Matthew 22:23-40 ~ Love

 

Matthew 22:23-40

23 The same day Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection, and they asked him a question, 24 saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies having no children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.’ 25 Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died, and having no offspring left his wife to his brother. 26 So too the second and third, down to the seventh. 27 After them all, the woman died. 28 In the resurrection, therefore, of the seven, whose wife will she be? For they all had her.”

29 But Jesus answered them, “You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God. 

30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. 31 And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God: 32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not God of the dead, but of the living.” 

33 And when the crowd heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.

34 But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. 35 And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. 36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” 
37 And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.

 38 This is the great and first commandment. 

39 And a second is like it: 

You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 

40 On these two commandments depend all the Law 
and the Prophets.”

We see great political posturing and agenda in these verses of The Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 22.  The Pharisees and Sadducees were always mucking out a place for their agenda. The Sadducees believe there is no Heaven, only the temporal is important. They mock Jesus with the idea Heaven exists.

Grace upon Grace. The Son of God never turns to the people saying, clowns to the right of me, jokers to the left, and I'm stuck in the middle with you. The Mercy of God is seen in the middle of Political Agenda. The Light of God shines with Love and Compassion. And in the middle of the primordial goo, Jesus shines Love and Joy for all times and all seasons. Jesus Shines. On. Always.

Jesus does the Impossible. He takes the ongoing conflict and gives us Words of Life. Hope. Joy. As Jesus cuts through the Sadducees mocking Heaven and gives us an astonishing view of from the Book of Revelation. A glimpse of Heaven with Jesus.

Jesus casually answers, just an aspect of Heaven.  Billy Graham understood this when he said, "I've read the last page of the Bible, it's going to turn out All Right." We will take our questions regarding so many things. Abba, our Father, keeps the Gates of Heaven always open and unlocked. He welcomes us yesterday, today and tomorrow. We have His Love and His desire for our prayer conversations.

Psalm 131 

O Lord, my heart is not lifted up;

    my eyes are not raised too high;

I do not occupy myself with things

    too great and too marvelous for me.

2 But I have calmed and quieted my soul,

    like a weaned child with its mother;

    like a weaned child is my soul within me.

3 O Israel, hope in the Lord

    from this time forth and forevermore.

We can ask The Lord God Almighty anything in the adoption of ours in Jesus Christ.

As easily as Jesus answers the hundreds of years of Sadducees, we will have our heart's answers.

Revelation 22:3-5

“Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. 

He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. 

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”

5 And he who was seated on the throne said, 

“Behold, I am making all things new.”

He is not God of the dead, 

but of the living!!!

And in this we have

our Hope

Jesus Christ Gives Us.

Hope is Action.

Hope is in small things.

Making us the Beloved of Jesus.

Hope is His Way, Truth and Life.

Abba, Father,

The Scriptures bring us the Merciful Love of God.

Luke 23:43

Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me

 in paradise.”

Abba Father,

Your Love and Mercy,

And the Living Scriptures have blessed us, our fathers and the generations.

 And will to generations, who will know God, 

arriving decades from now. 

We give You our cares, Father God.

We trust our Loved Ones to You. 

The Nation and the Nations to be upheld by Your Word.

Knowing Your Great Joy to have Heaven 

also sought to be on this earth 

with Your Good Will

and Your Great Word.

Blessing God with Gratitude. 

And holding up for His Love, 

all we know

who are struggling. 

1 in 3 people tell polls they are struggling.

Praise God

and His Beloved

for the encouragers

in His Love

and Goodness.

You love, dear

Brother and Sisters,

has brought me

great joy

and much

encouragement.

Bless us All, Father, as You do.

Amen Jesus Amen.

Christmas in Heaven

We aren't all thrilled Christmas

has begun to be planned,

but in the Church Year

Gabriel has already

visited Mary!

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †

Yay JESUS