Marriage and the Resurrection   Matthew 22:28-32

This blog discusses what Jesus said about marriage and the resurrection.

Marriage and the resurrection covers the resurrection and marriage in eternity. The Sadducees had two main beliefs. They did not believe angels existed or in a resurrection to a life after death. So, they concocted a convoluted scenario that they thought would stump Jesus. They used the Levirate marriage rule, Deuteronomy 25:5-10, whereby a brother must marry the widow of a brother and bring up children to inherit the brother’ estate.

Their question to Jesus revolved around a brother’s death followed by six brothers, one by one, marrying the widow. No children resulted. So, they asked, Matthew 22:29, “In the resurrection, therefore, of the seven, whose wife will she be? For they all had her.”

Jesus answered, Matthew 22:30. ““You … wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God. For in the resurrection they neither marry nor … given in marriage, but… like angels in heaven.” They were ignorant of Old Testament scripture—Daniel 12:2 and Job19:25-28—that prove the resurrection will occur.

Then, Jesus proved in Matthew 22:31-32 that God’s statements about Himself showed consciousness after death.(Jesus referred to Exodus 3:6.) “And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read … said to you by God: ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He… not God of the dead, but of the living.” Thus, Jesus points to the verb tense of this statement by God about Himself. Thus, God remains the God of people already dead—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He did not say, ‘I used to be the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Instead, He says, “I… the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Somewhere the souls of these three exist awaiting resurrection.

This silenced the Sadducees and their argument of ‘no resurrection.’

Note, Jesus thereby also validated the Old Testament as true and from God.

So, what did we learn?

1.No marriages occur in heaven.

2.The Bible teaches that a resurrection will happen.

3.Jesus used the Old Testament as truth.

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