Luke 20:27-40
The Resurrection and Marriage
27Some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus with a question. 28"Teacher," they said, "Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and have children for his brother. 29Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a woman and died childless. 30The second 31and then the third married her, and in the same way the seven died, leaving no children. 32Finally, the woman died too. 33Now then, at the resurrection whose wife will she be, since the seven were married to her?"
34Jesus replied, "The people of this age marry and are given in marriage. 35But those who are considered worthy of taking part in that age and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage, 36and they can no longer die; for they are like the angels. They are God's children, since they are children of the resurrection. 37But 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.' 38He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive."
39Some of the teachers of the law responded, "Well said, teacher!" 40And no one dared to ask him any more questions.
For me this is one of the Great Stories and Teachings by Jesus...After one spends a lifetime with their spouse, i would expected that we would be eternally with those we live and have loved on earth...But Jesus tells us that we will be angelic and love everyone...
In Mosaic Law the next of male kin was to marry the widow to help take care of her...Jesus is asked who will be with the wife after she is resurrected...The Sadducees, who did not believe in the resurrection, would not have known how Jesus would answer this...Jesus, with authority, tells the Sadducees that there is not marriage in and after the resurrection...We will be like angels...Jesus also reminds the Sadducees that even Moses met with our LORD on the Holy Mountain, He says I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob...God tells Moses this in the present tense, I am (the God of Abraham), not I was (the God of Abraham)...Jesus explains, therefore, our God is a God of the living, not of the dead...Jesus, also who is a truth of the resurrection lives...Our Father and His Son live and are alive today...