Lesson 4433

 (Lesson 4433)(03-23-24) Luke 20:27-38 

“Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him, Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children. And the second took her to wife, and he died childless. And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no children, and died. Last of all the woman died also. Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife. And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection. Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.” 

In today’s quote, a group of Sadducees, who did not believe in the resurrection, came to Jesus with a question intended to challenge the concept of life after death. They presented a hypothetical situation based on the law of Moses, about a woman who marries seven brothers in succession, each dying without leaving children, and they ask whose wife she will be in the resurrection. 

Jesus responded by explaining that the conditions in heaven are not like those of earthly life. In the resurrection, people neither marry nor are given in marriage; instead, they are like angels and cannot die. He further supported His declaration by referring to Moses' encounter with God at the burning bush, where God identified Himself as the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Jesus pointed out that God is not the God of the dead but rather the God of the living, for all mankind lives to Him. This lesson highlights Jesus' teaching on the resurrection and the eternal life of those of us who believe.~