17. Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.
He arrives 4 days later . . . . Some can say 4 days too late When the situation has moved from worse, to dead, to buried, to rotten, to hopeless The late arrival of Jesus is a lesson to you and me, that there’s no situation to dead for God, or too late for God, or to hopeless for GodAs long as Jesus is in the radar there’s hope Zechariah 9:12. Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee; Job 14:7. For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Jesus often arrive when the situation is beyond human solution because there’s nothing too had for the Lord! Jeremiah 32:27. Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me? Matthew 19:26. But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible. Genesis 18:14. Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son. The Bible is full of stories where God intervened to resolve seemingly impossible situations. The parting of the Red SeaProviding manna and quail in the wilderness for 3 million people for 40 yearsThe walls of Jericho falling without any explosives or heavy machineryThe survival of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the fiery furnaceThe resurrection of Lazarus