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Well, can you wake up somebody who is sleeping?—Yes, if you call in a loud voice, he will wake up. But can you wake up someone who is sleeping in death?— No. No matter how loud you call, the one who is dead will not hear. There is nothing that you or I can do to wake the dead.
But Jesus is different. He has special power from God. So, when Jesus called Lazarus, an amazing thing happened. The man who had been dead for four days came out of the cave! He had been brought back to life! He could breathe and walk and speak again! Yes, Jesus raised Lazarus after he had been dead four days! Wasn’t that wonderful?— —John 11:1-44.
But you may ask, Where was Lazarus during the four days he was dead? Did Lazarus go to heaven when he died? Was he alive up there with God and the holy angels?—
Think now: If Lazarus had been in heaven during those four days, would he not have said something about it?— And if he were in heaven, would Jesus have made him come back from that wonderful place?—