Mark 12:27 Cross References

Mark 12:27

27: So he is the God of the living, not the dead. You have made a serious error."

Christ died and rose again for this very purpose, so that he might be Lord of those who are alive and of those who have died.

All these faithful ones died without receiving what God had promised them, but they saw it all from a distance and welcomed the promises of God. They agreed that they were no more than foreigners and nomads here on earth.
And obviously people who talk like that are looking forward to a country they can call their own.
If they had meant the country they came from, they would have found a way to go back.
But they were looking for a better place, a heavenly homeland. That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a heavenly city for them.

That is what the Scriptures mean when God told him, "I have made you the father of many nations." This happened because Abraham believed in the God who brings the dead back to life and who brings into existence what didn't exist before.

Jesus replied, "Your problem is that you don't know the Scriptures, and you don't know the power of God.

So I was angry with them, and I said, 'Their hearts always turn away from me. They refuse to do what I tell them.'

If you stop listening to instruction, my child, you have turned your back on knowledge.

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