If there is to be no marriages in heaven...?

Question

Then what difference does it make to be married at all? Why should we care of people get divorced? or polygamy? Why not just shack up?

Why would people want to fall in love, dedicate your whole life to one person, have children with that person, etc., only to be divorced at death, not be together for eternity, not even know each other? How can one go from deep and abiding love, to not caring at all, about someone?

"Gee, God, I really loved my man, he was my whole life, but I'm glad you tore us apart! Heaven is a much better place because we can't be with the ones we love!"

phrog, BITE YOUR TONGUE!!! spent three years in Utah and that's all I'm going to spend THERE! Too many Mormons! ;-)

Nope, I'm a Buckeye, born and bred.

oregon flower, two things:

One, that was the best non-answer I've heard, and

Two, you've got your nerve, answering one of my questions!

vile, it's between her and me, and her false accusations against me.

Answer 1

The laws God has given us, including marriage, are for our own happiness and welfare. They are to help us while we are on this earth. They will no longer be needed once we are in heaven.

The whole - tear us apart thing - the structure in heaven will be different than here on earth. We will love with such intensity, and every single person, that there will be no need for marriage. Will we recognize our spouses, our children, etc. I'm sure we will, and we will rejoice with them. Love does not diminish, it grows.

Answer 2

Sorry to non-answer to you, but I have a question for Oregon Flower:

WTFreak???? So we're just a bunch of non-gender non-specific entities floating around doing what? What is the purpose of life then? That sounds pretty depressing and really tweaked!

Back to your question...yeah. Good question. And like I answered in to the Princess, listening to these fundies is sort of like listening to the Swedish Chef.

EDIT: No marriage or GIVING in marriage, because the marriages all happen here in this life. There will be no repentance because of the same. Come on people...the Bible wasn't written in English. For crying out loud, if you're going to quote it, quote it right!!!

(steps off smashed soapbox)

Answer 3

Stable marriages are an excellent foundation for a stable society...

And, yes, I think this applies to both Earthly societies and heavenly societies.

When the Sadducee asked that trick question about marriage in heaven, Jesus answered that there would be no "giving in marriage." I interpret this to mean that there will be no weddings in heaven. Jesus also told Peter that what he sealed on Earth would be sealed in heaven. Again, my interpretation of this is that there are things that can extend beyond the grave/death, including marriage.

Answer 4

Paul taught that it was better to marry than to burn.

That way we don't have a whole lot of disease and rampant unplanned pregnancy.

Marriage is good for society, as long as the two people are loving and committed TO EACH OTHER.

And if you can't find anyone like that, the you should be single and CELIBATE, that was the teaching of Paul.

I'm on your side though. I think it wouild be a crying shame if we couldn't spend heaven with the people we love.

Answer 5

Most Christians believe that they will be married in Heaven too, they just don't need to go to the temple to do it. I know there is the traditional LDS argument of how their vows usually include the phrase "till death do us part" (I know, I used to argue it), but nevertheless it's what they believe. For me, the idea of spending eternity with one person (and his other wives if he has any) sounds more like hell now that I think about it.

Liesel.

Answer 6

in heaven we are no longer as we are now. we are no longer clothed in the frailty of the human flesh. we receive our glorified bodies. we will be spiritual higher than the angels.

we will realize the full potential we are created with. there is no need for sexual relations no procreation since we no longer live as flesh.

the Bible also tells us we know, and are known as we were on earth. in fact we gain so much more knowledge beyond our limited earth education.

so you will know your spouse, children, parents, ancestors, so on and so on. eternity is a whole new ball of wax. to compare it to this life is Monkey doing a math problem.......

please do some serious study on heaven and the various descriptions through out the Bible. one more thing..... your question is saturated with sarcasim......why?

"Sarcasim is Sadism cloaked in the lie of humor"

there are many other answers addressing the issue & purpose of marriage. so i wont delve into that well.

with prayer & love

Answer 7

Why even bother with 'till death do you part'? You've got that guy in the German parliament [or whatever they call it] trying to make marriage only last 7 years, and then it automatically dissolves unless you renew it... Isn't marriage essentially a contract? Why can't the 2 parties involved pre-determine the length of the contract?

Answer 8

Who says that you can't be with the ones you love in Heaven if the LDS Sealing power isn't true?

If I make it to heaven, and my wife makes it to heaven, what's to keep us from spending our eternity together? Just because you're not sealed to the members of your ward, does that mean you won't be able to hang out with them in heaven? Come on.

God's doctrine isn't decided by the "logic" of what would "seem" to be right; it's decided by God and God alone. Nowhere in any inspired scripture (D&C excepted) does it say anything about "sealings" or eternal marriage. Joseph Smith even wrote to Emma from Liberty Jail saying that if he died, even though their marriage would be over, he "hoped" to find her again in heaven. This was several years after Joseph Smith had supposedly been "made to understand the doctrine of eternal marriage" in 1831.Only after the 1843 polygamy revelation was received, did Smith say anything about marriages lasting longer than this life.

The Peter quote listed above doesn't say "sealed." It says "bound." That is for saving ordinances like baptisms, and for prophecies. Paul's "man without the woman in the Lord" scripture falls in line with the God quote "it is not good for man to be alone," which refers to the multiplying and replenishing the earth mandate.

Adam and Eve just shacked up. Nowhere in Genesis does it say they were "legally and lawfully wed". Nor does it say that in Smith's Book of Moses. Marriage as a legal institution was established during the Mosaic law as a way to keep people honest about their mates. The Book of Matthew clearly states that they "will not be married, neither given in marriage, in the resurrection." That means that marriage as an institution will not exist, although it may very well happen like for Adam and Eve, where we don't need an institution to be faithful to our spouses. Sin won't exist, so why would we need marriage to define it for us?

EDIT: Oregon Flower can answer whichever questions she wants to answer. You've got a lot of nerve to tell her she can't. Besides, her answer DOES address the subject of your question, just not the way you wanted it to.

Answer 9

Because while on this earth you have someone to share this world with. When you go beyond hopefully we can be with the Lord. Be thankful the way human beings are He allows any joy at all. We don't even deserve that much.

Answer 10

We will not need to BREATHE in Heaven either! But just try to have an orderly life and an orderly society when you give up breathing.

We will not be pooping in Heaven either. Just try to HOLD IT for the rest of your life here on earth!

Our mode of being is changed in the next life, and we leave off the elements of our past life. There are NEW WAYS of following God's will in Heaven, that we simply cannot do here on earth. Live as you are SUPPOSED TO LIVE in each realm, as you get there.