Week 2, Monday December 5
Matthew 22:23-33
Vs 31-32
And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God, ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not God of the dead, but of the living.” And when the crowd heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.
At the foot of the burning bush God spoke to Moses:
I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Exodus 3:6. It was here that God revealed himself to Moses. Jesus is reminding us of this very revelation! Who the Lord is! The nature of the Lord is directly linked to resurrection and the promise of restoration for his creation. Resurrection is the divine act in which humanity will be able to achieve the fullness of life intended in creation that had been lost through sin and death.
Who God is, is forever. This divinity is greater than any threat of death we could imagine.
He is the God of the living, not of the dead.
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are of the living just as you and I are. Each was chosen by God and invited into a covenant of promise with him.
Jesus Christ has extended us this very invitation of promise, the promise of the resurrection.
This Advent, place that invitation in your heart as you would a Christmas Card on the shelf, and look at it with joy and wonder.