John 11:26 And whosoever lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe thou this? 27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.
It is worthy of note that Martha did not answer the question Jesus posed to her and it’s understandable because it was a loaded question. In her answer she says she believes that Jesus is The Son of God, but on the question of those who believe in Him never dying, Martha was silent, as many of us in our day would also be, seeing that there are important facts about the resurrection that we need to understand.
Because the unique blend of Divinity and humanity remains distinct as we explained earlier, when the body of Christ was laid in the tomb, only the human body expired. Divinity, which cannot die, and which remains distinct from humanity, hovered over the body of Christ, only awaiting the command from the Father to energize humanity into life once more. Hence the reason why Christ made that statement of fact to Martha, that “He who believes in me shall never die”.
Christ was there referring to His Divine nature of which we have become partakers through faith, and which remains alive, intact, and distinct, even when, like Christ, our mortal bodies are laid in the tomb. This is the reason why Jesus had made the statement earlier, declaring that He had power to lay down His life and power to take it again. It is the mere fact that Divinity cannot die, and that all who believe have become partakers of the Divine nature, which gives us the guarantee that we would conquer the grave, even as Christ did.
John 10:17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. 18 No man takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!