"Now then, at the resurrection whose wife will she be, since the seven were married to her?"
An Authoritative Answer
Jesus replied,
"The people of this age marry and are given in marriage. But those who are considered worthy of taking part in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage, and they can no longer die; for they are like the angels.
They are God's children, since they are children of the resurrection."
Notice two things about Jesus' answer concerning the Resurrection Life ...
1. The Discontinuity of the Resurrection Life
In the resurrection life there will be no marriage and no death.
No marriage because all relationships will experience the intimacy of the ideal earthly marriage.
The earthly marriage is a symbol of the relationship the Risen Lord Jesus will have with his bride the Church...
No Death because the death and resurrection of Jesus conquered death and secure an eternal life free from the consequences of sin and death! "Where O Death is your Sting!"
2. The Continuity of the Resurrection Life
Jesus continues...
"But in the account of the burning bush, even Moses showed that the dead rise, for he calls the Lord 'the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive."
The resurrection life begins Now !
Moses, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are living it Now !
Authentic Christianity is about living the Resurrection Life Now, in the light of it's final consummation at the return of Jesus.
How does this teaching on the Resurrection Life change the way we think
and change the way we live ?
Some of the teachers of the law responded,
"Well said, teacher!" And no one dared to ask him any more questions.
"It was the resurrection we had to have" something Paul Keating didn't say!
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