John 11:11-16 ESV
After saying these things, he said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him.” The disciples said to him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.” Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep. Then Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus has died, and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.” So Thomas, called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.”
The words of Thomas express a thought relevant to the present, but which hints at the larger objective of the mission of Jesus. In just a few words, Thomas expresses the essence of God's plan.
He would die for us that we would die with Him, and thus live with Him.
He would pay the penalty for sin that we could pass from death to life.
This life He had in mind from the beginning, that we would be with Him.
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