Commentary
The Resurrection Matters
The
Sadducees “deny that there is a resurrection.”
At the
time of Jesus, the Sadducees happened to be the elite Temple leaders. They in fact collaborated with the Roman
occupiers to maintain the status quo.
Ironically,
when the Romans destroyed the Jerusalem Temple in A.D. 70, the Sadducees were also
annihilated and ceased to exist.
When a
person does not believe in the resurrection and eternal life, this earthly
existence can lose its meaning and purpose.
On the
contrary, by now – Chapter 20 in Luke’s Gospel, Jesus has arrived in
Jerusalem. In two chapters (by the end
of Chapter 22), he would be arrested and crucified. He died.
Then he was raised and became the source of resurrection for all
humanity.
His whole
earthly life and ministry is oriented towards this moment of his death and
resurrection. His life has a
purpose. He lives for God and
others.
It does
matter on what and whom we build this earthly existence of ours.
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