April 22, 2025

Day 113 Resurrections Children | Luke 20:27-38

Day 113 Resurrections Children | Luke 20:27-38
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Family connections define much of our identity and experience in this world. But what happens to these relationships after death? The Sadducees thought they had the perfect trap when they approached Jesus with a convoluted scenario about seven brothers who all married the same woman.

Rather than getting caught in their hypothetical family drama, Jesus reveals something profound about resurrection life. Marriage, He explains, belongs to our earthly existence. In the resurrection, we undergo a fundamental transformation—becoming "children of God and children of the resurrection" who "will never die again." This isn't a downgrading of our earthly relationships but an elevation into something more profound and eternal.

Jesus' teaching challenges us to adopt a resurrection-shaped perspective on family today. Our spiritual connections through Christ create a family bond that transcends blood relations, marital status, or genealogical heritage. This expanded view of family includes people we might never have considered as relatives before—fellow believers who become brothers and sisters in Christ. When we embrace this perspective, we begin living out resurrection values here and now, welcoming others into God's family with open arms and loving hearts.

How might your relationships change today if you viewed everyone through the lens of God's eternal family? Who can you welcome as part of your resurrection family? Join us as we explore what it means to live as children of God and children of the resurrection—both now and in the age to come.

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Chapters

00:32 - Welcome to Wisdom for the Day

00:51 - Day 113: Resurrection's Children

01:04 - The Sadducees' Trick Question

01:49 - Modern Family Connections

01:50 - Jesus Explains Resurrection Life

02:26 - Embracing God's Family Today

Transcript
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Welcome to Wisdom for the Day, your daily source for spiritual refreshment and guidance.

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I'm Rick.

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Join me as I dive into God's Word to find clarity and strength for life's challenges.

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Let me help you embrace each day with faith and wisdom, ready to feel inspired.

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Let's get started.

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Today is Day 113, resurrection's Children from the Gospel of Luke, chapter 20, verses 27 through 38.

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Then Jesus was approached by some Sadducees, religious leaders who say there is no resurrection from the dead.

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They posed this question from the dead.

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They posed this question.

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Teacher Moses gave us a law that if a man dies leaving a wife but no children, his brother should marry the widow and have a child who will carry on the brother's name.

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Well, suppose there were seven brothers.

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The oldest one married and then died without children.

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So the second brother married the widow, but he also died.

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Then the third brother married her.

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This continued with all seven of them who died without children.

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Finally, the woman also died.

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So tell us whose wife will she be in the resurrection?

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For all seven were married to her.

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Jesus replied Marriage is for people here on earth, but in the age to come, those worthy of being raised from the dead will neither marry nor will be given in marriage and they will never die again.

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In this respect, they will be like angels.

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They are children of God and children of the resurrection.

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But now as to whether the dead will be raised?

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Even Moses proved this when he wrote about the burning bush Long after Abraham, isaac and Jacob had died.

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He referred to the Lord as the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.

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So he is the God of the living, not the dead, for they are all alive to him.

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Tracing family histories has become a popular hobby these days, thanks to Ancestrycom and other websites filled with amazing records.

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I was surprised and delighted to discover that my own family line has connections to famous people In today's scripture.

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Some religious leaders tried to trap Jesus with a complicated scenario about family connections after the resurrection.

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Instead of being stumped by their tricky question, jesus used it to teach something powerful about eternal life.

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Jesus explained that the resurrection isn't about sorting out who belongs to whom.

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Instead, it introduces an entirely new kind of family, a spiritual one.

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No matter our earthly status single, married, widowed, childless, male or female we all become equal members of God's family.

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We become children of the resurrection.

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Now, this doesn't diminish or erase our earthly relationships.

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It enriches and expands them.

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Now our idea of family grows broader and deeper.

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People we may not have considered before become brothers and sisters in Christ.

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We're united by something greater than ancestry or blood we're united by Jesus.

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So today I want you to embrace this bigger, resurrection-shaped view of family.

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Who can you welcome or love today as part of God's family?

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Pray with me, father.

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God, thank you for calling us your children through Jesus' resurrection.

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Help me to see others through your eyes.

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As part of my family in Christ, amen.

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As part of my family in Christ, amen.

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Well, that's all for today, but I'll be back tomorrow with more of God's Word.

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