From: David L. Moore (dvdmoore@ix.netcom.com)
Date: Mon Jun 22 1998 - 14:06:26 EDT
At 09:26 AM 6/22/98 -0700, you wrote:
>David L. Moore wrote:
>>... let me venture a guess as to its meaning along with
>> others who have done so. Since Jesus' weeping follows the exchange, "Where
>> have you laid him?" and the mourners answered "come and see," I tend to
>> think His weeping had to do with an emotionally flooding experience of the
>> human condition in the face of death of a loved one -- a sudden experience
>> of how impotent mortals are against this powerful enemy whom Jesus had come
>> to conquer and finally to destroy.
>
>AMHN to that, David ~
>
>And I sometimes really wonder, given all the 'possibles' that flow
>forth as each of us grapples with these three little words, if we
>might be better served, in our understanding of Jesus' weeping here,
>by not setting up in our understanding the idea that it must be only
>one or another motive that is operating. Surely, if you are correct,
>[And I think you are], that Jesus is weeping for the human condition,
>then all of us are correct in understanding him, each from the
>perspective of the particular window of the human condition that we
>are...
Yes, I believe He experienced our pain, but I would balk at saying that it
is legitimate to indiscriminately project on Him our own concerns. The
comment by some who were present, "See how he loved him," obviously misses
the mark, since Jesus had come to raise Lazarus up to life.
David Moore
David L. Moore
Miami, Florida, USA
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