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NASB | 2 Samuel 12:23 "But now he has died; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Samuel 12:23 "But now he is dead; why should I [continue to] fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him [when I die], but he will not return to me." |
Bible Question:
I believe that one will know their loved ones when they get to heaven. I can't find where it states or suggests it in the Bible. Could someone direct me to where the scripture might be found. Thanks, Don |
Bible Answer: One group of verses that I think says something like that is Matthew 22:23-32. Jesus was asked by the Sadducees about marriage in heaven. Jesus response was that there would be no marriage in heaven, but that man would become like the angels. I guess in this case I read what wasn't said in a way. :) Jesus didn't say that the husbands and wife (wives) wouldn't know one another in heaven, but simply that there would be no marriage in heaven. And another small reference is 1Thess. 4:13-15, 18 when Paul was asked by the church at Thessalonia about their loved ones who had died. Paul comforted them by saying "But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep (died), lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep (dead). For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words." It seems to me that Paul was reassuring them that they would be reunited with their loved ones again at the resurrection. Which to me says that we will recognize one another or we wouldn't know the difference whether they were there or not. And another thought that some may disagree with is that our new spiritual bodies will probably look very similar to our physical bodies... for two reasons. If they wouldn't, then there would be no point in my opinion to "raise" up a new spiritual body from our old physical bodies. And my second reason is that Jesus' resurrected body looked like his physical body. God bless. |