Section 3
usual Greek word for resurrection. What was his reason for doing this? According to his vision and experience, Paul realized that God's intention in the universe is altogether related to something which is new, something in resurrection, but res urrection in a very particular sense, not resurrec tion in an ordinary sense.
OUT OF THE OLD CREATION AND INTO THE NEW CREATION
The common meaning of resurrection is that something dies and comes to life again. Lazarus was resurrected in this way. He had died, had been buried, and had even begun to smell bad. Then the Lord Jesus came and cried out, "Laza rus, come forth!" and Lazarus came out of the tomb (John 11:43-44). Was the resurrection of Lazarus a case of the out-resurrection? No. Even though Lazarus was raised from the dead and came to life again, nothing of the new creation was wrought into him. Instead, he continued to be a person in the old creation. At most, Lazarus experienced restoration; he was restored from death to the natural life. But he was neither regen erated at that time nor did he receive a new con stitution. The fact that Lazarus was not brought into the new creation through resurrection is