JESUS SPEAKING
“The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage. But those who are counted worthy to attain that age, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage;nor can they die anymore, for they are equal to the angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection. But even Moses showed in the burning bush passage that the dead are raised, when he called the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ For He is not the God of the dead but of the living, for all live to Him” (Luke 20: 34 – 38.)
INSPIRED THOUGHTS
The resurrection from the dead is a central tenant of the Christian faith. Jesus Himself rose from the dead, revealing that everyone who has faith in Him will never die. Instead, although the body may temporarily perish, the believer’s spirit continues onward in God’s eternal kingdom. When the Almighty establishes a new heaven and a new Earth, every faithful soul will receive an eternal body. A body that doesn’t grow old; every disease will be obliterated, and death and suffering will cease to exist. Pregnancy will no longer be necessary either; marriage will become a thing of the past. Everyone will live in perfect fellowship with one another, and with the God who created them.
To prove that there is life after death, Jesus quotes an Old Testament scripture. In Exodus 3: 6, God says to Moses, “I am […] the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob” (present tense.) He doesn’t say I was the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob (past tense.) Although Abraham Isaac and Jacob had physically perished, they were, and are still now, spiritually alive; living peacefully in God’s eternal kingdom.
There comes a time when every human being must make the journey from this life to the next. For those who believe, death is not the end; it is merely the beginning. Faith in Jesus Christ is the vessel that carries us into the presence of the almighty and everlasting Father. May your faith remain strong as you are transformed into the image of your savior; and may God comfort you as you eagerly look forward to your eternal future with great hope and joy.
“Lord Heavenly Father, we faithfully await the resurrection from the dead. We know that you have prepared a special place for us in Your eternal Kingdom, and we look ahead to that day with great pleasure and overwhelming gladness. Sanctify us and fill us with Your Holy Spirit, that we might do Your works and accomplish Your will right here in this place. We love You Father, we praise You, and we thank You, and we ask and pray all of these things, according to Your will, in Jesus Christ’s name we pray. Amen.” God bless all of you!
Jesus Speaks 