Monday, November 4, 2002
Monday, November 4, 2002
And when the crowd heard it, they were astounded at his teaching.
(Matthew 23.33
NRSV)
Some Sadducees tried to trip Jesus up. They posed a
question about a woman who married seven brothers one right after
the other and was widowed by each. Whose wife, they asked, will
she be in the resurrection? We know they were attempting to
cause Jesus to say something damaging because the Sadducees did
not even believe in a resurrection. Jesus' answer was that there
is no marriage in heaven. Technically marriage connotes a
physical relationship. Heaven is not a physical place. Therefore
there is no marriage in heaven. But there is a resurrection and
there is a heaven. How do we know? Jesus says, as for the resurrection of the dead, have you
not read what was said to you by God, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the
God of Jacob'? He is God not of the dead, but of the living."The text is a strong
affirmation of life after death.
Dear Jesus, thank you for the hope to give us in the resurrection. Amen.
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