SkinnyAndShort
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For years this question has stumped me with no answer that could be given, or at least made any sense. Simple question but the bible does not seem to shed light on it, the question is Mark 12:18-27
Now, the SadDucees (who say there’s no such thing as a resurrection) then came to [Jesus] and said:19‘Teacher, Moses wrote that a brother of any man who dies and leaves his woman without a child should take his woman and sire offspring for him.20‘So, let’s say that there were seven brothers. The first one took a woman [as his wife], but he died without offspring. 21Then the second took her, but he also died without offspring, as did the third, and so on… 22Therefore, none of the seven left her with any offspring.‘And finally, she also died.23‘So... Whose wife will she be in the resurrection, since all seven of them had her as theirs?’24Then Jesus replied:‘This is why you’re so misled, because you don’t understand the Scriptures or the power of God!25‘When the dead are resurrected, they won’t marry or be married, because they’ll be like [God’s] messengers in the heavens.26‘And when it comes to the dead that will be raised – haven’t you read in the book about Moses (in the story about the thorn bush) that God said to him:‘I am the God of AbraHam, the God of IsaAc, and the God of Jacob?’27‘Notice that He isn’t the God of the dead, but of the living!‘Yes, you’re very misled!’
So Jesus seems to be referring to the 144,000 with his answer due to the fact he mentions they will not marry and will be like the angels, so then what is the answer if we are talking about those who will live in paradise? Now would the Saducees be asking Jesus this question with the thought in mind of being part of the 144,000? More than likely not, they were asking with the thought of living on earth.
Now, the SadDucees (who say there’s no such thing as a resurrection) then came to [Jesus] and said:19‘Teacher, Moses wrote that a brother of any man who dies and leaves his woman without a child should take his woman and sire offspring for him.20‘So, let’s say that there were seven brothers. The first one took a woman [as his wife], but he died without offspring. 21Then the second took her, but he also died without offspring, as did the third, and so on… 22Therefore, none of the seven left her with any offspring.‘And finally, she also died.23‘So... Whose wife will she be in the resurrection, since all seven of them had her as theirs?’24Then Jesus replied:‘This is why you’re so misled, because you don’t understand the Scriptures or the power of God!25‘When the dead are resurrected, they won’t marry or be married, because they’ll be like [God’s] messengers in the heavens.26‘And when it comes to the dead that will be raised – haven’t you read in the book about Moses (in the story about the thorn bush) that God said to him:‘I am the God of AbraHam, the God of IsaAc, and the God of Jacob?’27‘Notice that He isn’t the God of the dead, but of the living!‘Yes, you’re very misled!’
So Jesus seems to be referring to the 144,000 with his answer due to the fact he mentions they will not marry and will be like the angels, so then what is the answer if we are talking about those who will live in paradise? Now would the Saducees be asking Jesus this question with the thought in mind of being part of the 144,000? More than likely not, they were asking with the thought of living on earth.