A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; NEW TESTAMENT STORIES

                                         A FAVOURED HOME PART VII 

"I, Martha, am living in Bethany... I live together with my sister Mary and my brother Lazarus.... We have a very special Friend.... His Name is Jesus.... He often comes over for a meal with His twelve disciples.... We always love to see them.... The other day our brother Lazarus became ill.... Mary and I sent a message to Jesus straight away.... We were expecting Jesus to come to us as soon as possible... In fact, we were absolutely confident He would do so.... But He did not!! And our brother got more and more ill.... Then the unthinkable happened!!... He died!!.... We had to bury him that same day.... That is  four days ago.... Many of our friends have come to mourn with us... No one dares to mention the Name of Jesus.... Like us, they do not understand why He has not come to us when we needed Him to.... If Jesus were to come now, it would be too late.... There really is no point for Him to come now.... What good could He do if He came now?.... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that by the time Jesus comes to Bethany, Lazarus has been dead for four days already....

                   ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; NEW TESTAMENT STORIES

                                             A FAVOURED HOME PART VII

By the time that Jesus arrives in Bethany it  looks like He has come too late as you can read in John 11:17-19

On His arrival Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem and many Jews had  come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother.

Lazarus has been dead for four days when Jesus comes to Bethany so there is not really any point to His visit it seems.