tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21769992.post4768286743071576422..comments2023-10-09T12:58:19.050-04:00Comments on Thoughts of a Freed Captive: God of the LivingJasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08631006365916798557noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21769992.post-82345709222232054822010-01-23T13:34:13.700-05:002010-01-23T13:34:13.700-05:00Let's look at the whole passage in context:
L...Let's look at the whole passage in context:<br /><br />Luke 20:34-38<br />(34) And Jesus said to them, "The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage,<br />(35) but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and to the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage,<br />(36) for they cannot die anymore, because they are equal to angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.<br />(37) But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the passage about the bush, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.<br />(38) Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live to him."<br /><br />This passage indicates to me that they are alive in a real sense. The "to him" refers to their eternal fellowship with God.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08631006365916798557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21769992.post-88949371690707747162010-01-23T08:59:26.840-05:002010-01-23T08:59:26.840-05:00On the other hand, here is the parallel account fo...On the other hand, here is the parallel account found at Luke 20:37-38:<br /><br /><i>But in the account of the bush, even Moses showed that the dead rise, for he calls the Lord 'the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive.</i><br /><br />Why the final phrase? Does it not allow for the possibility that they are no longer <i>actually</i> alive, but are only alive <i>to him?</i> (since he has the power and intention to resurrect these ones) Perhaps this verse is an example of Rom 4:17, where God is described as the one <i>"who gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were."</i>tom sheepandgoatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03519896568648043000noreply@blogger.com