Boksoon Kim Bible Study Luke 20:27-40 The Resurrection and Marriage

more in www.houstoncmi.com Gospel Luke Bible Study #61 Luke 20:27-40 The Resurrection and Marriage 1. Who were the Sadducees? 20:27 -small group, very educated and successful What were the differences between the Sadducees and Pharisees? Acts 23:8 -Sadducees: less, no resurrection, no angels, no spirit, only Moses’s Pentateuch, in this world -Pharisees: more, resurrection, angels, spirit, Pentateuch and all the prophets, beyond death Without the hope of resurrection how does one live his life? -this world is everything, they must achieve more in this life 2. What question did they ask Jesus? 20:28-30 a. Moses wrote for us……Deut. 25:5, 6 Gen.38 -Levirate marriage -Juda’s first son died. B.C 1900, Deut. 25:5, 6 B.C 1500 b. Whose wife will she be at the resurrection? Luke 20:33 c. What was the purpose of this question? -to deny resurrection 3. What did Jesus answer them? 20:34-38 a. Who marry and are given in marriage? 20:34 -people in this world b. What kind of body do people have in this age? -flesh c. Who don’t marry? 20:35 -after resurrection, they don’t marry d. What kind of body will we have in that age? 20:36, 9:29 -they can no longer die; for they are like the angels. They are God’s children, since they are children of Resurrection e. When will the adoption as God’s children be completed? 20:36 -After God give us resurrection bodies f. What kind of social status will we have in that age? 20:36 -God’s children g. What kind of social structure do you see in this passage after the resurrection? -family: God’s family h. What mistake did the Sadducees make in their question? -they didn’t understand heavenly life in their own terms. -totally different world -It is not an extension of earthly life. i. What passage did Jesus quote to prove the resurrection of the dead? 20:37, Exo. 3:6 -the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob j. Why did Jesus quote from Exodus? -because Sadducees had limited knowledges. k. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob died. Are they alive? 16:23, 25 -yes. Rich man and bagger Lazarus l. Moses, Elijah died. Are they alive? 9:30, 31 -Mount transfiguration m. What does “the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’ mean? -God is alive, Abraham is alive -present tense: God is living, and Abraham is living. 4. Who were impressed by Jesus’ teaching about resurrection? 20:39 -Well said, teacher! -Jesus wins with scriptures 5. How many times was the resurrection of the dead written in the Bible? a. the resurrection of the Shunammite’s son-2 kings 4:32-35 -barren woman, having a baby, dead son: Prophet Elisha resurrected woman’s son b. the resurrection of Jairus’ daughter-Mark 5:41, 42 c. the resurrection of a widow’s son-Luke 7:14,15 -widow’s only son d. The resurrection of Lazarus-John 11:43, 44 -Lazarus! Come out e. the resurrection of the dead at the time of Jesus’ death on the cross- Matthew 27:52 f. The resurrection of Jesus g. The resurrection of the dead at the time of rapture- 1Thessalonians 4:16 h. The resurrection of the two witnesses- Revelations 11:11 i. The resurrection of those who had been beheaded during the tribulation-Revelation 20:4, 5, 6 j. The resurrection of all the dead-Revelation 20:11, 15, Daniel 12:2