Advent 2019: Dec 20, Day 20

Luke 20

Summary

Jesus has had enough of the constant opposition of the religious establishment. They try to trap him with a simple question, but Jesus knows they will use any answer against him. Rather than answering their question, he asks them a question they are afraid to answer. Since they won't answer his question, he doesn't answer theirs.
But them Jesus tells a parable about God, Israel, how they treated the prophets, and how they will treat his son. The Pharisees know he is talking about them, but they are too afraid of the people to say anything. Instead, they try to trap him into saying something against Caesar. When that fails, the other religious sect, the Sadducees, have their go at him.
The Sadducees don't even believe in the resurrection but try to trap him with an unlikely event. Jesus basically says they don't know what they're talking about.
Then Jesus warns the people about religious leaders that are full of donkey dung. (Still a fair warning today.)

My take away

My biggest take away is Jesus teaching that we have focused on the physical aspect of our lives and know nothing of the spirit world. Maybe we need to think about our eternal being more and worry less about the physical being. We have a preoccupation with our sexuality and the sexuality of others and Jesus says that our souls are genderless. Maybe we should focus more on just loving each other.

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