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1 | Do humans become angels? | Bible general Archive 1 | scotth68 | 10170 | ||
Do humans become angels? | ||||||
2 | Do humans become angels? | Bible general Archive 1 | glory777 | 10171 | ||
Angels were created by God to do service to Him and praise and worship Him. A finite number were created. When a believer dies, they are changed but not to an angel. We will know each other, but our likeness will be with Jesus. We are sons of the Most High, we will be sons,and therefore not servants. | ||||||
3 | Why will we know each other? | Bible general Archive 1 | Phillip | 10221 | ||
May I ask what verses support your statement that "we will know each other". Phillip | ||||||
4 | Why will we know each other? | Bible general Archive 1 | glory777 | 10232 | ||
Not so much a verse, but if we are changed as Jesus was changed after He died, where doors and walls did not mean anything and He could be here and then there in an instant, so shall we. However, the apostles knew Him, He still had the scars, so even though molecularly He was changed, His appearance was recognizable. | ||||||
5 | Why will we know each other? | Bible general Archive 1 | Phillip | 10350 | ||
Glory777, I see your reasoning and would like to offer a few comments. It is true that Jesus was recognized by many after His resurrection, but He was also unrecognizable by others on the road to Emmaus (Lk 24:13-16). Either way the fact remains that those who saw Jesus were in a natural state, not supernatural as we will all be in heaven. Men's eyes may be opened by God to the spiritual (2 Kgs 6:15-17) but our natural state is blind to the spiritual world. Therefore to say that natural man being able to see a resurrected Christ on earth is the same as a spiritual resurrected person being able to recognize another spiritual person in heaven is a questionable conclusion. If we were to recognize one another, we would have retained our earthly memory to some degree? Would these memories be only of loved ones and happy times or would they also include those whom we did not love and memories that are regretful? The Bible states in Rev 21:3-4 [3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them, 4 and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away." NASU] The first things have passed away and God has made a new heaven and a new earth with no more sadness which leads one to think there will be no remembrance of our sinful past. Our relationship will be with the Father and the Son as in Rev 22:1,3-5 [1 Then he showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of the Lamb, 3 There will no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His bond-servants will serve Him; 4 they will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads. 5 And there will no longer be any night; and they will not have need of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illumine them; and they will reign forever and ever. NASU]. We will not have the relationship of Gen 2:24 [For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. NASU]. Regarding heavenly relationships Jesus says in Matt 22:30 [30 "For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. NASU]. We will be the bride of Christ! Bless the Lord, Phillip |
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6 | Why will we know each other? | Bible general Archive 1 | glory777 | 10373 | ||
Phillip- I do have one verse that might show my position on the idea that we would recognize each other. Luke 24:16 says (speaking about the Emmaus road encounter) "But their eyes were restrained, so that they did not know Him". Mary, at the tomb did not recognize Him at first, either, but she was so filled with grief, crying, and definitely not expecting to see Jesus alive again, she did not recognize Him until He spoke her name. I do believe still that we will recognize each other, but, I know that God would have to do something to the memories of the pain we suffer on earth so it is nonexistant in Heaven. Perhaps the joy of being with the Lord would so outweigh everything that we can't even comprehend it, and in that joy everything that has painful connotations would be so diminished as to not even have happened? One other part that could substantiate my idea of recognizability is the parable (?) of Lazarus in Luke 16. It does not say what the begger saw, but Jesus told us that Lazarus saw the beggar. Isn't funny how the only parable that mentions a name is this one? Of course, his memory could have been retained because he was in Hell and this recalling all of what he did wrong was part of the torment. But I think if his memories were retained in this respect, so will ours be in the respect of people that we know and love who will be with us in Heaven. Before I was born again, I was married to a man who is now also born again as is his present wife. I am married to another who I am praying will come to the Lord. It is my desire to see all of them in Heaven, where earthly marriage ties have no meaning anymore, only the glorifying and praising the Lord. (Rev. 21:4 has been my favorite verse for as long as I can remember!) Deb |
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