For they all had her. The Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection : The Sadducees were the ancient version of the modern liberal theologians. They were anti-supernaturalistic, only accepting the first five books of Moses as authentic — and disregarding what was written in those books when it pleased them to do so.
Now there were with us seven brothers : The Sadducees asked Jesus a hypothetical — and ridiculous — question, hoping to show that the idea of the resurrection is nonsense. This practice of a brother-in-law marrying the widow of his brother is known as levirate marriage. You are mistaken : The Sadducees connected their thoughts to a Biblical passage, but did not think through the passage correctly.
These highly-trained men were mistaken in their basic understanding of Biblical truth. Not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God : Their mistake was rooted in two causes. First, they did not know the Scriptures though they thought they did. Second, they did not know the power of God , being basically anti-supernaturalists. This was true of them, even though religion was their career and they were highly trained.
Not knowing the Scriptures : It is possible for a person to have much Bible knowledge, yet not fundamentally know the Scriptures. Paul later told Timothy to hold fast the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me 2 Timothy This suggests that Biblical truth has a pattern to it, a pattern that can be detected by the discerning heart.
It also suggests that one can lose this pattern thus the command to hold fast. The Sadducees had Bible knowledge, but they did not hold fast the pattern of sound words ; many today are like them in this respect. Nor the power of God : The Sadducees denied supernatural truths such as the existence of angelic beings and the bodily resurrection. They had a fundamental doubt of the power of God to do beyond what they could measure and understand in the material world; many today are like the Sadducees in this respect.
God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. In the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage : First, Jesus reminded them that life in the resurrection is quite different from this life. It does not merely continue this world and its arrangements, but it is life of a completely different order. This passage has made many wonder if marriage relationships will exist in heaven, or if those who are husband and wife on earth will have no special relationship in heaven.
We are not told enough about life in the world beyond to answer in great detail, but we can understand a few principles. The rich man Jesus described in the afterlife was aware of his family relationships Luke If it seems that life in the resurrection that Jesus spoke of here does not include some of the pleasures of life we know on earth, it is only because the enjoyments and satisfactions of heaven far surpass what we know on earth.
This question is not merely theoretical. There will be many in heaven who have had more than one spouse, for any number of reasons. Jesus here told us that jealousy and exclusion will have no place in heaven. This Biblical understanding of heaven is dramatically different from the more sensual dreams of heaven, such as those found in Islamic and Mormon theology.
Are like the angels of God in heaven : Jesus here said that the angels of God in heaven do not marry; we presume this includes that they do not have sexual relationships. The most obvious point must not be neglected: Jesus told the Sadducees that angels were real. Angels are consistently represented in the Bible as male figures, and never specifically as female figures Genesis , 16; Genesis This raises a question because of the probable connection of fallen angelic beings and human sexuality described in Genesis and Jude Yet the words of Jesus do not exclude such a connection for several reasons.
It is entirely possible that the connection was not between material appearances of these angelic beings and humans, but that the evil angelic beings expressed themselves through uniquely demon-possessed humans. But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God : Jesus demonstrated the reality of the resurrection using only the Torah; the five books of Moses, which were the only books the Sadducees accepted as authoritative.
But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. When the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered : Matthew gives us the fascinating scene of the opponents of Jesus working hard to embarrass Him — and working unsuccessfully. Asked Him a question, testing Him : This question was also planned to trap Jesus. In asking Jesus to choose one great commandment , they hoped to make Jesus show neglect for another area of the law.
These later they thought might be neglected or violated with little or no guilt. Jesus said to him : Perfectly understanding the essence of the law, Jesus had no difficulty answering.
Instead of promoting one command over another, Jesus defined the law in its core principles: love the LORD with everything you have and love your neighbor as yourself. It is clear enough what it means to love the LORD with all we are, though it is impossible to do perfectly. But there has been much confusion about what it means to love your neighbor as yourself. If the life of God is real in our life, it will show by the presence of this love for God and others.
The key interpretive issue of this passage rests in the meaning of this statement. How is it that we might hear the impact of this story in our own contexts? What are the all-encompassing claims of ownership and right that Jesus would relativize for his people today? At the core, the issues raised by this biblical passage are ones of allegiance. If God owns all, then we belong to God alone. In fact, some say that at these weddings the host would actually provide these wedding garments to each guest.
But if that were the case, you could assume again that the king could make some provision for this man. But what we see in this parable is actually that the man offers no defense at all. He gives no reason for his refusal to be dressed in the proper clothing for this event at the end of verse No — this man just had nothing to say. He probably looked back at the king with an absolutely blank stare.
They live among the people of God who are themselves entering this kingdom. They are still dressed in their own filthy rags of self-righteousness and sin. You will have nothing to say. And that really is a terrifying position to find yourself in. Because there is indeed judgement coming for all who are apart from Christ, as the parable points to in verse But this group that he addresses to do his bidding in this verse is different.
Now, the king commands his servants — his diakonoi. We are not commanded to cast people outside into the darkness. That role is reserved for the angels.
Now, just like this unprepared and unconcerned wedding guest in this parable, so too will be all who leave this world unprepared to meet their judge. The guest in this parable — who had received the invitation to the kingdom but was not clothed appropriately — is thrown outside into the darkness. Well, why does this happen this way? Jesus explains that puzzling reality in the last verse of this parable — verse You have the good and the bad whom the slaves could find in the highways.
They represent the Gentiles that God is now inviting into his kingdom. And the wedding banquet ended up being filled with guests.
Truly, many have been — and are being even now — called. But who are the chosen in this parable? Are they the Jews? No — at least not by-and-large. For the most part the Jews are not chosen — though as Paul the Apostle would point out — he was! So, the Jews in this parable are not chosen — especially the ones who were being antagonistic toward Jesus. What about the Gentiles? Are they chosen? Well, a number of them are. Of course you are. You are one of the many who are called.
But are you chosen? Have you trusted that Jesus has died for every single one of your awful sins? For your sins — not just the sins of mankind — not just the sins of the world — but has he died for your sins?
Are you confident in that — in him? Can anything shake your confidence in the fact that Jesus Christ bore your personal sins in his body on the tree? You are chosen. This continued with all seven of them. For all seven were married to her.
In this respect they will be like the angels in heaven. For David said,. And after that, no one dared to ask him any more questions. Christian Standard Bible 1 Once more Jesus spoke to them in parables: 2 "The kingdom of heaven is like a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son. The wedding banquet was filled with guests. You don't care what anyone thinks nor do you show partiality.
Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Then he said to them, "Give, then, to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. The first got married and died. Having no offspring, he left his wife to his brother. For they all had married her. What does Matthew chapter 22 mean? Jesus' back-and-forth engagement in the temple with some of Israel's religious leaders Matthew continues in this chapter.
It begins with a third devastating parable about them. Then Jesus easily handles questions intended to trip Him up. Finally, He asks them a hard question of His own. Jesus' third parable goes beyond merely exposing the religious leaders to revealing God's grace for others. Jesus compares the kingdom of heaven to a king throwing a wedding feast for his son.
None of the citizens he invites will attend, however, resisting to the point of killing the king's messengers. After destroying the murderers, the king invites as many as can be found on the public roads, and the hall is filled. The king has one guest thrown out, however, when he arrives without a wedding garment. This passage is a close parallel to His parable of the great banquet Luke —24 but features a few important distinctions.
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