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December 20, 2004
Married in Heaven
Here is a brief theological topic to get your brain pumping late on a Monday afternoon.
Unfortunately I don’t think I’ll go through and cite specific verses on this one just to keep you guessing.
Jesus said that no one is going to be married in Heaven. He is preparing a place for us. He is building a house for us; a more permanent dwelling place then the tent that we now reside in. Also (or in more definition of) we will be getting new bodies. Originally we were made in the image of God and we will return to perfection physically and emotionally.
In considering these things here are my extrapolations: Our bodies to be in the image of God as well and therefore will look a lot like our present bodies only more permanent. We won’t be affected by disease, pain or death but we will have arms, legs mouths and so forth. Psychologically we will be made complete. We won’t need emotional fulfillment from others because we will get it from God. He is our bridegroom.
I guess I’m wondering where Jesus gets the “not married” thing. We are “married” to Christ. But does that exclude us from being married to another? I guess you couldn’t say “till death do us part” and that once you were married that was your mate for eternity but hey why not?
Posted by paul at December 20, 2004 07:38 PM
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i did a little digging, and in the verse where Jesus talks about no marriage in heaven, it is interesting to note that he was talking to the Sadducees (sp?), who apparently really viewed marriage as little more than a piece of paper, and that Jesus may have been speaking to what we consider the "legal" portion of marriage not being present in heaven, I'm guessing similar in form to how we are no longer bound by the law in the new covenant (warning: that's *my* connecting of the dots)...also, the Sadducees were just trying to trap Jesus, they didn't appear to really want to know about marriage in heaven anyway, so it isn't completely clear what "question" Jesus' statement was answering...however, marriage is described as being similar to our relationship with God, which is definitely eternal....i would personally be of the opinion that the "no marriage in heaven" verse has just enough question contextually to cause it not to trump the fact that human marriage was made to be a likeness of our relationship with God; eternal....however, when we meet God face to face in our new bodies, all bets are really off and I don't think anyone can really imagine what that is going to entail for us
Posted by: erik at December 20, 2004 04:46 PM
Paul, you are posting this blog because you know neither the Scriptures, nor the power of God...
So, we're going to be like the angels, but what the heck does THAT mean???
Posted by: Matt at December 20, 2004 05:18 PM
Erik-good contrast.
Mattrik-I know, I know, he is the God of the living and not of the dead but hey its just a question.
Posted by: paul at December 20, 2004 07:41 PM