The hour nor day
Knowing the bible says is crucial these days with the things that are happening today. There is this feeling amongst us that the end of time is drawing near and that we do not have too much time left here in earth. The bible tells us that no one knows the day or the hour when the Son of man will come, and everyone should know that when that happens the end has come (Mt24:44). Every person will one day stand before God to give account for what they have done here in earth. Our tradition has always been to try to leave an heir or someone; preferably a man, to carry the family’s name. The Jewish expectation was that one of their male descendants would be the Messiah, the long-awaited savior. So, the people needed to know the law and the scriptures because it contained promises that without a shadow of doubt would be fulfilled. God’s promises do not fade away, they are fulfilled to the very end (2Cor1:20. Mt24:35). When we see his promises fulfilled in us, they are a sign of his mighty power. The power of God is seen in creation and what we are seeing out in the world today. But when we see something good happening in the world today, we need to remember to credit God for it for he is the author of all good.
Matthew 22:29-32
29 Jesus replied, “You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God. 30 At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven. 31 But about the resurrection of the dead—have you not read what God said to you, 32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’b]? He is not the God of the dead but of the living.”
The religious people were constantly trying trap Jesus with God’s laws and their traditions, and so they brought a situation that they said happened within their community. A man married a woman and died, he had seven brothers and according to the law of Moses his brothers needed to marry her and leave a descendant for him. But the problem was that that last one died and so did the woman, and they did not leave a descendant. So, the big question they had was at the resurrection whose wife should she be. Something about going into everlasting life is that we are not going to need marital relationship, because our relationship will be with the everlasting God. We are going to leave our corruptible bodies and put on the incorruptible one (1Cor15:52).
There was a problem with these religious people that they could not understand, and it was besides not knowing the scriptures nor the power of God, and that was that resurrection to life was for the living and not for the dead. Martha, Mary and Lazarus waited for the day of resurrection like every Jew but when Lazarus died, they thought that that was it and needed to wait till that day to see their brother again. But the faith in Christ takes us to everlasting life, Jesus said that “whoever believes in him though he dies shall live again”(Jh11:25-26).
44 So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.
2 Corinthians 1:20
20 For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God.
35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
1 Corinthians 15:52
52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
John 11:25-26
25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; 26 and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”