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Bible passages<\/h3>\n

Matthew 22:32, Mark 12:27 Luke 20:38<\/p>\n

Jesus talking to the Sadducees about the resurrection.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”143727″]<\/p>\n

Traditional interpretation<\/h3>\n

“But here it says: All live in death. God is God of the living, to Him they all live!”.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”617183″]<\/p>\n

Counterargument<\/h3>\n

The theme here is the resurrection. It is not about the state of death, but about the resurrection. “To Him you all live” is said in view of the resurrection.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”344952″]<\/p>\n

Justification<\/h3>\n

Jesus is in conversation with the Sadducees. Sadducees were a Jewish group who taught that there was no resurrection (Mt 22:23, Mk 12:18 Lk 20:27). Furthermore, they have recognized only the 5 books of Moses. So they meant that there is no reference to the resurrection in the 5 books of Moses (the Torah).<\/p>\n

The Sadducees now came to Jesus and wanted to corner Him with a trick question. After Jesus debunks this question, He speaks directly about the Sadducees’ denial of the resurrection:<\/p>\n

“But that the dead awake<\/strong> was already opened by Moses in the account of the thorn bush, when he calls the Lord the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.”<\/em>
\nLk 20,37<\/p>\n

This is a quote from the Torah. Jesus cites this as a reference to the resurrection, which is not mentioned directly in the Torah, but can be inferred here. “Yet He is not a God of the dead, but the God of the living; for to Him all live”<\/em> (Luke 20:38). If God calls Himself the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and these three have all died, they must have a future by virtue of God’s statement. God, in fact, they are all alive, which is therefore proof of the resurrection.<\/p>\n

This biblical passage cannot be used to establish a life “in” death. God is indeed not a God of the dead, but of the living – in view of the resurrection.<\/p>\n

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