SATURDAY- 33^rd  WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME –B

Gospel: Luke 20:27-40: He is God, not of the dead, but of the living.

I Reading: Maccabees 6:1-13: I am dying of melancholy because of the wrong I did in Jerusalem.

The Question of the Resurrection:

The Two Worlds (Earth & Heaven) Differ, Lk 20:27-38

Jesus distinguished between this world (earth) and the other world (heaven) and they differ drastically. Jesus used the attack of the Sadducees to discuss the differences.

1. The Sadducees, the liberal minded, tried to discredit Jesus (v.27-33)

a. They referred to Levite marriage

b. They referred a logical situation

c. They asked an egotistical and blind question

2. Marriage is different (v.34-35)

a. This world: there is marriage

b. Next world: there is no marriage

3. Entrance is different: must be countered worthy (v.35)

4. Death is different: no longer can die (v.36)

5. Personal being (nature) is different (v.36)

a. Are like angels

b. Are children of God

6. Life is different: it is a resurrected life (v.37-38)

a. It is life after death

b. Illustrated by Moses

c. Purpose: To live for God

Thought: God is not the God of the dead but of the living (Rom 14:7-9; Acts 26:8; 24:15).

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