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Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Lazarus And The Rich Man

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The Importance of External Conditions

Lazarus is carried by the angels to be in the bosom of Abraham. Jesus calls the poor blessed but he does heal them too already here. He takes suffering so seriously that in a moment he must destroy it. Where Christ is the power of demons must be broken. That is why he says to his disciples, if you believe in me you will do greater works than I. The acts of healing are like heat lightning, like flashes of lightning from the new world. But now the good news becomes all the more powerful. Blessed are you who weep for you will laugh. Blessed areYou who are hungry for you will be filled. No cynical consolation but the one great hope, the

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