THE NEW JERUSALEM #25 | OUR GLORIFIED BODY ( PART 9 )
Pastor Christopher Choo
Lesson 3280
THE NEW JERUSALEM #25
OUR GLORIFIED BODY ( PART 9 )
IS IT REALLY TRUE THAT THERE WILL BE NO MORE MARRIAGES IN HEAVEN?
When God established marriage, He did so to fill certain needs.
1. “The LORD God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him’” (Genesis 2:18). Adam needed human companionship. Eve was his perfect companion, wife, and help-mate.
In heaven, we will be surrounded by multitudes of believers and angels (Revelation 7:9), and all our needs will be met, including the need for companionship.
2. God created marriage as a means of procreation to fill the earth with human beings.
He commissioned Adam and Eve to be fruitful, to multiply, and to replenish the earth ( Genesis 1:28 ).
Heaven, however, will not be populated by procreation. Those who go to heaven will get there by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; they will not be created there by means of reproduction.
3. Jesus Himself said: “At the resurrection, people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven” (Matthew 22:30).
Abba Father, it appears that there will be no marriage in heaven. This does not mean that a husband and wife will no longer know each other in heaven. This also does not mean that a husband and wife could not still have a close relationship in heaven. What it does seem to indicate, though, is that a husband and wife will no longer be married in heaven.
