A LIVING GOD
Thoughts on Matthew Chapter22 23-33
#greeknewtestament #biblestudy
The Sadducees apporached Jesus with a hypothetical situation based on a tradition of widows having the right and obligation to remarry close kin of their husbands.
OT examples of this are the stories of Tamar and Ruth.
Jesus rebukes them in verse 29
You wander (= err in modern English usage) not knowing the (holy) writings or the poer of god.
Verse 30 for in the resurrection they not marry or or married
why both verbs in greek the active and middle forms for th verb to marry gameoo was linked to the gender of the agent so Jesus is indicating he is addressing both sexes.
A widow had the right to ask for another husband from her former spouse's family but she could also be pestered or harassed into a remarriage not of her choice.
but like angels in heaven they are
and about the resurrection of the dead have you not read the words to you by god spoken
I am the God of Abraham and the god of Isaac and the god of Jacob
Not is god for the dead but living?!
A Living God then and now is also the god of Sarah Hagar Ishmael Rebekah Leah and more.
Hypotheticals can be great training exercises but teachers and theologians need to have practical answers for the living.
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