It was interesting to me to realize that Jesus dealt with two major religious groups in his day. The Pharisees and the Sadducees. One of the major differences between these two groups is that one group believed in angels, spirits and the resurrection of the dead. They were the Pharisees. The other group did not believe in the resurrection and they did not believe in angels or spirits. This group was the Sadducees. A good way to remember the "Sadducees" is that because they did not believe in the resurrection, angels or spirits, they were "sad, you see."

Both religious groups confronted Jesus at certain times and seasons. It was interesting to me to realize that the Sadducees, who did not believe in the resurrection, asked Jesus a trick question about the resurrection as though they believed in it. The question was: if a man died leaving his wife and she married another man and this was repeated several times, whose wife would she be in the resurrection?
It is interesting to me that on another occasion, speaking of this same subject, Jesus said,
What a stunning revelation it must have been for a Sadducee to hear these words. Jesus was not only claiming to believe in the resurrection, He was telling the audience, "I am the resurrection."
"The time is coming," Jesus said, when there will be a resurrection. He will call people from their graves. Those that have repented and turned to God to follow Christ, will rise to receive eternal life. Those that have continued in their evil ways will be lost and come into judgement. Which group will you be in? It's an appointment you must keep!