The story of Lazarus in this essay, we will examine how Fred Taylor used to biblical story of Lazarus is a metaphor on how to combat poverty. We will examine what does the stones were present and whom thus Lazarus represented in the story, what does Jesus represent and finally who are the people at the tomb.
In the biblical story of Lazarus, the stones represent the obstacles that are placed in the path of people trying to get out of poverty. Those obstacles can represent many different things based upon the individual experience in a person's life; the stones can be drugs, alcohol, sexual abuse etc. Jesus in the story commands his deciphers to remove the stones, thereby freeing individual of his or her burdens. This is key; it show that sometime in life a person need help along their journey through life. The intriguing part of this story is that Jesus had to encourage his disciples to remove the stones. People often believe that they cannot change the destiny of individual and believe that somehow faith has already determined that individual’s outcome. So who are we to change destiny, that is the reason why you see so many people homeless on the street and
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It is only humankind, who can look beyond the exterior of an individual to create change for the betterment of our society. We can stand up and make change for each other and we are willing to do it as a group, sometime the group will be led by a single individual who awakened their consciousness. There is an old saying that it takes a village to raise a child. Fred Taylor metaphorically uses this theory in the story of Lazarus how society has to created change for the betterment of the human race. Nevertheless, we all must stand up, take part and participate in that process finding solutions to issues, with fresh ideas and have the courage to walkout on faith even when we think all is