Comfort in the City: The Widow’s Son Is Brought Back to Life

This story tells of salvation. All people in the world are, like the widow’s son, dead in sin. A dead person can do nothing for themselves, nor can they even ask for help. But God had compassion on us. He sent Jesus to bring us to life in Him, so that—within this very life—we might decide that the only way to salvation is through Jesus Christ! We ought to thank God and use this opportunity to fulfil His will. The widow’s situation was one of mourning and bitterness; she had already lost her husband, and now her only son—her sole provider—had died. People perceived Jesus as a prophet—much like Elijah and Elisha of the Old Testament, who had raised the dead—but Jesus is greater than a prophet; He is God Himself. He came to save us from destruction and the "second death"—the spiritual death that follows physical death.