God said, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. {\cf2\super [314]} ’ {\cf2\super [315]} \{If God said he is their God, then\} these men are not really dead. He is the God only of living people.”
Jesus answered, “Why did you make this mistake? Is it because you don’t know what the Scriptures {\cf2\super [162]} say? Or because you don’t know about God’s power?
That is why Christ died and rose from death to live again. Christ did this so that he could be Lord (ruler) over people that have died and people that are living.
Like it is written \{in the Scriptures {\cf2\super [43]} \} “I have made you (Abraham) a father of many nations.” {\cf2\super [44]} This is true before God. Abraham believed in God—the God who gives life to dead people and decides that things will happen that have not yet happened.