No Marriage in Heaven?

Towards the end of the Gospel of Matthew a group of people who didn’t believe in the after-life (Sadducees) came up with a really tough question that they thought Jesus couldn’t answer. They built a story where a woman had been married and widowed by seven brothers. They asked whose wife would she be in Heaven?

Jesus looked at them and told them their mistake was in not knowing that there is no marriage in Heaven (Like… is that the best you’ve got?). They were stunned into silence. One interesting thing about that is that Jesus wasn’t quoting some scripture out of the Bible… this was brand new information to them.

Here’s what I’ve been wondering… why? Why isn’t there marriage in Heaven? I mean, even Stevie Wonder can see that marriage is one of God’s greatest gifts to human kind. Why not have that gift in Heaven?

Think about this, a young man and a young woman commit themselves to each other, the road may be a little rough, they may have different ideas about things but with time the road gets smoother and they find a way to come into agreement and learn to live in happiness.

We all have seen marriages that have lasted sixty years or more and then one spouse’s passes and the other one doesn’t last very long either. Life just isn’t worth living anymore.

So why is there no marriage in Heaven? It might be because marriage on earth foreshadows the relationship in Heaven that all the saved will share with all of each other and with God.

Imagine the love you see between two people who have been married 60 years or so being the same kind of love and emotional intimacy existing between all of God’s people in Heaven for eternity.

There won't be marriage in Heaven between a man and a wife because we will all figuratively be married to each other.

A lot of folks look back on the road they have traveled and see a lot of mistakes and a lot of broken and failed relationships. But they also may see an elderly Christian couple who have overcome those things and take heart and see a little hope and build a little faith that things can be different.

We all make mistakes but we don’t have to keep making those same old mistakes over and over again. A great blessing awaits the people of faith. Set a new course in your life to realize that blessing and live in eternal happiness forever with all of God’s people.