An amazing account in the Bible (John 11:1-44) has Jesus arrive at the home of his friends Mary, Martha and their brother Lazarus. Lazarus has just died and everyone is heartbroken. And we read that Jesus wept. Jesus knew he would raise Lazarus from the dead. In fact, Jesus knew he would do this even before Lazarus died--while he was still just sick.
What was it that made him weep?
What was it that made him weep?
It was not death that drew his tears, it was the weeping of his friends--their pain--that moved him to tears. (John 11:33) Death was not the problem; he had and still has a solution for it. But the sorrow that death and separation brings to mankind was never meant for us. He grieved for our pain. He grieved over the consequences of the fall on us.
God is not some impersonal force in the universe.
On the contrary, He is 'a Man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief...' (Isaiah 53:3)
On the contrary, He is 'a Man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief...' (Isaiah 53:3)
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