Description

Handout available here
Relationships in the afterlife are unclear, so start with the nature of God
The big picture - community
Social Trinity - God is Love
Not good to be alone (Gen 2:18)
Communal focus of Scripture vs. individual focus of American culture
Resurrection = you will still be you
1 Thessalonians 4:18 - we will be reunited with Christ and one another
Luke 20:27-38 - Marriage and the Resurrection

• Sadducee's beliefs about death and Scripture
• No marriage, no more marriage, or something else?
• Like angels, don't become angels
• Purpose of 1st century marriage - children to carry on your name
• Purpose of 21st century marriage?

Watching over us? 
Finding God in all relationships now