Lazarus, here, is a type of bringing that dead, discarded, old covenant,  Law, or old Israel, Or Moses,  (all the same in the Word; used synonymously)--back to life, by baptizing them (those Jews on the Time of Pentecost)  into the body of Christ, or the NT, Grace covenant.

See that Lazarus had been DEAD    4   days, showing this happens at the end of the 4,000 year period after Adam.  After Adam took the world, at that time,  away from Grace and into law, or DEATH, it took a world BAPTIZING with Water, to bring up new life.

When Lazarus was brought out of the grave,  look at him--- BOUND  (that is LAW)  It is how he went INTO THE GRAVE....Hand  =  he could do nothing ...he could not minister this way.....   and foot......showing he could not be a NT Minister, bringing the message of PEACE.....and his FACE was COVERED.

Now anyone who knows even a tiny bit of Scripture METHOD  of interpretation, SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THIS..... His face being covered is showing the same thing as in 11Cor. 3...

Moses had to cover his face to keep those BOUND old Israelites from seeing the end of that which is ABOLISHED, or over into grace.

So now Lazarus stands before them,  BOUND HAND AND FOOT, WITH HIS FACE COVERED.

He could never, ever have done one thing in that condition.  He could never have been a witness of the resurrection power of God, in that condition.....for he could not walk, minister  (hands) or speak, for his face was covered.

But what did Jesus do?  He said,  LOOSE HIM AND LET HIM GO.

Now that is what the message of GRACE does.......looses people and lets them go....to ministering.

So we see clearly from this glorious event, that the old covenant of law, has people bound hand and foot with their face covered , or in darkness.

  THAT IS LAW.  THAT IS THE MESSAGE OF ELLEN WHITE OR THE ADVENTIST CHURCH TODAY.  The have bound people, hand and foot, and covered their faces, so that they cannot SEE the glory of Grace.  Law--is those GRAVE CLOTHES.  So if you are still bound by LAW, you are dead, in grave clothes, and cannot do a thing but STINK.  (By now he stinketh),  showing that now that Jesus has come and given the world the pure words of God, that old law stinks.  It is death and death stinks.

Praise my God for showing me this simple little message tonight as I read about the resurrection.....of Lazarus.

By:  Jo Smith --June 22, 2008

p.s.  I did not realize until I dated this, just now, that this was written on the aniversary of the day we buried my Mother.  Talk about types.  This is astonishing to me.