Mark 12:24-27
Jesus said to them, ‘Is not this the reason you are wrong, that you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God? 25For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. 26And as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the story about the bush, how God said to him, “I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob”? 27He is God not of the dead, but of the living; you are quite wrong.’
You can hear the exasperation in Jesus’ voice, can’t you? He’s responding to a group of Sadducees who have asked a hypothetical question about a woman who had married each of seven brothers in succession – and none of them had a child – “In the resurrection whose wife will she be?” I imagine that it’s these sorts of hair-splitting questions about the resurrection that drove Jesus a little bit crazy.
And I know that they were trying to test Jesus (for in verse 18 it describes the Sadducees as saying there is no resurrection), but it also reminds me that we (as people) have always asked questions about what it’s going to be like. Jesus might have grown exasperated with them and their testing and questioning, but he reminds them quite succinctly: God is God of the living.
For as long as we’re alive, let us give thanks for the power of God in our lives!
Peace,
Pastor Jenn
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