As we get ready to study the seventh sign, which is the raising of Lazarus from the dead. This is Jesus’ seventh and climactic messianic sign in John’s Gospel. Resurrections are rare in the Old Testament (by Elijah, 1 Kings 17:17-24; by Elisha, 2 Kings 4:32-37) and in the Gospels (Jairus’s daughter, Mark 5:22-24, 38-42; …
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This week we will be looking at the sixth sign Jesus performed in the book of John. This sixth sign continues the events at the festival of tabernacles and plays off the imagery of light associated with the festival. The story begins when the disciples ask if a man’s blindness was caused by his own …
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It is time to get back on track. It is time to continue this series of the 7 signs of Jesus in the Book of John with sign number 5. Just as a refresher, the first 4 signs were: Sign 1: Water to wine (John 2:1-11) Sign 2: A Nobleman’s Son healed (John 4:43-54) Sign …
