A querist asks, “Could you explain Matthew 22:32 to me? Is it the case that the patriarchs are alive in Heaven, or do they wait judgment like we do?”<\/p>\n
Matthew 22:32 – KJV states, “I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”<\/p>\n
Christ is explaining to the Sadducees (who did not believe in the resurrection – Matthew 22:23) that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are presently living. Note they are living in anticipation of<\/strong> that heavenly realm (see Hebrews 11:16 – KJV, and note the phrase, “But now” – present tense). Where are the patriarchs presently living (including all the faithful (Hebrews 11:13)? This biblical article, written by a faithful teacher of God’s Word, will give us the answer. For illustration purposes, a chart is included.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A querist asks, “Could you explain Matthew 22:32 to me? Is it the case that the patriarchs are alive in Heaven, or do they wait judgment like we do?” Matthew 22:32 – KJV states, “I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? God is not the God of … Continue reading ““God Is Not The God Of The Dead, But Of The Living” – Bible study”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46957\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}