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jueves, 14 septiembre 2006

Marriage in Heaven

"That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him with a question. "Teacher," they said, "Moses told us that if a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and have children for him. Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children, he left his wife to his brother. The same thing happened to the second and third brother, right on down to the seventh. Finally, the woman died. Now then, at the resurrection, whose wife will she be of the seven, since all of them were married to her?"

Jesus replied, "You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God. At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven. But about the resurrection of the dead—have you not read what God said to you, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is not the God of the dead but of the living."

When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at his teaching." (Matthew 22)

Yulia: "What do you think: when husband and wife die and go to heaven, will they still be husband and wife?
Me: Well, we know that they won't be married anymore, in the earthly kind of way...
Yulia: Yes, I discussed this with my husband, but it makes me very sad to think of this.
Me: I don't think that as our body dies we lose our memories too. We will certainly recognize each other and remember the life, love and hardships that we've had together on earth.
Yulia: Oh, I'm glad that you think that too!
Me: But our love for each other will be different, everything in heaven will be different. We cannot understand it right now, but everything will be different: we won't "feel" the same way, we won't "think" the same either.
Yulia: Like the angels in heavens.
Me: Yes, we won't be angels, since they are different creatures altogether, but like angels. Yes."

And we will recognize family and friends who died before us believing in the Lord. We will meet again.

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deep thoughts ...indeed.

Anotado por: negrito | martes, 19 septiembre 2006

I'm not gifted for small chit-chat... Unless I'm tired, bored, or have nothing to say! :)

Anotado por: lady iphigenia | jueves, 21 septiembre 2006