Life Beyond the Grave - It Is Possible - Basis for Belief

 Should it be too difficult to believe that Jehovah God, who created life, has the power to re-create a person who had once been alive? Consider the ability to conceive-or become pregnant-which God made possible for the first woman. "Adam had intercourse with Eve," and about nine months later, a fully formed small replica of them was delivered into the world. (Genesis 4:1) What went on inside Eve's womb to create all the parts of the baby and assemble them is still described as a miracle, beyond full human comprehension! - PSALM 139:13-16.

Birth is commonly taken for granted, since it repeated hundreds of thousands of times a day. However, bringing back to life one who had lived before is by many still considered to be unbelievable. When Jesus told people who were mourning the death of a young girl to stop weeping, "they began to laugh scornfully at him" because they knew she had died. But Jesus spoke to the dead girl, saying: "Get up!' And immediate the young maiden rose and began walking." And we are told: "At once [those present] were beside themselves with great ecstasy." -MARK5:39-43; Luke 8:51-56. 

When asked that a tomb of his dear friend Lazarus be unsealed, Martha, a sister of Lazarus, protested: "By now he must smell, for it is four days." What rejoicing that was, however, when Jesus brought Lazarus back to life! (John 11:38-44) Many became acquainted with Jesus' miracles. When John the Baptist was in prison, John's disciples reported to him about Jesus' activity, saying: "The dead are being raised up." - LUKE 7:22.

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