"Fear seized all of them; and they glorified God, saying, 'A great prophet has risen among us!' and 'God has looked favorably on his people!' This word about him spread throughout Judea and all the surrounding country." (7:16-17)
How incredible/terrible it must have been to see a man raised from the dead! A complete reversal of the understanding of mortality. Death is supposed to be forever but on this day in Nain a man named Jesus happened to be in town and was moved and showed compassion on the man's mother and brought him back to life. Can you imagine what that would be like today? CNN would be all over the story and Twitter would be chock full of crazy headlines and misinformation. The word about him would spread about the world in under 2 minutes as long as someone had an iPhone to record the event and put it on youtube. Then, the aftermath of what was just seen; people would go nuts to see these guys, the one called Jesus and the man raised from the dead. Scientists and news pundits alike would be looking for a way to explain what just happened.
This day in age, we take "living in the moment" to a whole new level because at any given moment we are attached at the hip (anyone realize how that cliche now fits perfectly again with the smartphone age?) to information and people. Matthew wrote about observing the Sabbath and taking the time to think and process. The disciples and people that followed Jesus allowed Him to access information, but when he went off to pray, he went alone. Do you ever take time away from your electronics to process on your own? I know that to think of something to write tonight, I had to turn off the TV in order to think. All that gibberish about some Minnesota team with that guy named Favre...
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