Sadducees ask, “Now then, at the resurrection, whose wife
will she be of the seven, since all of them were married to her?”
Jesus states they are wrong because they do not know the
Scriptures or God's power.
He explains that in the resurrection, people neither marry
nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
Earthly marriage systems, Jesus says, don’t apply to the
resurrected state.
The Sadducees basically asked an uninformed question.
Over the years I preached on the Resurrection that as a Christian
you must believe it
Resurrection is something
you conveniently declare during worship.
Jesus’ resurrection isn’t something we completely
understand.
Caroline Lewis tells of the time, after a lecture a woman
spoke to her saying, “My cup was empty. Today was my road to Emmaus.”
The “empty cup”, I think, refers to believing, declaring,
and understanding.
The Road to Emmaus” she referred to, I feel is a story of
the beginning of her journey.
It was her experience, her resurrection moment.
Resurrection moments change life.
Samaritan woman at
the well, the healing of the man born blind, the raising of Lazarus, change one
from death to life, darkness to light.
Resurrection means
encountering Jesus, being called out of darkness, and sharing a meal with him.
When we are experiencing darkness
or an “empty cup”, Jesus calls us into the light to walk and dine with him, to have a resurrection moment.
