Another way to think about death is to imagine a long nap. Let’s look at the story of Jesus and Lazarus again. Jesus said to the disciples, “ ‘Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up.’ Then His disciples said, ‘Lord, if he sleeps he will get well’ ” (John 11:11, 12).

2. Read verse 13 and answer this question. True or False: When Jesus said Lazarus was sleeping, He was actually talking about Lazarus' death.
      True
      False

    According to Jesus, death is just a peaceful pause before He returns back to this Earth. We don’t need to worry that dead people are watching us from heaven or haunting us as ghosts. They are resting in their graves,

not aware of anything that is going on around them (see Ecclesiastes 9:5).

    The story of Lazarus shows that Jesus has power over death. Jesus stood at the burial cave and called Lazarus to come out. Jesus shouted, and Lazarus woke up. Bandaged eyes blinked. Stiff fingers wiggled. And a mummy arose. Listen to the story as it’s told in Scripture:
    “It was a simple cave in the hillside with a slab of