Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Is marriage an obstruction to be worthy?Are those who married not entitled for resurrection?

LUKE: 20:





34 Jesus said to them, 鈥淭he people of this age marry and are given in marriage. 20:35 But those who are regarded as worthy to share in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriageIs marriage an obstruction to be worthy?Are those who married not entitled for resurrection?
Jesus contrasted like in the current age with life in the age to come. Because marriage will not be a part of the age to come, the Sadducees' absurd example (verses 28-33) does not apply. Jesus upheld the doctrine of resurrection in His reply, speaking of both the age to come and the resurrection, so that the two concepts were clearly associated. Jesus also noted that only those counted worthy would receive the benefits of the age to come.Is marriage an obstruction to be worthy?Are those who married not entitled for resurrection?
No, you've misunderstood. Go back and re-read verse 33:





33 ';Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife does she become?';





The QUESTION asked of Jesus was ';when the resurrection of the dead happens during the Messianic Age, who will she be married to?';





Jesus responded by explaining that, in THIS Age, people in their natural bodies marry one another. But after they die and are resurrected, they will not be in the flesh, they will be GREATER than flesh beings. Therefore, marriage is not applicable to them, since it is a human institution only.
No, marriage is not an obstruction to worthiness. None of us is worthy, except by the grace of God, of the new life we will experience in the age of the resurrection which will not include a desire to marry. God bless.

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