Why is everyone speaking about "heaven" and "life after death", when the Bible clearly says that people will be resurrected in physical bodies and live eternally on a new / renewed Earth?
We won't be one flesh through sexual intercourse in marriage since there won't be these things in heaven.
But we will be one flesh as the church unified to Jesus and we will be his bones, flesh, and body (Ephesians 5).
Sexual intercourse in marriage is only a symbol of us being one with Jesus in heaven. The last verses of Ephesians 5 talks about this.
We will love each other like Jesus loves us for eternity and more intimately than sexual intercourse.
Sexual intercourse is just the symbol of the intinate love we will have in heaven.
So even though we won't have sexual intercourse with our former spouses, we won't desire it anyway, and we will still continue to love them and everyone else intimately.
We will have no sexual desires in heaven, which is why there is no marriage and childbearing.
Eunuchs will receive a name and place BETTER than sons and daughters.
Sexual intercourse only represents our union with Jesus and this love we will have with Jesus will be infinitely more intimate.
And we will give and receive this intimate love with everyone in heaven including our former spouses if they are saved.
Everything in heaven only gets better.
There is no need for sexual intercourse because it was only a glimpse of what the real thing will be like in heaven, like a sample of something greater.
Ephesians 5 talks about marriage between a man and woman was a symbol of Jesus and the church from when God created Adam and Eve.
On earth, we become one flesh with our spouses through marriage.
In heaven, we will be one flesh as the body of Christ and our eternal union with him as stated in Ephesians 5.
Earthly marriage is only an illustration of this, and illustrations are always less than what they portray.
So there is no sexual intercourse, childbearing, and romance in heaven, but there is intimate love that we will fully understand once we get there.
We will experience this love from Jesus, express this love to him, and enjoy it with each other, and yes, that includes our former spouses if they are in heaven.
The answer is no. You are condemned to spend eternity by yourself, just yourself and God. With no human warmth, love or affection, because that is how you lived your Christian life on earth. You reap what you sow. 😉 Grace. 💗🙏💗
Wrong. They will be like Angels because Angels don't die.
Luke 20:36 and they can no longer die; for they are like the angels. They are God’s children, since they are children of the resurrection.
Jesus taught a resurrection on the "last day" back on Earth not in heaven. All the resurrections in the bible gives us an "assured expectation of what is to come" and that's the definition of faith.
"No one will marry or be given in marriage" means there is no need for a marital contract to secure your future and to have children to take care of you in your dying age because you won't die again. Your future is secure and you won't die like the Angels don't die. "You are raised imperishable" back on Earth.
The fact that men are completely wrong about this teaching gives us a happier hope in Christ. Men can't offer you anything truly comforting because they don't understand the resurrection on the last day Jesus preached. I lost my wife and what you are saying is not comforting. What Jesus teaches is comforting. Make Christ your only teacher and not men. Turn to him with your questions and allow him to explain it to you himself as you compare and meditate on verses. He has all the answers.
Dear Desiring God you deleted my long truthful post, so I will make my own video on my own channel. I will make sure to point out that your channel deletes posts. 😉
1 COR 7 But I want you to be free from concern. One who is unmarried is concerned about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord; but one who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife, and his interests are divided. The woman who is unmarried, and the virgin, is concerned about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but one who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
Matthew 20:30 "30At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven."( NIV)
1 Corinthians 15:42 " 42 So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable."( Zondervan NIV Study Bible)
Ephesian 6:8 "8 because you know that the Lord( Jesus) will reward everyone for whatever good he does, whether he is slave or free."( Zondervan NIV Study Bible)
So considering that, why can’t I have a marriage with an older woman that is more financially literate, and sexually attractive and smacks my buttocks and doesn’t say it’s gay or sodomy to make love that way? Please! Did you know God chose us, we didn’t chose Him?
This message resonates to me so much even I’m not married or not even been in a relationship.. the Holy Spirit lead me to view myself in her case but in different perspective. Glory be to God for He knows I need this message today. thank you Lord. 💙
It amazes me how christians are so desirous to take worldly things with them to heaven. As a non-christian I read Hal Lindsey's book, The Late Great Planet Earth, and I laughed when he wrote that if there is music in heaven he was certain it will be Country music.
The bigger questions is are you willing to trust God when he says the "things of this present world will pass away nor come into mind?" Leaving this sin cursed world, going in the presence of Christ as a friend, seeing him in his glory, being in the presence of the heavenly hosts, and God's elect, far, far outweighs any human relationship of this present existance. So I ask again, are you willing to trust that promise from eternal God? I realize it's not easy . That's why we must focus on the promise, not the loss.
This was a deeply touching response, thank you Pastor John. My heart truly goes out to this woman as I can’t imagine what she’s going through. I pray that Gods glory can shine through her life and through all of the pain she must be going through.
comforted!
Why is everyone speaking about "heaven" and "life after death", when the Bible clearly says that people will be resurrected in physical bodies and live eternally on a new / renewed Earth?
So many layers to reality.
Negatory Batman
Jesus will be your best friend. Everything else will be secondary.
This was so beautifully answered. Praise God.
The Bible says no.
Dont be silly, just a part of a story.
Why do pastors turn a two minute answer into 15 minutes? Ya killing me over here.
We won't be one flesh through sexual intercourse in marriage since there won't be these things in heaven.
But we will be one flesh as the church unified to Jesus and we will be his bones, flesh, and body (Ephesians 5).
Sexual intercourse in marriage is only a symbol of us being one with Jesus in heaven. The last verses of Ephesians 5 talks about this.
We will love each other like Jesus loves us for eternity and more intimately than sexual intercourse.
Sexual intercourse is just the symbol of the intinate love we will have in heaven.
So even though we won't have sexual intercourse with our former spouses, we won't desire it anyway, and we will still continue to love them and everyone else intimately.
We will be best friends with everyone in heaven.
We will have no sexual desires in heaven, which is why there is no marriage and childbearing.
Eunuchs will receive a name and place BETTER than sons and daughters.
Sexual intercourse only represents our union with Jesus and this love we will have with Jesus will be infinitely more intimate.
And we will give and receive this intimate love with everyone in heaven including our former spouses if they are saved.
Everything in heaven only gets better.
There is no need for sexual intercourse because it was only a glimpse of what the real thing will be like in heaven, like a sample of something greater.
Ephesians 5 talks about marriage between a man and woman was a symbol of Jesus and the church from when God created Adam and Eve.
On earth, we become one flesh with our spouses through marriage.
In heaven, we will be one flesh as the body of Christ and our eternal union with him as stated in Ephesians 5.
Earthly marriage is only an illustration of this, and illustrations are always less than what they portray.
So there is no sexual intercourse, childbearing, and romance in heaven, but there is intimate love that we will fully understand once we get there.
We will experience this love from Jesus, express this love to him, and enjoy it with each other, and yes, that includes our former spouses if they are in heaven.
No marriage in heaven only means no sexual intercourse and no childbearing in heaven.
It does not mean no love in heaven.
In heaven we will love Jesus and express his love to other people including our former spouses because we will be like him (1 John 3:2).
Sexual intercourse between a husband and wife represents the love of Jesus and the church.
This love in heaven will be better than sexual intercourse because representations are always less than what they represent.
It is like comparing a replica to the actual thing.
The answer is no. You are condemned to spend eternity by yourself, just yourself and God. With no human warmth, love or affection, because that is how you lived your Christian life on earth. You reap what you sow. 😉 Grace. 💗🙏💗
Wrong.
They will be like Angels because Angels don't die.
Luke 20:36
and they can no longer die; for they are like the angels. They are God’s children, since they are children of the resurrection.
Jesus taught a resurrection on the "last day" back on Earth not in heaven. All the resurrections in the bible gives us an "assured expectation of what is to come" and that's the definition of faith.
"No one will marry or be given in marriage" means there is no need for a marital contract to secure your future and to have children to take care of you in your dying age because you won't die again. Your future is secure and you won't die like the Angels don't die. "You are raised imperishable" back on Earth.
The fact that men are completely wrong about this teaching gives us a happier hope in Christ. Men can't offer you anything truly comforting because they don't understand the resurrection on the last day Jesus preached.
I lost my wife and what you are saying is not comforting. What Jesus teaches is comforting.
Make Christ your only teacher and not men. Turn to him with your questions and allow him to explain it to you himself as you compare and meditate on verses. He has all the answers.
Dear Desiring God you deleted my long truthful post, so I will make my own video on my own channel. I will make sure to point out that your channel deletes posts. 😉
No!! Why when Jesus is the Eternal friend & lover
1 COR 7 But I want you to be free from concern. One who is unmarried is concerned about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord; but one who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife, and his interests are divided. The woman who is unmarried, and the virgin, is concerned about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but one who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
Jesus will be your best friend.
Matthew 20:30
"30At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven."( NIV)
1 Corinthians 15:42 " 42 So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable."( Zondervan NIV Study Bible)
Ephesian 6:8
"8 because you know that the Lord( Jesus) will reward everyone for whatever good he does, whether he is slave or free."( Zondervan NIV Study Bible)
Men and women won't be married to each other in heaven.
This means no sexual intercourse and childbearing in heaven.
But that does not mean men and women will be alone.
We will still have each other as brothers and sisters in Christ.
We will still enjoy each other's masculinity and femininity in ways not related to sexual intercourse and reproduction.
Thank you for such an explanation!!
What a beautiful question <3 I Cried when you read it. And your respons was also very tender and on point.
the short answer: No.
So considering that, why can’t I have a marriage with an older woman that is more financially literate, and sexually attractive and smacks my buttocks and doesn’t say it’s gay or sodomy to make love that way? Please! Did you know God chose us, we didn’t chose Him?
Since she also seems to be a young widow, the Bible tells her to get married again.
This message resonates to me so much even I’m not married or not even been in a relationship.. the Holy Spirit lead me to view myself in her case but in different perspective. Glory be to God for He knows I need this message today. thank you Lord. 💙
It amazes me how christians are so desirous to take worldly things with them to heaven. As a non-christian I read Hal Lindsey's book, The Late Great Planet Earth, and I laughed when he wrote that if there is music in heaven he was certain it will be Country music.
The bigger questions is are you willing to trust God when he says the "things of this present world will pass away nor come into mind?" Leaving this sin cursed world, going in the presence of Christ as a friend, seeing him in his glory, being in the presence of the heavenly hosts, and God's elect, far, far outweighs any human relationship of this present existance. So I ask again, are you willing to trust that promise from eternal God? I realize it's not easy . That's why we must focus on the promise, not the loss.
This was a deeply touching response, thank you Pastor John. My heart truly goes out to this woman as I can’t imagine what she’s going through. I pray that Gods glory can shine through her life and through all of the pain she must be going through.