Some
Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection, came forward and put
this question to Jesus, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us, If someone’s
brother dies leaving a wife but no child, his brother must take the wife and raise
up descendants for his brother. Now there were seven brothers; the first
married a woman but died childless. Then the second and the third married her,
and likewise all the seven died childless. Finally the woman also died. Now at
the resurrection whose wife will that woman be? For all seven had been married
to her.” Jesus said to them, “The children of this age marry and remarry; but
those who are deemed worthy to attain to the coming age and to the resurrection
of the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage. They can no longer die,
for they are like angels; and they are the children of God because they are the
ones who will rise. That the dead will rise even Moses made known in the
passage about the bush, when he called ‘Lord’ the God of Abraham, the God of
Isaac, and the God of Jacob; and he is not God of the dead, but of the living,
for to him all are alive.” Some of the scribes said in reply, “Teacher, you
have answered well.” And they no longer dared to ask him anything.
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Reflection:
What will
happen to us after we die? Would we still know each other’s name if we see each
other in heaven? Would we still feel the same if we see each other in heaven?
We don’t know because we haven’t died yet.
But one thing
is sure there will come a time that we will have a physical death. Would it be
the end? No, we who follow Jesus believe that our physical death is only the
beginning of eternal life with Jesus in heaven.
The Sadducees
do not believe in the resurrection. That’s why they asked Jesus the question
about the seven brothers who married the same woman. So they asked Jesus, to
whom will she belong during resurrection?
Jesus gave
them this meaningful answer, “The children of this age marry and remarry; but
those who are deemed worthy to attain to the coming age and to the resurrection
of the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage (Luke 20:34-35).
Many of us may
have the same concern with the Sadducees, what will happen to us after we die?
Are we not stretching our minds too far by having this thought? Instead of
being concerned with the afterlife or the resurrection.
Why don’t we
focus our attention to our present life? Do we live it according to the will of
Jesus for us? If we live our present life according to the will of Jesus, we
need not worry about the afterlife for the simple reason that Jesus will take
care of us all.
Let us not
worry about the afterlife because when we die there will be no more worries
only happiness. When we die there will be no more conflict only loving
friendships and when we die there will be no more distinction as to who we are
for we shall all be equal in God’s eyes.
The afterlife
in the kingdom of God is the perfect life for us, let us aim for it while
we are still in this worldly journey. Let us start by living our lives
according to what God wants us to live it. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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