Sexuality

My belief is that it will be upgraded.

I think that's really part of the bigger question which is - What exactly will we do in heaven (and the new earth) apart from worshiping God? The Bible simply doesn't say very much about that.

Oh! Also, angels aren't dead people, if that's one thing confusing you. When the Bible says we'll be like angels, I think it means that we will switch from being primarily physical beings with a spirit to being primarily spiritual beings with a physical side (a "physic"??). So marriage is no longer a thing and sexual relationships become a lot less important. However, the Old Testament does seem to indicate some kind of sexual relationships happened between women and fallen angels very early on, so I don't think a sexual relationship would be 100% impossible in heaven or on the new earth. Just my opinion...

Monkish said:

do we lost our sexuality in next life? I know the Bible is vague the sadducees were trying to trick Jesus, but Jesus explain that marriage for this life, but in next were like angels, but it goes to state that God is of living and not the dead. So this seem vague and unclear. What do you make of this please ?

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We are going to be a changed into a different kind of being.

Matthew 22

30 At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.

Angels do not procreate.

Monkish said:

do we lost our sexuality in next life? I know the Bible is vague the sadducees were trying to trick Jesus, but Jesus explain that marriage for this life, but in next were like angels, but it goes to state that God is of living and not the dead. So this seem vague and unclear. What do you make of this please ?

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They were created male and female. What makes you think that is going to disappear in the next life.

ewq1938 said:

Marriage disappears so why would there be a need for females?

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That doesn't address my question. One could say there is no child birth. But that still wouldn't answer my question.

The plain and simple fact of the matter is we don't know. We will find out when we get there. A good guess is it may not matter to us anymore. But it's just a guess.

ewq1938 said:

Marriage disappears so why would there be a need for females?

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Apart from our own intrinsic worth, you mean? We might as well flip the question and ask why there would be a need for males.

Christianity looks forward to the resurrection of the body, and it seems to me unlikely that that will be some sort of androgynous body. But how that will translate into relationships and attraction and all of that, I really don't pretend to understand.

I really don't believe God's going to raise me as a man, or a woman somehow without sexual or reproductive aspects. (A female eunuch?)

Biologically, we're all female till the male genes switch on during embryonic development; but then I've never taken the creation account as literal history or science.

And a minister, too.

Your point? I stand within a very ancient tradition of understanding those texts non-literally. It doesn't make me any less of a Christian, or any less faithful or effective as a minister.

Paidiske said:

Apart from our own intrinsic worth, you mean? We might as well flip the question and ask why there would be a need for males.

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God created man, and out of the man he formed the wo-man.
So let's not just flip the question, even though it seems reasonable to do so.
I doubt men will still have the dangling bits though, and i fail to see the perfection of women without their assets and silk smooth skin...
But this is of course just from my simple earthly perspective.

Christianity looks forward to the resurrection of the body, and it seems to me unlikely that that will be some sort of androgynous body. But how that will translate into relationships and attraction and all of that, I really don't pretend to understand.

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I assume there will not be marriages nor physical attraction.
Relationships will be LOVE (in capitals) among God and God's creatures.
Nothing sexual.
Sounds a bit boring perhaps, but i don't think we can even start to imagine what it will be like.
This LOVE thing must be awesome.
We don't really know this LOVE yet, though.

Paidiske said:

Your point? I stand within a very ancient tradition of understanding those texts non-literally.

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Risky tradition.
Proper exegesis should always prevail.

It doesn't make me any less of a Christian, or any less faithful or effective as a minister.

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Hmmm.. While desperately off topic, i can think of a few problems that can arise..
But let's not digress..

Proper exegesis has to take into account the genre of a work.

But this much, at least, seems clear; God created sexual differentiation and called it good. Do we expect that to be eradicated in the resurrection? Based on what?

Paidiske said:

Proper exegesis has to take into account the genre of a work.

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That's true.

But this much, at least, seems clear; God created sexual differentiation and called it good. Do we expect that to be eradicated in the resurrection? Based on what?

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Based on where it says we will be like the angels (gods) although that raises more questions about Genesis 6 (Nephilim).
But i think sexuality implies it has to do with procreation, which i don't think we'll be doing.
I don't know.
I tend to think we will still have male or female looking bodies.
I also think physical arousal is typical for the flesh.
We are afterall still mammals now.