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Thursday, July 23, 2009

Luke 7:11-17

Soon afterward he went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him. As he drew near to the gate of the town, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow, and a considerable crowd from the town was with her. And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her, “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. Fear seized them all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and “God has visited his people!” And this report about him spread through the whole of Judea and all the surrounding country. (ESV)

by John H. Camenga

In Death Takes a Holiday, the death angel takes a day off and no one dies. The premise is absurd, but made an interesting film. I wonder how many people died during Jesus’ earthly ministry. A few deaths were set aside. For every Lazarus, or centurion’s daughter, or widow’s son that was revived, how many thousands went to their graves? I believe Luke includes this incident, not because of the dramatic restoration of life, but for the way it illustrates our Savior’s compassion. The son had responsibility to care for his mother’s needs. Jesus gave him a renewed opportunity to fulfill that obligation.



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Daily Bible Meditations are taken from The Helping Hand,a Sabbath School student quarterly for youth and adults. Copyright © 2010, Seventh Day Baptist Board of Christian Education, Inc.

Scripture quotations marked "ESV" are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Text provided by the Crossway Bibles Web Service.