stumped...

Any thoughts on this would truly be great. Thanks

With Love In Christ,

Danielle

[Guest Called]

I always just assumed his lived out his life and died of old age..

[Ovedya]

For that matter, what happened to all the people that were raised from the dead when Jesus breathed His last on the cross? According to Matthew 27:52-53 the bodies of the dead saints raised and walked around for at least four days following the Lord's death.

I think there are some things in the Bible we just have to scratch out head at and say, "Well, I just don't know."

[Ovedya]

I always just assumed his lived out his life and died of old age..

Yeah....But how old is old age when you've already been dead?

[FaithfulFollower]

For that matter, what happened to all the people that were raised from the dead when Jesus breathed His last on the cross?  According to Matthew 27:52-53 the bodies of the dead saints raised and walked around for at least four days following the Lord's death.

I think there are some things in the Bible we just have to scratch out head at and say, "Well, I just don't know."

Wow...that was truly an interesting way to put it. Indeed the bible does hold many mysteries and it may be that what happened to Lazarus may be one out of many.

With Love In Christ,

Danielle

[Guest DivineLadyB]

I'm pretty sure that he lived out the rest of his life as normal as possible. Then he died of old age. Just like with Joseph, nothing else was written about him.

Think about the last verse of the book of John. Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.

[Dad Ernie]

Greetings All,

Well, although it doesn't say specifically what happened with Lazarus and all those dead that came out of their graves, However, we do know that when Jesus ascended to the father, He led those held in captivity (death?) captive in His train. So it is possible that the "graves were opened, the dead arose, and were taken up", hmmmmmm, sure sounds like what the "resurrection" will be like.

One point regarding those that arose from the grave. It is not likely that ALL of Israel that had ever died arose, for certainly many had already returned to dust, so my guess is that ONLY those who had recently died, before corruption set in were the ones who arose, that is UNLESS they had received their "glorified bodies", in which case it would be a certainty that they ascended with Jesus.

However, as for Lazarus, we might take a lesson from what we know today. There have been many instances where people have died (?), with no heartbeat or breathing activity and after even a few days, have been known to come back to life. Their revival is unexplicable. But I have a "theory", that the "soul" of a person does not normally depart the body and return to God immediately upon death, but may linger for a short time (3 days?) before rising to the Father. It is the soul which animates the body, and if the body is not corrupted past the limit of usefulness, THEN there is no reason the soul cannot reanimate the body.

I hope you realize I am not taking away from the "miraculous event" of the "resurrection", for most certainly Jesus IS "life", and it is nothing for Him to call forth "life" even in a very dead carcas.

Blessings,

Dad Ernie

[One Way]

I think he obviously died twice. Just as the girl that Jesus raised from the dead also did.

[Guest Called]

I think he obviously died twice. Just as the girl that Jesus raised from the dead also did.

Yep, I agree!

[FaithfulFollower]

Thank you all for your replies, many of them truly have been insightful and opened my eyes to what may have surely come to be. Gave me a few things to ponder. Thanks again, God bless

With Love In Christ,

Danielle