Section 10
In Luke 20:35 the Lord speaks of those who are counted worthy to obtain the coming age and the resurrection from the dead. The com ing age of the kingdom (13:28-29; 22:18) and the resurrection of life (John 5:29; Luke 14:14; Rev. 20:4, 6) are both eternal blessings and en joyments in the eternal life for the believers who are counted worthy (Luke 18:29-30; Matt. 19:28-29). In Luke 20:37 and 38 the Lord went on to say, "But that the dead are raised, even Moses dis closed at the bush, when he calls the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Now He is not a God of the dead, but of the living; for to Him all are living." Since God is the God of the living and is called the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, this indi cates that the dead Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob will be resurrected. Otherwise, God would be the God of the dead. But the fact that He is the God of the living implies that one day Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob will be resurrected. From this we see that the divine title—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—implies the truth of resurrection.
In the Lord's answer to the Sadducees, we see His wisdom not only in answering their subtle