18 Some of the Sadducees, a religious group that denied there was a resurrection of the dead, came to ask Jesus this question: 19 “Teacher, the law of Moses teaches that if a man dies before he has children, his brother should marry the widow and raise up children for his brother’s family line. 20 Now, there was a family with seven brothers. The oldest got married but soon died, and he had no children. 21 The second brother married his oldest brother’s widow, and he also died without any children, and the third also. 22 This repeated down to the seventh brother, none of whom had children. Finally, the woman died. 23 So here’s our dilemma: Which of the seven brothers will be the woman’s husband when she’s resurrected from the dead, since they all were once married to her?”
24 Jesus answered them, “You are deluded because your hearts are not filled with the revelation of the Scriptures or the power of God. 25 For when they rise from the dead, men and women will not marry, just like the angels of heaven don’t marry. 26 Now, concerning the resurrection, haven’t you read in the Torah what God said to Moses at the burning bush? ‘I AM the living God, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? 27 God is not the God of the dead, but of the living, and you are all badly mistaken!”
Terrie's Comments:
It is kind of ironic that a sect of religious group that does not believe in the resurrection of the dead would ask a question directly relating to the resurrection of the dead!
It is a pretty powerful thing to realize that God is the God of the Living and those who have gone before are still living, not dead!
Tori's Comments:
"your hearts are not filled with the revelation of the Scriptures" Does that mean they are not truly understanding what they are reading?
What hope this passage provides for us! God is the God of the LIVING!!
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