Heaven & Marriage

Will we marry in eternity

Q: If Enoch is not scripture. Someone explain where Jesus got this from. 

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 like the angels in heaven." Matthew 22:29‭-‬30 

So where in the Bible does it say that we will be not be married in heaven? 


A: A lot of people need a bit of help on this one. 
*Dealing with the issue of Enoch
*What Scripture reveals about Marriage & Eternity



Issue about Enoch

Jesus is speaking here; Jesus is God. This verse has nothing to do with the book of Enoch. The book of Enoch that Jude references is not the one people know of today. The one known today was written 2,000 years after Enoch died and is a clear fraud document. 

Enoch was a real person, hence references to his name in portions of Scripture. 

That was not a quote from the book of Enoch, the book of Enoch was not Scripture, was not "quoted by Jesus," was never implied either, and should not be taken for The Word of God in any context whatsoever.

Even so, Jesus isn't the only one to quote "sources outside of Scripture." It doesn't mean that the "source" quoted is inspired.

Did the people in the Bible quote non Scripture, did they do so to relate to the people while making a point, while sharing truth and the Gospel ? Yes

Pagan philosophers and playwrights are not Scripture either, yet Paul quoted them. 

Paul referenced a pagan altar and used it in his case for Christ on Mars Hill.

Paul did NOT sacrifice on that pagan altar. Just because you reference something DOES NOT MEAN THAT THING REFERENCED IS BEING SUPPORTED.

2 Cor. 10:5, “We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ."




Scripture on Marriage 
A lot of things in Scripture, of Scripture and things taught across Scripture are spiritually discerned. This means, those who are saved and are studying Scripture deeply and over time, will by the Holy Spirit illuninate things we never connected in Scripture before. 

The 1st thing to note is..  if Jesus said it, he is God and you can take what he says as completely true. If you dont, you call him a liar. And we know God doesnt lie, fallen humans do. 

Where does it say in the Bible that there won’t be marriage in Heaven? Jesus just said so in that verse. And that is enough.

Jesus was talking to Sadducees, who deny the Resurrection and the existence of disembodied spirits (humans existing after shedding the human body at death). He says that the reason that they are in error is that they do not know that scripture teaches these things - he then shows them, from the Torah that the patriarchs still live even though they have died - nor do they understand that God is able to raise the dead.

Then he explains why their question is not the gotcha they thought, because marriage is "till death do us part". Where does it say in Scripture that we won't marry in the resurrection? Well... right here in Matthew 22:30. Jesus reveals it in the verse.


What he was revealing in that verse, you can further investigate throughout Scripture to you find out:

*Humans in this temporary life were designed to procreate, in marriage, to bring forth lives God wants created, and whom he actually creates in the womb

*after death that marriage covenant is severed

*marriage and sex is a temporary thing in this life, for the purposes here, and is not needed in eternity. All who will be in Heaven are those born into the human world and redeemed in Christ from earth. 

*OT shows shadows and types related to Christ

*marriage is a shadow of Christ and his bride, the Church. The relationship and how we were made to be in eternal fellowship with God. 

The model relationship between a man and a woman, is a picture of Christ and the church. The church is the bride and Christ is the groom (Ephesians 5:25-32).

In Jewish OT era the groom goes to prepare a place for the couple in their new life. She waits, then he comes. He calls her out and they run to the wedding. Jesus will return soon and call the bride to himeslf (rapture). 


*former things of this life are over and everything is new when we enter eternity. (Rev. 21:4)

*in that way, entering eternity is like a reset, for how things were supposed to be; created to be in a perfect eternal fellowship with God

*we will be like angels. Flesh human bodies had sex organs, marry and procreate. Angels are in spirit bodies, and not flesh bodies. They were not designed with sex organs, and cannot procreate. 

*we will have our personalities, our being, but our new body will be designed for eternal purposes, not fleshly earthly purposes. And our lusts for sex are from fleshly old bodies way of life.  The purposes of sex will no longer be needed. We have a new eternal spiritual body designed for eternal purposes, and be free from sin and the "old things have passed away, all things are new." 

*there is a belief that we will look masculine or feminine in eternity, (as we were designed as a man or woman on earth), but i wouldnt call it gender. We have no sex organs or curvy shapes like the human flesh body. But we know the angels appeared as men, and Jesus in his resurrected body appeared as a man. 


But all these things revealed from Scripture clearly show us that marriage, sex and procreation are a part of the fleshly temporary life on earth, and are not eternal, nor part of what will go on in eternity.


Jesus was revealing to the top religious leaders that they know nothing and yet are THE teachers in Israel(?). 

"You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures."

That likely angered them. Because they thought he was a man, so how dare he try to act like he was higher or better than they were. They considered themselves the elite 🙄😒. And Jesus schooled them that they cant even comprehend the basics of Scripture. 


But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they were glad their nemasises sect were schooled about the resurrection. They gathered themselves together, asked Jesus some questions, and they also were schooled. Lol. As Scripture says, at the end of the discussion at the end of chapter:

"And no one [of these religious teachers and leaders] was able to answer Him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day on to ask Him another question."

So, if Christians read the Bible today, they can see all the points made here, throughout Scripture, from a big picture view. And it is why it is important to be reading the Bible daily, so we can learn and connect many more spiritual truths God wants us to know. But we cant know the basics of each book, let alone the basics of spiritual teaching unless we read it and study it. Then God will reveal even more deeper things.

I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready.
1 Corinthians 3:2

For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You cant handle solid food still. Heb 5:12

Jesus told Nicodemus, if you dont understand these basic things, how then can you understand heavenly things if i told you of those? John 3:12  

But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice... 
Hebrews 5:14 

Jesus clearly wants us to know deeper more spiritual things, he wants to tell us more and more, but not only do we need to read Scripture to know those things, but we have to read and study it to know the basics, before we can move on to those bigger things. 


So let me encourage you to read the Scriptures daily. We need to know it well, for many reasons. 



God bless



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