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36 And they never die again; in these respects they are like angels, and are sons of God, for they are raised up in new life from the dead.

37-38 “But as to your real question—whether or not there is a resurrection—why, even the writings of Moses himself prove this. For when he describes how God appeared to him in the burning bush, he speaks of God as ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ To say that the Lord is some person’s God[a] means that person is alive, not dead! So from God’s point of view, all men are living.”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 20:37 that the Lord is some person’s God. Otherwise the statement would be, “that he had been that person’s God.”

36 and they can no longer die; for they are like the angels. They are God’s children,(A) since they are children of the resurrection. 37 But in the account of the burning bush, even Moses showed that the dead rise, for he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’[a](B) 38 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive.”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 20:37 Exodus 3:6