Mark 12:18-27 Then come to him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,… What shall we do in heaven? Well, our employments will accord with our state and disposition. Some one of you may perhaps be an artist. Now to paint a fine picture to hang upon somebody's wall on earth is accounted a great thing. Pooh! In heaven, your canvas shall be a soul, and your picture a loving spirit which under your guidance shall become a being of grace and beauty for evermore. On earth, an artist generally paints to make himself a name and earn both money and glory, but in heaven the object and aim of an artist shall be, "Oh, that I might train this soul to be like Christ! Oh, that my work might glorify God!" Someone else here may, I think, be an architect in heaven, not with bricks, stone, mortar, ladders, and rubbish. No; you build houses here; there you shall build human souls into angels. If life in heaven is to be as the angels, we have the joy of knowing that useful and congenial occupation will be our lot. (W. Birch.) Parallel Verses KJV: Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,WEB: There came to him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection. They asked him, saying, |
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