Things to Come – Part 4

October 9, 2025

Broadcast

                        Things to Come - Part 4
                             Luke 7:14-15
                              10/09/2025

        14   Then he came up and touched the bier, and the
             bearers stood still.  And he said, ``Young man, I
             say to you, arise.''
        15   And the dead man sat up and began to speak, and
             Jesus gave him to his mother.  (ESV)

        Jesus, while entering the city of Nain in Galilee, disrupted
   a funeral procession.  The young man who had died was the only
   son of a widow.  A great crowd of people from the city walked
   with her from the town to the cemetery.

        As Jesus entered the city, He stopped the procession and
   said to the widow, ``Do not weep.''
        Then he came up and touched the bier, and the bearers
        stood still.  And he said, ``Young man, I say to you,
        arise.''  And the dead man sat up and began to speak,
        and Jesus gave him to his mother.


        Jesus hates death.  He raised this young man and returned
   him to his mother.  Just as He raised this man, just as He raised
   the daughter of Jairus, a ruler of the synagogue, just as He
   raised Lazarus, He has promised to raise each of us from the
   dead.

        This miracle is a foretaste of the miracle promised on the
   day Jesus returns to judge the living and the dead.  Although we
   do not yet see the resurrection, we look at this young man of
   Nain and see ourselves reflected in His new life.  We see the
   tears of mourning replaced with tears of laughter and shouts of
   joy.

        The victory is ours, but we await the day when we can
   celebrate that victory.  Christ Jesus will soon enter our towns
   to raise our friends, family, and neighbors who are now resting
   from their labors.  Meanwhile, we have hope, for God's promises
   are certain.

        May our Lord grant us faith to trust in Him, to hold firmly
   to the forgiveness of our sins which leads to everlasting life.
   Amen.