![]() Those who saw her leave presumed she was going to the grave to mourn. Mary quickly left the house to go outside the city, where Jesus was. ![]() Martha went quietly to her sister to inform her the Master had arrived and wanted to see her. He asked her if she believed Him and she said she did. Jesus explained that He was the resurrection and that those who believed in Him would never die. Martha thought he was referring to the resurrection in the last days. Jesus said that her brother would rise from the dead. Martha told the Savior that if He had been there, her brother wouldn’t have died, but that she knew that even now, whatever Jesus asked of God, God would do. Many people had come to mourn with the sisters, but when she learned Jesus was coming, Martha went out to meet Him. When they arrived, Lazarus had been dead for four days. The disciples misunderstood, not realizing the Savior meant that Lazarus was dead, so the Savior explained his meaning and said He was glad He hadn’t been there to prevent the death, because the coming events would strengthen their testimonies. The Savior said that Lazarus was sleeping and that Jesus needed to go and awaken him. Even then, His apostles warned Him against going due to the danger to the Savior’s own life. Jesus remained for two days before returning to Judea. He responded that the illness was not meant to kill Lazarus but to help testify of Jesus’ divinity. His sisters sent for Jesus, but the Savior did not come immediately. Lazarus became very ill while Jesus was away. John reports that Jesus loved Lazarus and his sisters. He has also received the Rosen Prize from Jack Burnham and first prize at the Bryan Invitational Exhibition from Helaine Posner.Lazarus and his sisters, Mary and Martha, were very close friends of the Savior’s. His work has also been exhibited at Universities of Alabama in Tuscaloosa and Birmingham, Appalachian State University, Western Carolina University, Lynchburg College, The University of Notre Dame, Radford University, and the University of Tennesse-Knoxville. He has exhibited in the Center of the Earth Gallery in Charlotte, the Gray Gallery at East Carolina University, the Ewing Gallery at the University of Tennesse-Knoxville, Somerhill Gallery in Chapel Hill, the Greenhill Center for NC Art, UNC-Asheville, the Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens in West Palm Beach, and the Ergo Sum Gallery in Augusta. The concept of death and rebirth continues to fascinate and move us.īe Gardiner was born 1950 in Washington, D.C. The scene shifts to the lake where Jean Gray has just sacrificed herself, and deep in the water appears the moving shadow of a large bird, the Phoenix, a mythical creature which is reborn from its own ashes. ![]() White's The Once and Future King, which takes its title from this same image of death and resurrection. At the end of the science fiction movie XMen II, Professor Xavier is reading to his students from T.H. The story is a myth explaining the changing seasons.īoth myths are stories of death and rebirth, a common mythical theme. She ate, and the act obligated her to return each year to spend time with Hades. Hades, in an effort to keep Persephone, offered her food, a pomegranate. Distraught, Demeter demanded that Persephone be returned to her. Persephone, the daughter of Demeter, was loved by Hades, who kidnapped her and took her to the underworld to be his queen. The story of Persephone is part of Greek myth. Weeping, Christ ordered Lazarus' tomb be opened, over protests, and when it was, he called Lazarus back to life. When he finally reached Lazarus' home, he was met first by Lazarus' sister Martha and then Mary and the onlookers. Although Jesus had been contacted, he had delayed his coming to finish the work he was doing. Lazarus, the friend of Christ, had grown sick and died. The story of Lazarus is told in the Bible in John 11. ![]() Creston, North Carolina Chattanooga State Sculpture Garden II ![]()
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