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NASB | Matthew 22:30 "For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 22:30 "For in the resurrection neither do men marry nor are women given in marriage, but they are like angels in heaven [who do not marry nor produce children]. |
Subject: Heaven |
Bible Note: Dear Hugger: . . . In general, I tend to agree with you when you write: . . . "I think (and this is not from scripture but by the witness of the Spirit that lives in me)that we will not need the physical expression of sexual relations in heaven because we will be in love with the Lord and we will be the bride of Christ. The pure joy and ecstacy of being in heaven with the Lord is much more satisfying that anything we can experience with our bodies in sexual relations." . . . To add to my earlier answer, our bodies in heaven will be *capable* of eating and drinking, but I don't see where we will *need* to eat and drink. The same could be true of sexual capability vs. sexual need in heaven. Maybe we will be *capable* of sexual activity, but will not *need* it because of "the pure joy and ecstasy of being in heaven with the Lord." . . . To all our master debaters let me say: Save your angry postings to me, folks. I started out by saying that what I originally wrote re this question is neither doctrine nor dogma, but is merely my observation on the subject. I do not claim to have the one right answer to the question. As Americans we have the right to debate this topic endlessly, but, frankly, I don't know why anyone would want to. . . .Your brother in Christ, JVH0212 |