Life’S Multiplication— Through Death And Resurrection
LIFE'S MULTIPLICATION—
THROUGH DEATH AND RESURRECTION
In this booklet we come to the second part of John chapter twelve. In the first part of this chapter we see, in a shadow, that the church has come into existence through the Lord as resur rection life (John 11:25). We have the church by His resurrection life. But how can the Lord in crease the church? This is shown in the second part of this chapter (vv. 12-36a). The first part shows how the church is there, but the second part shows how the Lord can increase the church through His death and resurrection.
THE GOLDEN TIME FOR JESUS
At this point, according to the worldly view, Jesus was in His golden time. The raising up of Lazarus from the dead was such a miracle that it shook all the people. It was a real miracle for a dead person, buried for four days and even stink ing, to be raised up. Because the Lord had raised Lazarus from the dead, a great crowd of the Jews