April 11, 2018
Mark 12:18-27 New Living Translation (NLT)
All things in Scripture point to eternal life; essentially all things point to Christ who is life. What life will be like in eternity we can only imagine, but Christ said it would be amazing because the Father has prepared it for us. Jesus also said we had to trust our future to him and the power outflowing his resurrection. Jesus taught about the resurrection; he told his disciples and followers he would rise in three days. Because of Christ, we must believe in our own resurrection.
The Sadducees held to the Law of Moses and were unwilling to look deeper into the spiritual truth of which Christ spoke. They did not believe in the resurrection; they were trying to force the Word of God to say what they wanted to believe. Jesus sidesteps their question by pointing to their ignorance. Jesus was not implying people would not recognize their partners in eternity; rather, he was simply saying eternity is not merely an extension of this life. It is a new life with a new King and new physical and natural rules. It’s a whole new realm called reality.