24Jesus replied, "Are you not in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?25When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven. 26Now about the dead rising—have you not read in the book of Moses, in the account of the bush, how God said to him, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? 27He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!"
Mark 12: 24-27 NIV
Now, look at these verses:
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16 NIV
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!" II Corinthians 5:17 NIV
In Mark, we learn that God is the God of the living, but not the dead. How can that be? Don't all men die? In John, we learn that once a man believes in Jesus and accepts Him into his heart, then they have eternal life. With eternal being a neverending time, then we must realize that Christians will never truly die. Then, we wonder how can that be since humans do die? In II Corinthians, we are taught that anyone that is in Christ is a new creation.
In conclusion, once we have accepted Jesus into our heart, then we become new. While our earthly bodies must and will die, our spirits will live on forever in heavenly bodies. We will still be living, and He will still be God! He is the God of the living! We will get to worship him for all eternity!
That is so exciting! Thank you God such a wonderful gift to be able to live in heaven with you forever!
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