Nine haiku for us sceptics
The Saducees ask
good questions: What does it mean:
resurrection life?
They already know
there is no life hereafter;
but does the teacher?
In the age to come?
The question is audacious;
It won't be like that!
God of Abraham,
God of Isaac and Jacob;
life with God goes on.
God of the living
with whom those who have long passed
share resurrection.
There can be no death
for those who find life in God;
they are God's children.
Jesus spoke of life
washed with eternal purpose.
They will die no more.
The disciple knows
that resurrection living
happens here on earth.
Can a Sadducee
also be a disciple?
Would that be all right?
©
Ken Rookes 2016
