23 That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him with a question. 24 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses told us that if a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for him. 25 Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children, he left his wife to his brother. 26 The same thing happened to the second and third brother, right on down to the seventh. 27 Finally, the woman died. 28 Now then, at the resurrection, whose wife will she be of the seven, since all of them were married to her?” 29 Jesus replied, “You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God. 30 At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven. 31 But about the resurrection of the dead—have you not read what God said to you, 32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead but of the living.” 33 When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at his teaching. (Matthew 22:23-33)
The Sadducees and the Pharisees were both Jewish sects. The Sadducees were centered around the chief priests. They did not believe in the resurrection of the dead, but the Pharisees did. So the Sadducees came to question the Lord Jesus about the resurrection.
5 If brothers are living together and one of them dies without a son, his widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother shall take her and marry her and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to her. 6 The first son she bears shall carry on the name of the dead brother so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel. (Deuteronomy 25:5-6)
According to the Old Testament law: “If a man dies and has no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother”
The Lord Jesus told them that God’s power can resurrect people. When resurrected, people will not marry, just like the angels. The Lord Jesus continued to say: “God is the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.” That is to say, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are still alive.
The Bible says that the Lord Jesus resurrected Lazarus who had been dead for four days. I have read testimonies that the dead are still being raised nowadays.
The Lord Jesus was crucified on the cross and resurrected from the dead three days later. His resurrection gives us hope of resurrection.
16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17)
Here the Apostle Paul tells us that when the Lord Jesus comes again, the dead in Christ will be resurrected first, and then we who are still alive in Christ will be caught up with them in the clouds to meet the Lord and be with the Lord forever.
51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, 52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. (1 Corinthians 15:51-52)
Here Paul says that when the Lord Jesus comes again, the dead in Christ will be resurrected and have an incorruptible body, and we will also be changed, and our bodies will be changed into glorious and incorruptible bodies.
I hope more people will come to believe in the Lord, become new person in Christ, and have the hope of resurrection.
May God bless you and your family!
