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Will there be Male and Female in Heaven?
Christian Apologetics ^ | 3/4/15 | Matt Slick

Posted on 10/25/2018 9:45:33 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege

It was Jesus who appeared to Thomas. Jesus is a man, and Thomas recognized him. Therefore Jesus retained his gender after his resurrection. Furthermore, Jesus retained his crucifixion wounds further demonstrating he retained his physical characteristics.

So, we conclude that we will retain our gender when we are resurrected in our new glorified bodies and go to heaven. But, as I said at the beginning of this article, we will not be married nor will he have any need of procreation.

But, some might ask how this is possible since the Bible says...

"There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus," (Galatians 3:28).

This verse is not saying there will not be male and female genders in heaven. It is saying that "in Christ" there is neither male nor female. "In Christ" designates representation and salvation. Gal. 3:28 is saying that when it comes to salvation, gender does not matter...

(Excerpt) Read more at carm.org ...


TOPICS: Theology
KEYWORDS: afterlife; gender; heaven
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

mankind will only spend 7 years in heaven get married then return to the earth for eternity there will be man and woman with glorified bodies just like adam had before he sinned you will be able to eat just no animals because there will be no death and you will be giggly all the time because you will have a perfect body that can not sin will not get hungry or tired it will be better than anything you could compare it to now with your deteriorating body otherwise what would draw you to the creator Hashem


41 posted on 10/25/2018 11:31:35 AM PDT by merkava
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To: GOP_Party_Animal

The only scars in Heaven will be on the Perfect Son oh God. Those scars healed and perfected all those who will join Him in Heaven. Boggles the mind. The only Perfect One will be eternally scarred so that we could be redeemed. We will never truly know all He did and suffered for us


42 posted on 10/25/2018 11:36:24 AM PDT by Mom MD ( .)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Jesus appeared, looking like Himself including wounds, passing through a locked door to do so; He appeared on the road to Emmaus, looking differently, until He chose to be recognized. I believe He can do much in His glorified body that mortal flesh cannot. Perhaps this is due to His Deity and therefore unique to Him.

I personally hope that we, the Resurrected Church, will be able to do some of this!


43 posted on 10/25/2018 11:50:56 AM PDT by ExGeeEye (For dark is the suede that mows like a harvest.)
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To: plain talk

:)
There’s room for interpretation. Nobody holds 100% truth on any subject.


44 posted on 10/25/2018 12:06:49 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Like Enoch, Noah, & Lot, the True Church will soon be removed & then destruction comes forth.)
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To: dartuser

Genesis 6 talks about de-robed fallen angels taking human wives and creating a race of hybrids.

They reproduced - and you need reproductive organs and physical bodes to do that.

Also Jesus is talking about himself in Luke 24:39, not angels.


45 posted on 10/25/2018 12:15:57 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Like Enoch, Noah, & Lot, the True Church will soon be removed & then destruction comes forth.)
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To: Larry Lucido

There will have to be. Lots of wine, good scotch and Pappy Van Winkles for everyone.


46 posted on 10/25/2018 12:16:46 PM PDT by nobamanomore
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To: 353FMG
Will there be different races in heaven?

Ask Megan Kelly - she knows all that stuff.

47 posted on 10/25/2018 12:31:04 PM PDT by Inspectorette
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To: 353FMG
Will there be different races in heaven?

I would assume so. After all, you can't expect everybody to run the 50-yard dash. Some people are better at longer distances...

48 posted on 10/25/2018 12:32:49 PM PDT by BlueLancer (Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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To: BlueLancer

I want my skin color in heaven to be light purple with 1 inch yellow circles spaced 4 inches apart.


49 posted on 10/25/2018 12:33:58 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: central_va
I want my skin color in heaven to be light purple with 1 inch yellow circles spaced 4 inches apart.

I'm looking for a more classic look myself ...


50 posted on 10/25/2018 12:44:45 PM PDT by BlueLancer (Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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To: central_va
I want my skin color in heaven to be light purple with 1 inch yellow circles spaced 4 inches apart.

Ha! So you're a light purple heathen, eh? Everyone who knows ANYTHING knows that it's dark purple ...

51 posted on 10/25/2018 12:46:14 PM PDT by BlueLancer (Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Gender is such an intrinsically woven part of our beings I have a hard time believing it does not exist there.


52 posted on 10/25/2018 12:51:01 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: BlueLancer
Green is good for the gals


53 posted on 10/25/2018 12:52:44 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Of course.


54 posted on 10/25/2018 1:30:23 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal
They reproduced - and you need reproductive organs and physical bodes to do that.

We can do that in a test tube today ... I never said they didnt have bodies ... they dont have bodies like ours. If they had bodies like ours we would be able to see them. You presume they must have bodies like ours to impregnate women. The text does not say enough to ascertain that ... but there are many texts that confirm angelic beings are spirits.

You missed Jesus point ...

Spirits dont have physical bodies of flesh and bones ... they have something else ... and the text of scripture doesnt say what that is ... YOU are assuming that they do have flesh and bone bodies like us ... they dont ... they have something else.

55 posted on 10/25/2018 1:52:07 PM PDT by dartuser
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

“Will there be Male and Female in Heaven?”

Does it matter? It’ll be HEAVEN.


56 posted on 10/25/2018 2:19:54 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("Do not discount anything in which Donald Trump is involved." - Rush Limbaugh)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

It is not gender; it is sex.

Stop letting communists dictate the terminology and control the dialogue!


57 posted on 10/25/2018 2:54:29 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

“Holiness” is the important ingredient in order to even get to heaven. Do we use the free grace given to us in the Sacraments to attain that Holiness?


58 posted on 10/25/2018 4:01:19 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Quality_Not_Quantity
I believe Jesus when he says "I am the Way, the Truth and the Light. No one comes to the Father except through me." That's how to 'make the cut.'

Exactly. He always says it better than I do. :)

59 posted on 10/25/2018 4:05:38 PM PDT by marron
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To: dartuser

I never presumed anything and you are mischaracterizing my post - a typical deceptive tactic used when somebody disagrees with somebody online.

Believe what you will, I know what I believe.


60 posted on 10/26/2018 6:49:53 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Like Enoch, Noah, & Lot, the True Church will soon be removed & then destruction comes forth.)
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