Reversing death, or resurrection? What Jesus did with Lazarus wasn't "a miracle"

Jesus was a prolific miracle worker - but far from unique in that. He was also a remarkable healer, but far from unique in that. 

Most accounts of Jesus's miracles put the raising of Lazarus at the pinnacle of achievement and note that it was this action which brought upon him the implacable hostility of the official Jewish priesthood. 

But most accounts fail to understand the qualitative distinction between miracles of healing, food production etc - and what happened to Lazarus. 

This is missed because the raising of Lazarus is presented as if it was "merely" a reversal of a recent death - which might be framed as an extreme form of miracle; whereas it was instead the first example and public demonstration of resurrection. 

Nobody had ever resurrected anyone before, because it was something that only Jesus could do. 

Jesus's Father, i.e. God the primary creator, did not and could not resurrect anybody ever; which was why Jesus's incarnation and work was necessary if Heaven was to be possible. 

A miracle is something done to the world; but the raising of Lazarus was something Jesus did with him. 

Lazarus could be resurrected because he loved Jesus, knew Jesus was divine; and therefore was led by Jesus through death to life everlasting.

Lazarus was the first Man to die who fulfilled the conditions that Jesus described* as necessary for resurrected eternal life.  

The distinction is between a Lazarus brought back to mortal life, temporarily - but destined to die like everybody else...

Or on the other hand, a Lazarus who has died mortally and desired to be transformed to eternal resurrected life; to become fully a Son of God, and the first potential inhabitant of Heaven. 

The first inhabitant of Heaven was Jesus himself, he made Heaven possible and then actual. But after his resurrection Lazarus was ready and able to ascend to Heaven, at any time.  

So the raising of Lazarus ought not to be considered "a miracle" - rather it was a public demonstration of what Jesus came to do for all Men who desired resurrection and who loved and followed him.  

*From the IV Gospel: As many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name... God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned... He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life...  I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die... That ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.