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To: tantiboh
Ideally, a husband and wife are coequal companions. This ideal persists in the eternities

Not according to Jesus Christ.

Mat 22:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.

Mat 22:30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.

Mark 12;26, For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.

It is clear that Jesus taught that the status of resurrected saints in marital and sexual matters is exactly the same as that of the angels. IOW they are not married when resurrected and do not marry in Heaven.

In those verses of scripture Jesus reminds the Sadducees that life in Heaven after the resurrection is quite different from this life. It does not merely continue this world and its arrangements, but it is life of a completely different order.

I personally believe that Jesus was indicating that although resurrected husbands and wives in Heaven will know and love one another in Christian love and fellowship, they will not be married as they were on earth in mortal bodies, will not have marital relations, or give birth to children. In that regard they are "as the angels of God in heaven". I can't prove that by scripture, but I believe it is clearly implied in the above quotations of Jesus' own words to the Sadducees.

133 posted on 10/11/2007 10:34:30 PM PDT by epow (Lost dog. 1 leg, 1 eye, and 1 ear missing. recently neutered. Answers to name "Lucky")
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To: epow

We ascribe to a different interpretation. In verse 30, Christ stated that marriage does not occur in Heaven; He did not say that marriage upon the earth does not persist in Heaven.

We believe that a man and woman married on earth can have an everlasting relationship that will persist beyond the grave. We believe that the family unit is a fundamental building block in the eternities; and that a family may be joined for all time. Death does not end our familial relationships.

The following verses from LDS scripture explain the concept. This is, we believe, modern revelation given by Christ (http://scriptures.lds.org/en/dc/132):

15 Therefore, if a man marry him a wife in the world, and he marry her not by me nor by my word, and he covenant with her so long as he is in the world and she with him, their covenant and marriage are not of force when they are dead, and when they are out of the world; therefore, they are not bound by any law when they are out of the world.
16 Therefore, when they are out of the world they neither marry nor are given in marriage; but are appointed angels in heaven, which angels are ministering servants, to minister for those who are worthy of a far more, and an exceeding, and an eternal weight of glory.

19 And again, verily I say unto you, if a man marry a wife by my word, which is my law, and by the new and everlasting covenant, and it is sealed unto them by the Holy Spirit of promise, by him who is anointed, unto whom I have appointed this power and the keys of this priesthood...[it]...shall be of full force when they are out of the world...

So, it is a difference that exists between LDS doctrine and that of mainstream Christianity; it is, though, a rather comforting teaching. The idea of eternal companionship certainly goes far in building the strength of a marriage.


136 posted on 10/11/2007 11:30:48 PM PDT by tantiboh
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