Some Sadducees tried to trap Jesus into a problem that they saw with the doctrine of a resurrection of the dead, and they intended to it by using an example of a woman who had been married multiple times as the result of her husbands' deaths. Christ quickly corrected them, though, by pointing out that there basic assumption was flawed. They had assumed that life after the resurrection would be the same as life right now today. Christ pointed out that it will not. There will be no marriage at that point.
Coupling this explanation with the fact that Christ's time on earth was nothing like the Jews had expected of the Messiah makes me wonder how many details we still misunderstand. How many things do we assume about heaven and God because of our limited, human perspective that will prove to be completely untrue? How surprised are we going to be when we get to heaven and find out that it's not what we expected? And will we recognize the signs of the end of the age or will we miss them the same as the Jews missed the signs of Christ's arrival the first time around?
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