Ezekiel
Chapter 37 12 Therefore, prophesy and say to them: Thus says the Lord GOD: O my people, I will open your graves and have you rise from them, and bring you back to the land of Israel. 13 Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and have you rise from them, O my people! 14 I will put my spirit in you that you may live, and I will settle you upon your land; thus you shall know that I am the LORD. I have promised, and I will do it, says the LORD.
Romans
Chapter 8 8 and those who are in the flesh cannot please God. 9 But you are not in the flesh; on the contrary, you are in the spirit, if only the Spirit of God dwells in you. Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. 10 But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the spirit is alive because of righteousness. 11 If the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also, through his Spirit that dwells in
John
Chapter 11 1 1 Now a man was ill, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 Mary was the one who had anointed the Lord with perfumed oil and dried his feet with her hair; it was her brother Lazarus who was ill. 3 So the sisters sent word to him, saying, "Master, the one you love is ill." 4 When Jesus heard this he said, "This illness is not to end in death, 2 but is for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it." 5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 So when he heard that he was ill, he remained for two days in the place where he was. 7 Then after this he said to his disciples, "Let us go back to Judea." 8 The disciples said to him, "Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone you, and you want to go back there?" 9 Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in a day? If one walks during the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. 10 But if one walks at night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him." 3 11 He said this, and then told them, "Our friend Lazarus is asleep, but I am going to awaken him." 12 So the disciples said to him, "Master, if he is asleep, he will be saved." 13 But Jesus was talking about his death, while they thought that he meant ordinary sleep. 14 So then Jesus said to them clearly, "Lazarus has died. 15 And I am glad for you that I was not there, that you may believe. Let us go to him." 16 So Thomas, called Didymus, 4 said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go to die with him." 17 When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. 18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, only about two miles 5 away. 19 And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother. 20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him; but Mary sat at home. 21 Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 (But) even now I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you." 23 Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise." 24 Martha said to him, "I know he will rise, in the resurrection on the last day." 25 Jesus told her, "I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, 26 and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?" 27 6 She said to him, "Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one who is coming into the world." 28 When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary secretly, saying, "The teacher is here and is asking for you." 29 As soon as she heard this, she rose quickly and went to him. 30 For Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still where Martha had met him. 31 So when the Jews who were with her in the house comforting her saw Mary get up quickly and go out, they followed her, presuming that she was going to the tomb to weep there. 32 When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said to him, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died." 33 When Jesus saw her weeping and the Jews who had come with her weeping, he became perturbed 7 and deeply troubled, 34 and said, "Where have you laid him?" They said to him, "Sir, come and see." 35 And Jesus wept. 36 So the Jews said, "See how he loved him." 37 But some of them said, "Could not the one who opened the eyes of the blind man have done something so that this man would not have died?" 38 So Jesus, perturbed again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay across it. 39 Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the dead man's sister, said to him, "Lord, by now there will be a stench; he has been dead for four days." 40 Jesus said to her, "Did I not tell you that if you believe you will see the glory of God?" 41 So they took away the stone. And Jesus raised his eyes and said, "Father, 8 I thank you for hearing me. 42 I know that you always hear me; but because of the crowd here I have said this, that they may believe that you sent me." 43 And when he had said this, he cried out in a loud voice, 9 "Lazarus, come out!" 44 The dead man came out, tied hand and foot with burial bands, and his face was wrapped in a cloth. So Jesus said to them, "Untie him and let him go." 45 Now many of the Jews who had come to Mary and seen what he had done began to believe in him.
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Catholic Fundamentalism Interpretation:
I want you to access My Program and tell them what you see: The Programmer says, I will re-download your life-program into you and you will rise from the graves I program to open and come back to the promised land. You'll know I'm The Programmer, when I open your graves and have you rise from them, my people. I will download my spirit into you so you may live, and I will take you from the grave and put you on your land. That's how you'll know I am The Programmer. I have promised this, and I will do it, says The Programmer.
Those who live according to the physical programs can't please The Programmer. But, you have risen above the lesser programs. You are in the higher program if The Holy Wireless Connecter can get through to you. If you don't have the Spirit of The Program in you, you don't belong to Christ. But, if He is in you, your body is dead to the attraction of sin and your own spirit is alive because it's doing what's rightest. If The Programmer's spirit dwells in you, the same One Who raised Christ from the dead will also raise your mortal bodies, through the Holy Wireless Connector.
Lazarus, from Bethany, where Mary and Martha lived, was ill. Mary had annointed Jesus with perfumed oil and dried His feet with her hair; it was her brother, Lazarus, who was sick. The sisters sent word to Him, "Master, the one you love is ill." When Jesus heard this, He said, "This won't end in death, but is for the glory of The Programmer, that The Program (Jesus Christ, in loving, perfect, human form) may be glorified by it." Now, Jesus loved the family, so when He heard Lazarus was sick, He stayed two days where He was.
Then, He said to His disciples, "Let's go back to Judea." The disciples said, "Rabbi, the Jews were trying to erase your program, and you want to return?"
Jesus replied, "Are there not twelve hours of light? If one walks in the day, he doesn't stumble, because his eyes take in the light reflecting off things that may trip him. But, at night, no light reflects from things in the way, stumbling occurs because no light has entered the mind through the eye. Our friend, Lazarus, is sleeping, but I'm going to wake him." "Master, if he's only asleep, he'll be all right. (Let's not go to Judea and maybe get killed)."
But, Jesus was talking about death, and told them "Lazarus has died. And, I'm glad for you that I wasn't there, because you will now believe more fully because of the miracle you will see. Let's go there, now."
Thomas, the Twin, said, "Let's go die with him." When Jesus got there, He found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. Since it was only two miles from Jerusalem, many Jews had come to comfort Martha and Mary.
When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him, but Mary stayed home.
"Lord, if you'd been here, Lazarus would still be alive. Even now, four days later, I know you can restore his program, and God will let you do so." Jesus answered, "Your brother will rise." Martha said, "Yes, in the resurrection, where the good are uploaded into Heavenly glory." Jesus replied, "I am the one who brings people to life. Whoever believes in me won't ever die. Do you believe this?"
She said, "Yes, Lord. I have come to believe you are the Messiah, the Son of The Programmer, the one downloaded into the world."
Then, she called Mary in secret, saying , The Program is here, and asking for you." Mary went to Him quickly.
Jesus hadn't arrived in the village, but was still where Martha had met Him.
When the Jews saw her get up, they went with her, thinking she was going to the tomb to weep. When she saw Jesus, she fell at His feet and said, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother wouldn't have died." When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews with her also weeping, he was deeply troubled.
"Where have you laid him?", he asked.
"Sir, come, and see." And, Jesus wept. So the Jews said, "See how He loved him." But others said, "He re-programmed the poor blind man's eyes and brain so that he could see. Couldn't He have kept Lazarus from dying?"
Jesus was again perturbed. He had them roll the stone away from the tomb. Martha, Lazarus's sister, said, "Lord, there will be a stench. He's been dead four days."
Jesus answered, "Didn't I tell you that if you believe, you will see the power of The Programmer?"
So, they took the stone away. Jesus raised His eyes, and said, "Father, greatest of Programmers, thank you for allowing me to access your Operating System. I know you always hear me (and my requests for Programming Assistance) but I wanted the Jews here to hear me talking to you so that they might believe more fully in You and that You have sent me."
After saying this, he called out loudly, "Lazarus, come out!"
The dead man was instantaneously programmed back to life, every one of his cells miraculously over-written with the program of life. He was still wrapped in burial wraps, and his face was in the same kind of cloth on which Jesus would leave the imprint of His face when He rose from the dead. Jesus said to them, "Untie him, and let him go."
Many of the Jews who had come to Mary and saw what He'd done began to believe in Him.
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