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Questions about resurrection #2 - Coggle Diagram
Questions about resurrection #2
Jesus brushes them off (theological shrug) simply rejects the premise of their case - it's not like that!
Levirate marriage
Man died without a child, man’s unmarried brother to marry the widow in order to provide an heir for the deceased. and the first son produced in that union was considered the legal descendant of her dead husband.
Part of the Law
Care for widows, but also to preserve God's chosen people, so that family name and tribal inheritance would be maintained
May seem unnecessary to modern eyes
But law enabled the creation of a nation
Given by Moses
So, what is it like? Do we ever wonder what it'll be like to be resurrected? We may recite creeds, but none of us has personal experience - so need to approach with humility.
Qualitatively different
Events of our life e.g. marriage
will not characterise
x an extension of this life
Will we know our loved ones?
J not saying
Difficult to imagine
ref to Abraham etc suggests relationships will sustain
hamsters in heaven?
Helen - can I slide up with you?
Same as immortality?
Soul - or element, does not die
We really do die - but are promised that the whole person will in some way be reunited with God
Gives comfort
I Corinthians 15, 35-49