Mark 12:18-27
Religious
Leaders Question Jesus
about the
Resurrection
12:18
Then the Sadducees, who say there is no
resurrection, came to him with a question.
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"Teacher," they said, "Moses wrote for us that if a
man's brother dies and leaves a wife but no
children, the man must marry the widow and have
children for his brother.
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Now there were seven brothers. The first one
married and died without leaving any children.
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The second one married the widow, but he also died,
leaving no child. It was the same with the third.
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In fact, none of the seven left any children. Last
of all, the woman died too.
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At the resurrection whose wife will she be, since
the seven were married to her?"
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Jesus replied, "Are you not in error because you do
not know the Scriptures or the power of God?
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When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be
given in marriage; they will be like the angels in
heaven.
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Now about the dead rising—have you not read in
the book of Moses, in the account of the bush, how
God said to him, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God
of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?
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He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
You are badly mistaken!"
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This
is the Word of the Lord ... It is meant to
change the way that we think, and the way that
we live.
Commentary
by Bob Pardue
What Christ
Says about the resurrection
One point to talk about in
this passage is that Jesus did not fall into the
trap set by the Sadducees who did not believe in
life after death.
Jesus stated that life in
heaven will not be the same as it is on earth. God
will be in control and we will walk with Jesus.
I could go on and on with
speculations about what I perceive as heaven but
would finish with the same answer .. I don't
know what heaven will be like. I only know that
it is better than the alternative.
We cannot think on the same
terms as God, therefore heaven is not even vaguely
in our imaginations. We just have to believe it
will be magnificent! There is no way we can know
for sure about what heaven is like until we get
there.
God Knows The Answers
About The Resurrection (..and everything
else)
One thing you can be sure of
is that God knows the answers to life after death
and our time would be better spent developing our
relationship with Christ in the here and now so
that we won't be as afraid of what is to come in
heaven. d:-)
Are you ready?
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Love in Christ
- Bob
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Verses about the resurrection are from
Life Application Study Bible: New International
Version
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