As death drew near for a seventy-year-old man, a cousin was heard to say to his wife, "Don't worry, Agatha, it seems dark now, but in time you'll see the light at the end of this tunnel." Some use another cliche, "It's always darkest before the dawn." These are not helpful statements. And Agatha, about to become a widow, simply sighs and says to herself, "No one understands." It may have seemed to the sisters, Martha and Mary, that Jesus did not understand the seriousness of Lazarus' illness. Here their brother is dying and Jesus delays two whole days in coming to their aid.

Should The Dying Always Be Healed?Should The Dead Always Be Brought Back To Life? Obviously not. Of the hundreds of thousands of Jews who died, how many were brought back? Scarce few. Of the thousands who were sick unt…