St. Matthew, Chapter 22, verses: 30a; At the Resurrection.

Our paragraph topic is:  (Christ's answer) Part 2.  

They came to him with the question of the resurrection.  They did not believe that there was life after death.  They did not believe in the resurrection of the soul.  They only believed that after life you die and there was nothing else.  So they wanted to hear what Christ had to say since he was the up and coming preacher of the day.  He was the person that everyone was talking about.  Some called him a prophet, some called him the Messiah.

So to get their answer they conceived a question about life and death, marriage and heirs that would address the question of the resurrection.  Christ told them that they erred in their assumption of marriage and ownership after death, after the resurrection.  He said:  "For at the resurrection they will neither marry nor be given in marriage." 

Imagine that!  Christ gave them insight into the kingdom of heaven.  He told them that there will be no earthly ties in heaven.  God created man and woman, gave them the garden, and told them to be fruitful and multiply.  But in heaven man and woman will be free of those earthly ties.  They will be free of those physical bonds that held them to the pain and suffering in the physical realm.  They will be able to experience freedom in the kingdom of heaven.  In the spiritual realm created by God there will be no marriage, no physical as on earth.

Christ came that we could know what to do, how to live, what to believe, and how to love one another.  He came as an example for us to live by, as an example to love by, as an example to believe and to hope by in our daily lives.  He created his church to continue his message and to be witnesses to his message for those who did not see him or did not hear his words personally.  He is the living word of God the Father.  He is the eternal love of the creator of the universe, our hope and our passion for life today and tomorrow.

We struggle each day with the trials and tribulations of this world that we live in seeking to maintain a sense of peace amongst all that is not peaceful.  To look around and see the world in its true form only leads to discouragement.  Yet peace comes from within, from the connection with the living soul of life given us through the sacrifice of Christ's passion.  The Spirit abides with us.  The Spirit guides us.  The Spirit lives with us daily to help us along the way when we become weary of life.  Thank you Christ for that which you have given us.  Thank you Father for all that you provide for us.  Thank you Holy Spirit for your guidance. 

Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage nd then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ .   The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.  

St. Matthew, Chapter 22, verses: 29; The Power of God.

Our paragraph topic is:  (Christ's answer) Part 1.  

They came with their question about marriage and the issue of heirs.  Hidden in it was the question of the resurrection.  They did not believe in the resurrection but they wanted to know the answer from Christ.  They wanted to know his thoughts on the resurrection so that they could trap him.  

He saw them coming.  He knew of their deceit.  He knew of their lies and their plans to trap him.  Each group came with their questions hidden with their traps.  Yet they did not understand who they were speaking with, who they were talking to.  They knew not, they thought not, they perceived not.  But Jesus answered and said to them, "You err because you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God." 

They had read the scriptures.  They had read them over and over again but they knew them not.  They did not understand them.  They did not truly comprehend the depth of the knowledge of what they had read.  For the power of God was in the scriptures and was far greater than their imagination could conceive.  They did not believe in the knowledge of what they read in the scriptures.

The scriptures tells of the many miracles wrought by God for his chosen people.  He brought plagues upon those who were against the Jews.  He brought death to the first born, he fought battles to save the people.  He parted the waters of the Red Sea and crushed the Egyptian army to save the Israelites.  Yet they did not know the scriptures and the power of their God that he would do anything for his people.

They brought a question of conflict to Christ because this is how they perceived it.  Who will the widow belong since all the brothers had her?  This would create conflict on earth, but not in heaven.  

This was conflict on the physical plain not on the spiritual.  For we are spiritual beings in a physical body.  When we leave the physical we continue in the spiritual and there is no conflict in the spiritual.  There are no physical ties in the spiritual.  We become free from the physical plain.

Christ is our guide, the first born.  He leads the way, he opens the doors to the kingdom of heaven to the spiritual realm.  When we leave the physical realm we move to the spiritual realm to be with him and all those who have gone before us.  We rejoice in the union of our past and are filled with the spirit of life from the heavenly realm of God.  The path is ours.  The choice is ours.  Come!  Choose!  Do not Err!

Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage nd then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ .   The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.