It's so long since my previous post on Theology of the Body that I recommend that you go back and reread that to get "up to speed" for this one.
"Jesus' response to the Sadducees is recorded in slightly different form in Matthew 22:29-32, Mark 12:24-27, and Luke 20:34-38. …
"In all three Gospel accounts, Jesus affirms the truth of the resurrection based on the Scriptures and 'the power of God.' The Sadducees were very learned in the Scriptures but they were bound to a strictly literal interpretation. To read the Bible correctly, Jesus tells us, we cannot look simply at the words — we must believe in the power of God. The Giver of Life is not bound by death. …
"God gives life to those who live for him. …
"God is the inexhaustible source of life. With sin, death entered the world (Gen. 3:19) …. Gut the living God made a covenant with his people …. Through his covenant of love, God continues to offer life to sinful human beings.
"Jesus came to bear witness to the true God, who is … the God of boundless life. For now, Jesus showed the Sadducees how the Scriptures supported the resurrectionof the dead. But the time would come when Christ would give a more dramatic demonstration of God's power over death.
"… Through the cross, Christ restored humanity's access to the Tree of Life — the immortality that was planned for us from the beginning."
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