The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - Matthew 22:32

Matthew the apostle wrote how the “Sadducees” desired to know Jesus' answer to which of seven brothers would be married to a woman who was widowed to all of them in the resurrection, and “Jesus answered and said unto them, You do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have you not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, ...”, and in chapter twenty-two and verse thirty-two of his book Matthew shared how Jesus continued His response by referring to, “the God of Abraham, … Isaac … and Jacob” where we read:

I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

The verse reads, “I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?” Matthew began with the words, “I am the God” or “God Himself is the Godhead and trinity” “of Abraham” which means “belonging to Abraham whose name means father of a multitude and was the son of Terah and the founder of the Jewish nation”, “and the God” which means “and God Himself is the Godhead and trinity” “of Isaac” which refers to “belonging to the Son of Abraham and Sarah whose name means to laugh”, “and the God” or “and God Himself is the Godhead and trinity” “of Jacob” which means “belonging to the second son of Isaac whose name means heel-catcher or supplanter”?. Matthew shared how Jesus spoke of the “present position” of God with “Abraham, Isaac and Jacob”.

The verse goes on to say, “God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.” Matthew continued with the word, “God” which means “the Godhead and trinity” “is not the God” or “is not the Godhead and trinity” “of the dead” which refers to “the people who have breathed their last, is deceased and expired”, “but” which means “nonetheless, moreover and”, “of the living” or “belonging to people who continue to breathe, are alive, active and blessed”. Matthew shared how Jesus declared the eternality of God as He exists within the realm of the “living”.

When we think through Matthew's words in this verse, we see how Jesus declared “God” to presently be the God of those in the human “past”. God “is” the God of “Abraham, Isaac and Jacob”, and He exist in the “past, present and future” all at once. This is the “eternal nature” of God, and when the “Sadducees” assumed there was no resurrection, Jesus referred to God's ability to “be” the God of those in the past as well as the future. God wants every person to be in a relationship with Him through His Son Jesus, and those who are wise shall carefully consider Jesus' answer concerning the resurrection and yield their lives to the “everlasting and eternal” God.

Next time Matthew wrote how what happened, “when the multitude happened”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

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