"The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him, Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother: Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh. And last of all the woman died also. Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her. Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine."
This a very short lesson and applies only to a very few people today. We should note that Jesus was answering a question that was posed to Him by a group of men who did not believe in the resurrection. Therefore Jesus provided a, more or less, flippant answer in which He said that in heaven we will be transformed into a whole new existence wherein the rules of this earthly life does not apply.
Upon our resurrection we will become "as the angels of God" and will no longer be bound by carnal rules and designations.
By saying, "God is not the God of the dead, but of the living." it appears that Jesus' intention was more to rid Himself of the badgering Sadducees than it was the explaining of heavenly marital rules.~
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