Resurrection | The Rev. Canon Robert A. Jacobs, Deacon
There is a story in John’s Gospel, which we will read on Sunday, where Jesus is talking to some religious leaders called Sadducees. They came to Jesus with a question meant to trap Him – a riddle about marriage in the resurrection. They did not believe in life after death, so they posed a question they thought had no answer. Jesus however responds not with confusion, but with clarity.
“He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
In those few words, Jesus reveals something profound – not only about eternal life, but about the nature of God Himself….
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