Wrested Scriptures

Heaven - Place of Reward
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Trinity
Soul
Heaven
  Matthew 5:12
  Matthew 17:1-9
  Matthew 22:32
  Luke 23:43
  John 14:2
  2 Cor. 5:8
  2 Cor. 12:2-4
  Colossians 1:5
  Phil. 1:21-23
  Phil. 3:20
  1 Thess. 4:17
  Hebrews 11:5
  2 Peter 3:10
  Revelation 5:10
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Matthew 22:32; Luke 20:38
"God is not the God of the dead, but of the living."

Problem:
This verse is considered to be proof that Jesus meant to teach that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are alive in heaven.

Solution:
  1. Such reasoning indicates a complete disregard for the context. The conversation is between Jesus and the Sadducees who denied the resurrection of the body, Jesus said, "But as touching the resurrection of the dead. . . " (Matt. 22:31). The passage has nothing to do with immortal souls alleged to be in heaven.

  2. If Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are alive, as the immortal soulist asserts, how does Jesus' argument prove the resurrection of the dead?

  3. The essence of Jesus' argument is as follows: God is a God of living people and not of dead people, therefore the fathers must one day rise from the dead.

  4. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, although heirs of the same promise, "all died in faith, not having received the promises." (Heb. 11:13 cf. 8, 9, 39, 40).