Lazarus

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Background:
 * Full name: Lazarus of Bethany
 * Story hails from the Gospel of John;
 * AKA St. Lazarus or Lazarus of the Four Days
 * Lazarus means "God is my help" in Hebrew

Narrative: Lazarus and his two sisters, Mary and Martha, were Jesus's good friends. However, Lazarus became ill, and his sisters warned Jesus "Lord, the one you love is sick." For the record, Lazarus and Jesus are really good friends. Jesus was concerned about Lazarus, but he was not worried about much, for the Christian messiah waited two days before venturing to Bethany (Lazarus's city of lodging) to see his sick friend, knowing that if Lazarus died, Jesus would be able to perform a miracle for God and bring him back to life. Jesus arrives in Bethany, only to find Martha saying, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died." Jesus finds out that Lazarus has been dead and entombed for FOUR DAYS. Jesus says something along the lines of "Relax, he will come back to life." (In actuality, he says, "Your brother will rise again.") However, Martha misunderstood Jesus's word - she thought he meant the final resurrection of the dead. She was wrong. Jesus comforted her by saying, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die." Martha goes to Mary and tells her that Jesus wants to see her. Jesus had still not entered Bethany because of its proximity to Jerusalem where the jews were plotting against him, also Jesus didn't want to call attention to himself. When Mary met Jesus, she was weeping from her grief. The Jews were also weeping. Jesus wept with them. Jesus, Mary, Martha and the rest of the mourners went to Lazarus's tomb and Jesus asked some of the mourners to push the giant rock aside. He then said, "Lazarus, come out!" He did. Jesus asked that Lazarus's grave clothes be removed. They were. Then, upon witnessing this awesome miracle, everyone put their faith in Jesus.



Lazurus Rises
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 * ====<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">According to H.I.M., in "Heart Killer" ====

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Lazarus at Frankenstein's"

 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">"Lady Lazarus", Sylvia Plath

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Tip-Offs:

 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Resurrection
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">The actual name "Lazarus"
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">A character putting faith in the Lord because of a miracle

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Pop Culture (Can Ya Dig..... Get It?):
>> As the cheerless towns pass my window >> I can see a washed out moon through the fog >> And then a voice inside my head, breaks the analogue >> And says >> >> "Follow me down to the valley below You know >> Moonlight is bleeding from out of your soul" >> >> I survived against the will of my twisted folk >> But in the deafness of my world the silence broke >> And said >> >> "Follow me down to the valley below You know >> Moonlight is bleeding from out of your soul" >> >> "My David don't you worry >> This cold world is not for you >> So rest your head upon me >> I have strength to carry you" >> >> (Ghosts of the twenties rising Golden summers just holding you) >> >> "Follow me down to the valley below You know >> Moonlight is bleeding from out of your soul >> Come to us, Lazarus >> It's time for you to go" >>
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">"Lazarus" by German and Polish sensation, the British Progress Rock band, Porcupine Tree
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">[|"Lazarus," Porcupine Tree]
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