Mat 22:31 And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God:
Mat 22:32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not God of the dead, but of the living.”
Mat 22:33 And when the crowd heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.
Jesus was speaking to the Sadducee's who did not believe in an afterlife. Jesus spoke of historical people of faith as not being dead, but alive. The soul and spirit do not die. The body returns to dust but the soul returns to God who is a righteous judge. Not only this but Jesus existed with the Father before coming to earth in a human body. Abraham was aware of the coming of Jesus, who is the way, the truth and the life. (John 14:6)
John 8:56 Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day. He saw it and was glad.”
John 8:57 So the Jews said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?”
John 8:58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”
John 8:59 So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.
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