Marriage in the Resurrection

Jesus' answer to the Sadducees on the question of Marriage in the Resurrection (Matthew 22:29-30; Mark 12:24-25; Luke 20:34-36) is troubling because it predicts the end of marriage in the resurrection. But we must read it in the context it was given. Jesus was defending the resurrection itself from those who were trying to make the idea of the dead rising at all look stupid. Resurrection life is not a bloodless existence free from the warmth of human relationships. Rather, those who attain to that age are immortal, and this immortality has radical implications for the structure of a perfect society. This book looks at this often overlooked question in its grammatical, theological, and historical context. The implications of the nature of heavenly society imply a fundamental alteration to a societal structure entirely different from all that we have ever known. But properly understood, it is to be welcomed, not dreaded.