Is the universe over populated? We don't know. Do we even know the limits of the universe? Nope. Are humans going to be limited to one world? Again, we don't know. There is sooooo much we do not know that I find it incomprehensible as to how humans can make statements about why God did what He did in the past or even the future. We are but one speck, teeny-tiny, in the vast universe.

So, God was going to cutout the whole relationship thing He started when Adam and Eve had populated the original Earth? No record of such a plan, did Adam and Eve know about it? No need for relationships that God created in the beginning anymore. He will just change their DNA or maybe allow evolution to advance a little faster than it has been.

What ever we suggest that God will do to get rid of this whole relationship between Man and Woman is a gigantic change for humans and our understanding of God will need to take a large shift. For me me this just taint logical nor does it sound like the God we have come to know.

Hmmmm, maybe God isn't the same yesterday, today or tomorrow.

Surprise! Surprise!

My question would rather be:

Why in the world would we want to have marriages in Heaven? There'd be no need of marriages in Heaven, would there?

First of all, I truly believe that Jesus and the Father are the Ones who will have the supreme love and the highest affection from every single being (DEFINITELY mine), so much deeper, broader, intense and passionate than that found in the tenderest husband-wife relationship! Jesus will be the ultimate Lover, Lord and the closest Companion of every single living being.

And further on: Will there be any need of one special human companion when everyone will show prefect love and affection towards one another, more glorious and affectionate than that found anywhere here on the Earth?

Finally: Jesus is the bridegroom, the church is His bride, and the redeemed from the Earth will "inherit all things" (Rev 21:7) together with the King of Kings and will reign together with God's own Son for all eternity. Absolutely ... extravagant (what generosity!!).

Interesting thoughts David.

pk

If there is no marriage, it would be defeating the God's original purpose of creating male and female. Maybe there will be just unisex human beings changed at the time of resurrection before entering the heaven. This is the question doesn't bother me because God has a plan to fit best for us, human.

Won

Could there be a difference between Heaven and the New Earth, Dr. Won?

olger,
I don't really know, but the Bible talk about "restoration" to a new heaven and earth. I assume that there won't be any change from the original form. For example, if one restores an old antique, I would think, there won't be any change from the original design. Also, if God restores the new heaven and earth to some thing different then, it might mean He did create the earth imperfect to begin with. This is just my thought, it won't make any difference to me as long as get there.

Won

Frolic? Ahem!!!

Re: Creation

When God wanted a hundred angels, He created a hundred angels. When he wanted a hundred humans, he created two.

He gave Adam and Eve the desire for sexual intimacy, plus the command to "be fruitful, and multiply." He gave human beings a capacity to recreate, in their own image -- just as God Himself had done in the beginning. In that way, we humans were created with powers not even given to the angels.

I personally can't believe that an integral part of our bodies, the desire for sexual intimacy, would be rendered useless in the hereafter. I believe that that which was created by God will still find an outlet in the New Earth. I don't know where it's written in Scripture; but I just believe God will allow us to continue finding fulfillment with that really special part of ourselves.

If what we have in heaven is not called marriage, maybe it'll be something even better....

Personally, I do not believe there will be any sexual relationships in Heaven as we know them today. Jesus clearly said that there will be no marriage in Heaven in Matt 22:29, and that we as human beings will be as angels are today. Do angels recreate themselves?

You know, I'm so convinced that it will be something so much better than this, something pure and holy and uplifted, divine, flaming love/passion. Especially towards Jesus and the Father.

The reason I think we are looking and hoping for such intimate, unique relationships in Heaven, is that we as mortal humans simply cannot grasp what divine love actually is like, how rich it is, how many aspects there are to it. how many times haven't we been told that Heaven will be numerous times better than anything we know of today?

I believe that the intimite bonds especially between the redeemed throng and God will be a lot more intense and satisfying than any sexual desire of any kind, whatsoever. Yes, God created this in the first place, and this thought ought to give us some hints about the quality of divine (compared to human) love. Adam and Eve were only a created picture of the realtionship between Father and the Son, think about it... As married couples highly value sexual intimacy, God and the Son probably highly value the cooperation in creating and together giving life to new creatures and intelligences, formed in their own image, beautiful, perfect and loving.

And just as Heaven will be even more beautiful and perfect than the Garden of Eden was to begin with, the universal, divine love will be more fulfilling and satisfying than anything we know of today. It will fulfill everyone's needs in abundance, which logically enough will result in a constantly increasing, everlasting, rapturous joy.

Yes, God initially created man and told them to multiply themselves. Angels do not multiply themselves, and still we know that they're of a higher and more uplifted order than us human beings. Humans, as Jesus says it in Matt 22:29, will be uplifted to the angelic and more too, due to the unique experiences of the human race shared in common with Gods own Son, that is God Himself.

So why are we clinging to these temporary things and conceptions?