If marriage and families are not forever...?

Question

Then why would God sanctify marriage? Why get married at all? Why have children? If they are not going to be a part of us when we get to heaven, what good is heaven? Why would God want us to have happy families, only to take that away from us in the place we are to be the most supremely happy?

Can non-Mormon Christians answer that?

Matthew 22:30 does not say that no one will be married, it says they niether marry nor are given in marriage. Jesus told Peter that whatever he bound on earth would be bound in heaven. Marriage today is "till death do you part" or "as long as you both shall live". That says death ends marriage.

Jesus was speaking to the Sadducees when He said this, about marriage in the resurrection. business aside, Jesus was asked who's wive she was IN THE RESURRECTION, and He told them.

Mr. Peepers, I don't go to priesthood meeting. I'm a female-type person.

Answer 1

I am not a Mormon...I disagree with your entire line of thinking.

The Ol' Hippie Jesus Freak
Grace and Peace
Peg

Answer 2

Its so much more than what is listed in the scriptures. when I looked at my new born and then in to the eyes of my beloved I knew we were going to be together forever. If you read the words it says " in heaven" there will be no marriage. It also says what is sealed here it shall be so in the heavens. my feeling on the matter is if you marry here you can be married there. But if you go from partner to partner ...no such luck in the heavens. I once saw a tree intertwined with three other trees it was impossible at the base to tell which tree was which since they had grown together and the bark covered all of them. they had grown inseparable. I think marriage is the same. I cant remember which Cd's came with my wife since I love all of her music and if I were to try and guess which Cd's were hers and which were mine I'd be wrong...... we have grown together. To think we would be separated in the next life is unimaginable. I think this ties in to other things we do in this life...we will have written in to our bodies and spirits what we do here on this earth....have you ever seen a chronic alcoholic? that large reddened nose grows that way and never changes... do you think that in the next life the spirit will be able to not want to drink booze.... have you ever seen a virtuous woman....the glow and spiritual well being shines through... it doesn't matter if she is christian or budist... she still shines her life is shown in her countenance. that is what I am talking about...if she were to die tomorrow she would take that with her, it would be etched in to her spirit.


P.s. I love you forever carida mio.

p.p.s. Mr peepers.... it seems you have not been paying attention....GOD is a being of order and the family unit is a unit with in the eternal flow chart of order.

"It makes the assumption that everyone will convert to mormonism, everyone will have access to the celestial kingdom, and all males must take multiple wives."

Is this a list of your worst fears? I have a suspicion that there will be Buddhists , born agains and those damn catholicswill make the celestial kingdom...man do I love that religion. I know so many catholics who will defiantly be sainted. Good people, all of them, will have the gates of heaven opened to them. as for the multiple wives..I have one and some days that's one too many...ha ha... just kidding amor... she some times sais that about me too. Really what rock did you turn over to find those fears?
they are probably valid fears from your position of ignorance but they don't make sense or jive with those Damn Mormons beliefs.

Answer 3

Marriage is the basic God ordained unit of life, one man and one woman for one lifetime.
Jesus was asked by the Sadducee's whose wife would a woman be who married 7 different brothers.
He replied in Luke 20:34- 36:
And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection

Marriage is an earthly institution.
Families can fracture, divorces happen, homes are broken.

Godly marriages are to be a picture of the relationship between Jesus and His believers.
It takes three to have a successful marriage, husband, wife and the lord.

One day the marriage will be consummated and believers will be like as Jesus is now.

We will be as angels, eternal, sinless, and we will have all eternity to share with our loved ones who died in the faith of Jesus.

Never suffer, never sin, never have a bad day, it will be joy unspeakable and full of glory!

Answer 4

48But he [Jesus] answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?

49And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!

I believe that we will be one big spiritual family in Heaven with Jesus as our Groom. The church is the bride. There will be no need for marriage or taking in marriage, because Jesus provides the ultimate union.

The rest of the verse you provided goes like this, "At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven."

The angels in heaven are not married (fallen angels mentioned in the OT are not in heaven so they are not included in the meaning of the verse). If we are to think that we are to be like the angels, then we also believe we will not continue to be married. There is no sadness in heaven for God will take all tears away. We will be supremely happy with Christ as the head of our spiritual home. We will achieve spiritual and physical perfection and will not have the same desires or needs that we have here on earth.

While much remains a mystery, remember this: Philippians 4:19 And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.

Answer 5

Marriage and families should be forever. Mormons have to understand that no matter who you marry, his/her whole family and their families and their families will all be in the same place. In other words, you will all be stuck together in Heaven as one family.It is not just who you marry and how many kids you have... aren't you all 'sealed' together anyhow? Does that 'seal' break when you get married to another family? Makes no sense to me what so ever. If all Mormons are sealed, then won't you all go to the same Heaven although there are 3 of them in your religion? If one member of the family does bad, then will the WHOLE entire family and generations of family go to the 3rd Heaven since you were sealed to each other? or does the one bad one get 'unsealed" from the rest of the family?

Explain this to me

Answer 6

To answer your question from your (protestant) preacher that taught you that you would never recognize each other in heaven, as a christian, I was never taught this, I was taught that God has many mansions in heaven and we would all be together, those of us who are saved, I know for a fact that if a Mormon man is not a mormon, the whole family is not sealed to each other and is going to you know where, so this is just as bad as a family member who is not saved, even worse, I knew a proment women in my ward whose whole family was going to pot because her husband refused to become a member, because of one man, but a person's individual salvation is up to them and many people have been saved thru prayers, I have prayed and I have seen them get saved without me going to their door and harrassing them. I think it is better to get saved then sealed, in my opinion. I would rather have my salvation based on myself then on my husband or on my dad. And we will be togther forever in heaven with our families in heaven, we won't be off somewhere in the universe, miles away from each other popping out kids, that is not my idea of spending eternity with my husband and share him with some other women, I am sorry, I would rather praise God forever and live in a mansion, then go off some where and by the way, who gets the planets, those who go to the Celestial kingdoms, and what do those on the telestials and terrestial kingsoms do sit around and praise Elohim all day long.LOL

Answer 7

Why is it that everyone thinks God is their personal servant? Nothing personal toward you Mormon_4_Jesus, but spiritual people in general seem to think God is our own personal Santa Claus whose only purpose is to give us everything WE want. WE get our own Planet, WE get to be gods, WE have our families forever. If we do a suicide bombing then WE get 70 virgins. Every religious sect seems to treat God like that . The truth seems to be that God is not our little puppy dog that obeys our every whim. We are dealing with the Creator of the entire universe who created us to serve Him and only Him. There are no other Gods, only false gods. The purpose for marriage and family is to provide the proper healthy environment to populate the planet. The commandments clearly state that we are to "Love the Lord your God with all your being" Christ said if we love Father , Mother , or Family more than Him , then we are not worthy of Him. He is clearly not our servant. Our duty is to serve Him.

Answer 8

"Then why would God sanctify marriage?"
Because sex is sacred to God.

"Why have children? If they are not going to be a part of us when we get to heaven, what good is heaven?"
Who said that the Mormon view is the only way they could be part of us in heaven?

"Why would God want us to have happy families, only to take that away from us in the place we are to be the most supremely happy?"
Who says that He takes away the family in heaven? On the contrary, I think we'll be one big family since we are all related going back to Adam and Eve.

Answer 9

Have you ever thought about what “Families are Forever” means? It makes the assumption that everyone will convert to mormonism, everyone will have access to the celestial kingdom, and all males must take multiple wives. Don’t you pay attention in Priesthood Meetings?

Now, think about this: You are taught (or should have been taught) that we are all spirit brothers and sisters of god, correct? That constitutes a forever family. What is the purpose of introducing a hierarchical structure to this? What purpose does replacing essentially brother-brother with father-son, or mother-daughter? Or still maintaining a brother-brother relationship base on parents who are supposed to be siblings in the first place?

If you’re going to worship a god, make sure there’s some kind of logic to his ‘commands’. I won’t go into god's gawdawful shipbuilding methods – that addressed in another question.

Answer 10

I believe the vow is: "is to death do us part"

In the next life, I believe we will know each other and in some way we will be even closer - but we will not be married.

The Bible clearly teaches that marriage is only for this life. This is further evidence that the Mormon's do not follow the Bible.

Matthew 22:30
At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.

Romans 7:2
For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

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RESPONSE: Please read the context of the passsage. The question that is asked Jesus is who will be her husband (six married her) when she dies? Quote: "Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her."

From the context it is clear that Jesus answer is that there is no marriage in heaven.

Matthew 22
24Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
25Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:
26Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.
27And last of all the woman died also.
28Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.
29Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
30For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.

Answer 11

How about when it says that a young widow should marry... (read 1Timothy 5:14) do they have 2 husbands when he dies and it comes time for her to go to heaven? I say... if I marry then I die and G-d wants me to still have the man as my husband in heaven then that would be good, but it would not be required for me to enjoy heaven with all my loved ones there because in heaven, we would all have the best relationship there can be with eachother. We would all be there as G-d's Church: The bride of Christ.