Nov 3, 2026: What Now Lazarus? Part 1

As I have written elsewhere, perhaps the most salient issue raised in the Biblical account of the raising of Lazarus from the dead was, as my New Testament professor in seminary asked us, ‘What now, Lazarus?’ In light of the historic blue tsunami of this month’s midterm elections in the U.S., a literal raising from the dead of our founding national aspirations to be a great, just and loving people, recalling that mandate as it applied to the Biblical story of Lazarus seems apt for just this time. The Biblical account of the raising of Lazarus from the dead, a portend, if you will, of the Biblical account of the resurrection of Jesus, does not suggest anything about what Lazarus did after he walked out of the tomb. Did he just take a shower and go back to doing what he was doing before he fell dead? If not, then what did he do, and how does that discussion relate to where we stand as a species and our calling moving forward?

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