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UnDaily - Episode 20 - A PLAN FOR LOVE

Some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus with a question. “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a woman and died childless. The second and then the third married her, and in the same way the seven died, leaving no children. Finally, the woman died too. Now then, at the resurrection whose wife will she be, since the seven were married to her?” Jesus replied, “The people of this age marry and are given in marriage. But those who are considered worthy of taking part in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage, and they can no longer die; for they are like the angels. They are God’s children, since they are children of the resurrection. But in the account of the burning bush, even Moses showed that the dead rise, for he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive.” Some of the teachers of the law responded, “Well said, teacher!” And no one dared to ask him any more questions. Luke 20: 27-40 (NIV) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wczesnochrzescijanie/message

If you have two or three wives, today's lesson might just be for you. No, this is not about polygamy as in non-Christian religions. Having two divorces as a converted Christian is quite a burden. After all, in the eyes of God, each marriage lasts until the end of life. But about that topic, maybe another time. Today's text from the Gospel of Luke transports us into the heart of a metaphorical dialogue between Jesus and the Sadducees. This passage is not only a witty anecdote for us, b...