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b'We hear often that \\u201cThe Bible says X about marriage\\u201d and you know what? The Bible says allllll sorts of things of about marriage. In this passage, we\\xa0learn of a marriage tradition that seems bizarre by today\\u2019s standards\\u2014and one that Jesus seems to agree with. What gives?\\nWhat can\\xa0this passage teach us about marriage?\\nAnd as a bonus, this passage also ends with an insight into the nature of God. We dig into that too.\\nSupport the podcast by leaving a review!\\xa0Go to queertheology.com/review and that will take you to the page on iTunes\\nLuke 20:27-38\\nSome Sadducees, who deny that there\\u2019s a resurrection, came to Jesus and asked, \\u201cTeacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man\\u2019s brother dies leaving a widow but no children, the brother must marry the widow and raise up children for his brother.\\xa0Now there were seven brothers. The first man married a woman and then died childless. The second and then the third brother married her. Eventually all seven married her, and they all died without leaving any children.\\xa0Finally, the woman died too.\\xa0In the resurrection, whose wife will she be? All seven were married to her.\\u201d\\nJesus said to them, \\u201cPeople who belong to this age marry and are given in marriage.\\xa0But those who are considered worthy to participate in that age, that is, in the age of the resurrection from the dead, won\\u2019t marry nor will they be given in marriage. They can no longer die, because they are like angels and are God\\u2019s children since they share in the resurrection.\\xa0Even Moses demonstrated that the dead are raised\\u2014in the passage about the burning bush, when he speaks of the Lord as the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.\\xa0He isn\\u2019t the God of the dead but of the living. To him they are all alive.\\u201d\\nThe post \\u201cThe Bible says weird things about marriage\\u201d \\u2013 Luke 20:27-38 appeared first on Queer Theology.'