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Your spouse in Heaven

Oystein

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Many Christians (and, I presume, believers of other religions) believe or hope that they will somehow get reunited in Heaven with their family and other loved ones after they die and get the thumbs-up by their god.

I have often wondered how they will recognize each other. Will they meet the child person, adult person, or perhaps the demented old-age person?

Today, another question popped into my otherwise unoccupied mind:
When your spouse dies and you then marry someone else (and perhaps your new spouse also dies and you marry a third time...), and when you all have died and made it to Heaven, will you have two (or three or more) spouses then? Isn't that polygamy?

What does practical theology suggest here?
What do the common religious folks think?
What about girl friends or boy friends who died before they could get properly married?

A suspicion creeps upon me that says that the believers haven't thought this all quite through, or perhaps the thought of being 100% preoccupied with praising god and not having any time or concern for private time with your risen loved ones is appealing to them...
 
I always got the impression that it was more of a "unity" thing, that all the "good people" would be together in Heaven.
 
There is no sex in heaven so it really doesn't matter.
 
Oystein said:
I have often wondered how they will recognize each other. Will they meet the child person, adult person, or perhaps the demented old-age person?
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For dementia cases I've always wondered if little bits of your mind show up in heaven at a time? I almost blew a joke a few minutes ago because I took a minute to recall the word "Agastopia". Was there some pale copy of me in heaven thinking the word "Agastopia" without any other thought in it's mind?
 
Oystein said:
Many Christians (and, I presume, believers of other religions) believe or hope that they will somehow get reunited in Heaven with their family and other loved ones after they die and get the thumbs-up by their god.

I have often wondered how they will recognize each other. Will they meet the child person, adult person, or perhaps the demented old-age person?

Today, another question popped into my otherwise unoccupied mind:
When your spouse dies and you then marry someone else (and perhaps your new spouse also dies and you marry a third time...), and when you all have died and made it to Heaven, will you have two (or three or more) spouses then? Isn't that polygamy?

What does practical theology suggest here?
What do the common religious folks think?
What about girl friends or boy friends who died before they could get properly married?

A suspicion creeps upon me that says that the believers haven't thought this all quite through, or perhaps the thought of being 100% preoccupied with praising god and not having any time or concern for private time with your risen loved ones is appealing to them...
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Bad news, none of your wives will be in heaven. Good news, instead there will be 144.000 virgins there gagging for it. Bad news if you are hetrosexual. Good news if you are gay.

Revelation
14:3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
14:4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
 
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Lothian said:
Bad news, none of your wives will be in heaven. Good news, instead there will be 144.000 virgins there gagging for it. Bad news if you are hetrosexual. Good news if you are gay.

Revelation
14:3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
14:4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
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Whelp. Guess that resolves Pascals Wager.

Plus I'm pretty sure my Catholic wife is banking on an upgraded husband in Heaven. Something about having already served an eternal sentence in this life.
 
Oystein said:
Today, another question popped into my otherwise unoccupied mind:

When your spouse dies and you then marry someone else (and perhaps your new spouse also dies and you marry a third time...), and when you all have died and made it to Heaven, will you have two (or three or more) spouses then?
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Matt 22:30 has Jesus take on this.

See also Mark 12:25

qayak said:
There is no sex in heaven so it really doesn't matter.
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Basically this.
 
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d4m10n said:
Matt 22:30 has Jesus take on this.

See also Mark 12:25



Basically this.
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Yes Matthew and Mark speak with some authority about this topic. The resurrected will be just like angels we are told.

Confusing is it not? One must wonder why God did not just everyone "just like angels" from the start. Why make them as flawed lesser beings first? All too confusing for me, but I'm sure the Christian apologists will be able to give us some kind of convoluted explanation.
 
Thor 2 said:
One must wonder why God did not just everyone "just like angels" from the start. Why make them as flawed lesser beings first? All too confusing for me, but I'm sure the Christian apologists will be able to give us some kind of convoluted explanation.
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It gets even weirder when you ask whether we'll still have the cognitive freedom to disobey or even dislike our divine host.
 
Don't most Christian wedding rituals use the terms "until death do us part" in the vows? I've always taken that to be understood that marriages terminate when one party dies, whether there's an afterlife or not.
 
Anyone who could even think of marrying another person after their first spouse dies could not have been truly in love and will not deserve to go to heaven.

So anyone who makes it into Heaven will only have one spouse to spend eternity with. :)

(They will have to spend eternity in hell with their exes.)
 
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most Christians haven't thought it through - see Heaven as an upgrade to what they have now - like going from Economy to 1st Class
 
Thanks for all the replies, the funny and the serious ones. Good thinking mostly! I'll respond to a few later today
 
LarryS said:
most Christians haven't thought it through - see Heaven as an upgrade to what they have now - like going from Economy to 1st Class
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I’ve been to heaven in Etihad then?

Could be. First class may be as good as it gets anywhere.....:)
 
A major theme in lots of bluegrass and country gospel songs is being re-united with your loved ones in Heaven.
What if you hated the bunch of ‘em? Abusive parents, drunken uncles, bullying cousins.....

“Ewww.... Do I HAVE to hang out with those guys again?”
 
I and my family will be knee deep in fire and brimstone, suffering hellish retribution for all eternity so I don't think we'll much care. I fully expect to see many of you lot there and especially all those who are labouring under the cloak of religion and forgiveness.
 
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Thor 2 said:
Yes Matthew and Mark speak with some authority about this topic. The resurrected will be just like angels we are told.

Confusing is it not? One must wonder why God did not just everyone "just like angels" from the start. Why make them as flawed lesser beings first? All too confusing for me, but I'm sure the Christian apologists will be able to give us some kind of convoluted explanation.
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But according to the Bible, Lot had to offer up his daughters to prevent angels from being "raped". Thus angels have some level of sexual attractiveness, right?

Of course, the bible could be wrong, but that has never happened before, right?
 
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