Commentary
The Everlasting and the Fleeting
The Sadducees, in making up an
absurd scenario, illustrate their denial “that there is a resurrection.” They cannot see beyond the here and now of
this fleeting world.
Consequently, they, the temple
priests [1], find Jesus a threat to
their earthly authority and power. They
build their lives and power on their short-sighted value system of things that
do not last. They make things that one day will die their
gods.
Jesus invites us to live truly
as children of the living God whose value system is everlasting.
While we live in this world, God blesses us
with fleeting things to sustain us. May
we never allow those created and fleeting things replace the ever-living
Creator.
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[1] Footnote on Luke 20:27 and Matthew 3:7, The New American Bible, Revised
Edition, 2011.
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