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.
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 heaven 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 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:-)
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Love in Christ
- Bob
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Bob
Pardue is a
member of First Baptist Church in Lancaster, SC. He
is ordained from Rich Hill Baptist in Lancaster.
The website is at http://www.makingchristknown.com
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