tigeraqua Posted October 3, 2008 Group: Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 8 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 23 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/24/2008 Status: Offline Share Posted October 3, 2008 Hi everyone, Can anybody explain to me Jesus' answer to the question bout Resurrection in Mark 12:18-27? " 'Is not this the reason you are wrong, that you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God? For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. And as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the sotry about the bush, how God said to him, "I am the God of Abraham, the God of Issac, and the God of Jacob"? He is God not of the dead, but of the living, you are quite wrong.'" (Mark 12:24-27) Especially the last part about the God of the living and not of the dead? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymba22 Posted October 3, 2008 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 22 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 588 Content Per Day: 0.08 Reputation: 5 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/14/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/06/1967 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Hi everyone, Can anybody explain to me Jesus' answer to the question bout Resurrection in Mark 12:18-27? " 'Is not this the reason you are wrong, that you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God? For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. And as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the sotry about the bush, how God said to him, "I am the God of Abraham, the God of Issac, and the God of Jacob"? He is God not of the dead, but of the living, you are quite wrong.'" (Mark 12:24-27) Especially the last part about the God of the living and not of the dead? Thanks! Hi This is one reason I forever read ten verses before and ten after...usually you find some kind of clue. Previous to this verse the legal egales at the time asked wh a woman was married to when she reaches heaven if she has had more than 1 husband in this life via widownhood. Jesus was explaining that in the afterlife there is no marrage...God is also God of the living no dead bit..that was a dig at one of those secs...they did not believe in ressurection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floatingaxe Posted October 3, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 62 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 9,613 Content Per Day: 1.45 Reputation: 656 Days Won: 9 Joined: 03/11/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 05/31/1952 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Hi everyone, Can anybody explain to me Jesus' answer to the question bout Resurrection in Mark 12:18-27? " 'Is not this the reason you are wrong, that you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God? For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. And as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the sotry about the bush, how God said to him, "I am the God of Abraham, the God of Issac, and the God of Jacob"? He is God not of the dead, but of the living, you are quite wrong.'" (Mark 12:24-27) Especially the last part about the God of the living and not of the dead? Thanks! Hi This is one reason I forever read ten verses before and ten after...usually you find some kind of clue. Previous to this verse the legal egales at the time asked wh a woman was married to when she reaches heaven if she has had more than 1 husband in this life via widownhood. Jesus was explaining that in the afterlife there is no marrage...God is also God of the living no dead bit..that was a dig at one of those secs...they did not believe in ressurection. Yes, and so God saying that means that Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are alive, with God being their God. Jesus debunked their false belief with one fell swoop! He's good at that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted October 3, 2008 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.75 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.94 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Share Posted October 3, 2008 This is one reason I forever read ten verses before and ten after...usually you find some kind of clue. Previous to this verse the legal egales at the time asked wh a woman was married to when she reaches heaven if she has had more than 1 husband in this life via widownhood. Jesus was explaining that in the afterlife there is no marrage...God is also God of the living no dead bit..that was a dig at one of those secs...they did not believe in ressurection. Right. In context, you will see that the Sadducees were not asking Jesus a question of inquiry but one of challenge. In modern lingo, the challenge was: So, if the resurrection is real, how do you explain this one? Thus, Jesus was answering the challenge, and not particularly the question itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fraught Posted October 4, 2008 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 105 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1,741 Content Per Day: 0.28 Reputation: 28 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/23/2007 Status: Offline Birthday: 07/30/1959 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Hi everyone, Can anybody explain to me Jesus' answer to the question bout Resurrection in Mark 12:18-27? " 'Is not this the reason you are wrong, that you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God? For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. And as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the sotry about the bush, how God said to him, "I am the God of Abraham, the God of Issac, and the God of Jacob"? He is God not of the dead, but of the living, you are quite wrong.'" (Mark 12:24-27) Especially the last part about the God of the living and not of the dead? Thanks! if God is God of the living and he is the God of abraham, then abraham is living. hallelujah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
givennewname Posted October 7, 2008 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 14 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 324 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/29/2007 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/16/1964 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Hi everyone, Can anybody explain to me Jesus' answer to the question bout Resurrection in Mark 12:18-27? " 'Is not this the reason you are wrong, that you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God? For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. And as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the sotry about the bush, how God said to him, "I am the God of Abraham, the God of Issac, and the God of Jacob"? He is God not of the dead, but of the living, you are quite wrong.'" (Mark 12:24-27) Especially the last part about the God of the living and not of the dead? Thanks! Je sus was answering the Saducees- those who believe only the first 5 books of Moses are valid. they do not believe the rest of the writings of the prophets and neither do they believe in ressurection because Moses does not specifically mention resurrection in the first 5 books of the Torah. so they pose this hypothetical question to Jesus, if a woman marries 7 brothers in sucession and all of them dies and finally the woman dies, who is her legal husband when they are all resuurected, that is if ressurection exist. Jesus has to find the answer in the first 5 books. Jesus answered them by quoting Moses in exodus: And as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the sotry about the bush, how God said to him, "I am the God of Abraham, the God of Issac, and the God of Jacob"? He is God not of the dead, but of the living, you are quite wrong.'" (Mark 12:24-27) Not the word "I am" the God of Abraham. God uses the present tense, which means that Abraham still exist and not existed in the past. God is still the God o Abraham because Abraham is not dead but still alive. I am is still the name of God- God of the living and not God of the dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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