Defeating the Subtleties of the Sadducess
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Bible Verses~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Luke 20:27 And some of the Sadducees, who say there is no
resurrection, came to Him and questioned Him, (28) Saying,
Teacher, Moses wrote for us, If anyone's brother has a wife and
dies, and this one is childless, his brother should take the
wife and raise up seed to his brother. (29) There were then
seven brothers. And the first took a wife and died childless;
(30) And the second; (31) And the third took her; and similarly
the seven also did not leave children and died. (32) Finally
the woman also died. (33) In the resurrection, therefore, which
one's wife does the woman become? For the seven had her as
wife. (34) And Jesus said to them, The sons of this age marry
and are given in marriage, (35) But those who are counted
worthy to obtain that age and the resurrection from the dead
neither marry nor are given in marriage; (36) For neither can
they die anymore, for they are equal to angels, and they are
sons of God, being sons of the resurrection. (37) But that the
dead are raised, even Moses disclosed in the section concerning
the bush, when he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God
of Isaac and the God of Jacob. (38) Now He is not the God of
the dead, but of the living, for to Him all men are living.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Words of Ministry~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In 20:27-38 the Man-Savior was examined by the Sadducees. Verse
27 says, "And some of the Sadducees, who say there is no
resurrection, came to Him and questioned Him." They went on to
present to the Lord a case of a man who died leaving his wife
childless. Here [vv 34] the Lord indicates that marriage is
something of this age. But those who are worthy of the coming
age and of the resurrection of the dead will be equal to
angels, and there will be no marriage among them. No doubt, the
Sadducees never imagined that there would be such an age, an
age of resurrection.
Since God is the God of the living and is called the God of
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, this indicates that the dead
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob will be resurrected. Otherwise, God
would be the God of the dead. But the fact that He is the God
of the living implies that one day Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
will be resurrected. From this we see that the divine title--
the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob-
implies the truth of resurrection.
In the Lord's answer to the Sadducees we see His wisdom not
only in answering their subtle question but also in
understanding the depths of God's Word. It takes wisdom to
understand the depths of the divine title. The Man-Savior
certainly knew the Word of God. Unlike the Sadducees, who were
very superficial, the Lord had the wisdom to penetrate into the
depths of the holy Word.
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(c) 2007 Living Stream Ministry. Bible verses are taken from
the Recovery Version of the Bible (RcV) and Words of Ministry,
from Witness Lee, Life-study of Luke, pp. 392-393. Both are
published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA. (Repeat
4/3/02)
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