I have looked at some websites that say there will be marriage in heaven. My argument for that is why do the vows say "till death do us part"? I am 50 years old, a never married virgin, and feel like I may never experience marriage and sex!
I have looked at some websites that say there will be marriage in heaven. My argument for that is why do the vows say "till death do us part"? I am 50 years old, a never married virgin, and feel like I may never experience marriage and sex!
You are probably visiting Mormons LDS sites and reading about their beliefs ... are the ones who believe family for eternity, marriages are forever etc..I have no idea if anyone else belive the same.
THe bible is clear about not having marriage in heaven. Marriage is for earth living.
THe bible is clear about not having marriage in heaven. Marriage is for earth living.
I know there's no sex there...there's no need for it. Nor is their marriage...if your married when you die...then u still are...but...beyond that I guess it's anyone's guess really! It will be cool...probably a huge party with all urbloved ones ...happinessI have looked at some websites that say there will be marriage in heaven. My argument for that is why do the vows say "till death do us part"? I am 50 years old, a never married virgin, and feel like I may never experience marriage and sex!
Lol, you don't understand because that is your flesh. When I was a hormone raging teenager...I was upset about that too. However, you realize, that is merely an earthly pleasure...you won't miss it when ya get there. as much as u think...how can I not have that n be happy....u can. I guess we probably just forget about that. And everything is more meaningful there neways. Sex is ...I'm not sure why it was created besides procreation and like, I dunno but yeah!I know that's the standard reply but it's been addressed many times, here's one of the rebuttals:
http://whatthebiblesays.info/Marriageinheaven.html
-Some other thoughts:
Interpreting Jesus’ answer to the Sadducees in an erroneous way, some have claimed that marriage has no follow-up in heaven. St. Paul said that God created woman for man. (I Cor. 11:9) Before He created woman, He said, "It is not good for the man to be alone" God made woman for man, and man is for woman. I can safely say that humans were designed not to operate as a single solitary person but as part of a unit of two.
I believe that marriage with all its implications, including sexual intercourse, will be present in the life to come. The redemption of our sexuality in all its aspects, including the physical. What is wrong with the physical world all has to do with sin and death. Christ has died to redeem us from these things. When they are redeemed, then we will see the way God intended them to be, including sexuality.
-Another:
I would like to add my $.02 to this conversation if I may.
Nowhere does the bible state that the lawful marriage between a man and a women will cease to be valid in heaven. Some folks use Matt. 22:30 in an attempt to "prove" that there will be no marriages in heaven, but in my opinion, their interpretation of that verse is incorrect. Here's what the verse says: "For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven."
Notice the wording: "they neither marry, nor are given in marriage". Sound familiar? It should. Men are married. Women are given in marriage. If Jesus had meant to say there would be no married couples in heaven, he could have easily stated it that way. But he didn't. By using the terms "they neither marry" and "nor are given in marriage", He was not saying that there would be no married couples in heaven, but that there would be no marriages performed in heaven.
So what will be the fate of a couple who were married while on earth? I firmly believe that their marriage will continue in heaven, and the bible seems to back up that belief.
Consider Matt. 19: 5-6 "For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. WHAT THEREFORE GOD HATH JOINED TOGETHER, LET NOT MAN PUT ASUNDER.
The above assurances from the bible bring up one final question: Will we see our loved ones after the resurrection? 1 Thes. 4: 13-14 says that we will: "But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, EVEN SO THEM ALSO WHICH SLEEP IN JESUS WILL GOD BRING WITH HIM." What a joyous reunion that will be!
“Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, IN THE LORD." (1 Cor. 11:11) The above scriptural assurances give me great peace. I pray they do the same for you.
And one more for good measure:
I never understood the church's teachings on marriage in Heaven. They give such pat answers that it won't be needed because we will be with Christ and there is no more pro-creation; therefore everything we've lived for, hoped for and dreamed of on this earth will just --- puff -- go away.
What do you say to the person who never got married, or who got married and the marriage didn't last? The point is that, the Bible teaches that in Heaven everyone will be healed, with empirical evidence of their healing. The blind will see, the deaf will hear, the lame will walk, etc. So what does that mean for a man or woman who never got married or had a truly fulfilling marriage? There will be no healing for them? Because there will be no form of sex, or anything analogous to it, or any form of male/female couplings, we will be forever on the outside looking in? Or just "told" by Jesus (hey, your social life is healed now. Gee, thanks Jesus!), like putting a blind man in a pitch black room and telling him he can see now?
I'm sorry, but I don't go along with this. I can't accept that God will take something as precious and meaningful as the relationship between a man and a woman away from his believers in his perfect Eternal Kingdom. God said of Adam, "it is not good that a man be alone", and he created Eve for him. He did this in the perfect world of Eden, before sin entered the world. If it was his original plan for man to be with a woman, why wouldn't that be his Eternal plan?
Lol, you don't understand because that is your flesh. When I was a hormone raging teenager...I was upset about that too. However, you realize, that is merely an earthly pleasure...you won't miss it when ya get there. as much as u think...how can I not have that n be happy....u can. I guess we probably just forget about that. And everything is more meaningful there neways. Sex is ...I'm not sure why it was created besides procreation and like, I dunno but yeah!
We are married in heaven, just not to each other. We are married as a church to Christ. It doesn't matter what you "want" heaven to be like...we can't even imagine it wonders. My personal opinion is that marriage, well, a good marriage, is a "taste" of what it will be like to be in heaven.
My husband died and we had an awesome relationship...however, it was not perfect because the relationship between two humans never is. I still feel a connection to him but it feels different. A much bigger love which is hard to explain. I believe it is a foretaste of what is to come some day when I join him in heaven. I do not believe that we will be joined as a couple but I do believe that we will be joined in a much bigger way . (too tired to look up verses at this moment but I can back my thoughts with more than my feelings)
Well I'm not young either, and two me sex for procreation is a minor part of what sex is about. At 64 I find sex more meaningful than ever. As I mentioned before I can't imagine how I could be me and God take my male sexuality out of me. So I feel there will be sex in heaven with our resurrected bodies. But God's plan will happen no matter what I believe.