By inspiration of the Holy Spirit John records for us SEVEN MIRACLES. In recording these miracles John uses the Greek word ���s��meion��� (say-mi'-on) ��� which means ���SIGN��� ��� because John wants us to know that each miracle was intended to POINT us to and TEACH us something about Jesus; His glory and His Divine Nature, and about the nature of our relationship with Him.
The seventh and final sign recorded by John took place only days before Jesus would make His very public entrance into Jerusalem on the Sunday before He would die in our place for our sins. We find it in John 11 where we have the record of Jesus raising a man named Lazarus from the grave.
This final sign recorded by John reveals to us the very nature of salvation. This sign should blow up even any sense of clich�� attached to the word ���salvation.��� This miracle screams to us that ���Salvation��� is nothing less than the giving of life to the dead. The structure of the account of this sign is so thorough ��� so layered ��� so nuanced ��� so packed with truth about the nature of Jesus and the nature of our relationship with Him that we just can���t spend one night walking through it. I���m going to call our first run at this sign EPIPHANY IN THE PRELUDE.
04/02/18 The Epiphany in the Prelude - Part 1
John 11:1-17
April 2, 2018 • Richard Cimino
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