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Another Way
“And they come unto Him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four. And when they could not come nigh unto Him for the press, they uncovered the roof where He was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay” (Matthew 9:2-3).
When I stand by a grave and see men lower the coffin into its resting place, the scene is not unlike that where four men from the roof of a house in Capernaum let their friend down out of their sight, but into the immediate presence of Jesus. They cover up the roof, assured that their friend is all right, and will walk out another way, healed, liberated, and with new life. Gone will be the poor, palsied life.
So we cover up the grave. Our dear one is “absent from the body, and … present with the Lord” (2 Corinthian 5:8), and by the word of His mighty power they will come out another way, with changed and glorified bodies. “We shall all be changed … For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality … Death is swallowed up in victory” (1 Corinthians 15:51-53).
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