But depicting them as innocent babes is also right and good. The first two articles in this series (linked also at the top of this one), look more into the relevant statements in the Bible—especially the first one. Meanwhile, our thoughts and prayers are with you. To broaden what it says in the last section of the above article, people whose spirits are connected to one another are not separated by death. Swedenborg, by contrast, while also stressing the importance of experience and learning, says that our ultimate purpose is to grow into a being who loves God and loves our fellow human beings, in accordance with the two Great Commandments given by Jesus Christ. I truly believe God is married as well as Jesus and Angels. People who gain their information from spiritual and psychic sources without proper grounding generally will have whatever notions they already had confirmed, whether or not those notions are actually true. In the spiritual world we can see both our own character and others’ character much more clearly than we can here on earth, where social facades often get in the way of real interpersonal understanding. That’s why we have the Bible to test human theologians against. What is the Biblical Basis for Humans becoming Angels after they Die? This article, as it says at the top, is simply meant to deliver the good news to people who are troubled by that traditional “till death do us part” that for those who have become one in marriage, that relationship is an eternal blessing from God. Going to church and praying to my cross have made me much better. Tina Annette Looney Harness. 5. So are they all going to live in a polygamous relationship? Let us be careful reading the books of these people “conversing” with Jesus or angels. !0’s of thousands all trying to figure out what that Book is really saying. Yes, we continue to know each other, but now we know each other most completely in our mutual vision of God. Swedenborg, by contrast, accepts the general Christian view that we will each have only one lifetime, and that our action here will determine whether we spend eternity in heaven or hell. It relies on human intellect, the human person created in the image and likeness of God, an intelligent soul united with a sensory body. Jack Wellman June 2, 2014 at 6:23 pm. Moses also became a being of light when he received the truth from God on Mt. Why do you believe in an afterlife, perhaps this is all there is? On the other hand, authors who toe the church “party line” on no marriage in heaven also provide no forum for comments. But anyone reading it without those doctrinal preconceptions can see easily enough what it is saying. Greetings, when you said that if you sleep around and have sex with many people you will continue to be like that in Heaven. The question of eternity also becomes much more poignant. Their appearance as infants or children from a distance was due to their great innocence, meaning both an unwillingness to do any harm and a complete trust in God to lead them and care for them. I lost my beloved wife on 11th May 2018. I’m not strong in religious neither she is, Am stepping in church now onwards just see my Wife again, so does this mean her passing away is it one way of bring me closer to God or what, because ealier in your blog you mentioned this**”May I suggest that perhaps under God’s Providence, your wife was allowed to pass on before you because her faith was strong in itself, and she was ready for eternity, whereas yours depended upon her, and was not strong within your own self? I know that you long for a good and loving relationship with a man who will become your husband. 100 Bible Verses about Reunited With Loved Ones In Heaven 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 ESV / 182 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. Thanks for the reference. Lee, I lost my husband two,years ago, from the day I said I do, I was his alone and he mine, I cry because it was sudden, the Bible says we will not be married in heaven only to god, I have no problem loving jesus and god, but I want to love my husband and be with him, I cry so often about this because I want to go home to god and my husband, life is far to hard for me here, everyday I ask gid to show mercy and take me home, can’t wait to see my husband,,,thank you sandy. But have you actually done anything so wrong that you think you would deserved to be punished so harshly? It really maked me happy and filled me with hope. And like my friend that I mentioned earlier, I believe she would not want you to be miserable. I like the term “soulmates.” Yes, it’s a fairly recent term, and some people think of it as freaky and fruity. Rather, it is a continuation of our life here on earth. Another way of saying this is that our life in the spiritual world is not a radical break from our life here on earth. As you say, we are all in God’s hands. For a related article, see: %%EOF He was my everything and your right i feel as if iv’e lost a part of me. In the Bible, the word translated “angel,” which simply means “messenger,” is also used to refer to human messengers. I now understand that this is not the answer ( although I value and live my new friends ) . You are, of course, free to accept what Augustine and Aquinas taught about angels. (It’s hard to do substantial replies on my phone.) For more on this, see my article, “Faith Alone Is Not Faith.” My sense is that even if your Anne may not have spoken of having great faith, she actually had great faith within her in the sense of a great faithfulness to Jesus’ commandment to love one another as he has loved us (John 15:12). It’s common for people of good heart who have been married more than once to love each one they’re married to. I would also have to delete angel’s reply if I delete yours. The women who died before getting married … Sometimes they do have a valid objection. He had been ill for a couple of years, but still his passing has it me very hard. Of course, that’s a small comfort when one’s beloved is no longer present, and there is a hole in one’s heart where she (or he) should be. Abhedananda believes it is impossible for anything that has a beginning to continue forever. The most reasonable conclusion based on the Bible’s description of them is that angels are human beings who have gone on to live in heaven. Why do we have to endure thus awful situation after being so very happy with each other ? And God does look upon you with compassion, and suffer with you during this very difficult time of your life. However, I think that as you consider these things in your heart, you’ll come to your own understanding of what’s right and what’s wrong. I’m glad you found our website and this article, and that it has given you some comfort and hope. Thankfully, Rev. I know it is precious! praise him in the heights. Lee thank you so so much for taking the time to reply to me I truly feel much better now and more content. And there is great joy in that! Swedenborg simply brings that reality to its logical conclusion: if God created us male and female, so that our maleness and femaleness is an essential part of who we are, then we will continue to be male and female after death. We continue to be exactly the same person we were before, with the same loves, feelings, thoughts, and beliefs. The tears never stop…. If you are his mate spiritually, then in the spiritual world he will have no interest in anyone else. Thanks for the detailed comparison between Swedenborg & Swami Abhedananda’s b. i often hear people talk about how when you die you'll be reunited with your loved ones in heaven. And they will provide the character and direction of our life in the spiritual world as well. So yes, married couples do continue to have sex in heaven just as they do here, only it is even (or much) better, because they are now in the spiritual world, where no earthly concerns and barriers get in the way, and the whole relationship is much clearer and closer than it can be here on earth. They have nothing to do with what the Bible teaches about angels. I want to focus on the here and the now, my new career, my marriage etc. I thank you for your promptness, diligence, and compassion. during a live service on May 11, 2014. But his committing suicide changed everything. Answering people’s questions about God, spirit, and the meaning of our life here on earth is my pleasure and my joy. For me that’s the point – my soul connection to my wife in Heaven and God , the feeling inside . Thanks Lee for your comfort and truth. . And I agree that your wife is a very smart—and wise—woman. So sorry to hear about your husband’s untimely death. God is Love . God’s speed, Lee! The Church can’t force us to do or think anything, and trust this I’ve had my battles, but when it comes to yearnings of the heart, there is no thing THEY can do to stop that dream if it’s what you truly believe. In these matters it’s best to follow your heart. If there is anything specific you are wondering about that I haven’t covered here, or that you want to hear more about, please feel free to ask. PS – I tell you my name now so you’ll know me in heaven! And he was not giving some sort of apostolic authority over others to bind and loose heaven to them, as the Catholic Church very wrongly and blasphemously believes. I just hope he knows that I did love him but I was very angry with him at his time of death. But if you meet someone whom you feel close to and want to be with, I don’t believe it’s wrong to get together with and marry that person. Dear Mr. Woofenden, Thanks for your reply. Nothing about us changes except that instead of having a physical body equipped for life in this material world, we have a spiritual body equipped for life in the spiritual world. Feel free to continue the conversation if you have further questions. I am so afraid that God will separate me from him when he dies.. What can you say about this? Please help me understand! Abhedananda also emphasizes that our life does not end with death, but continues on, since our spirit cannot die. Yes, it is dangerous and wrong to deliberately change scripture. When we die and go to the spiritual world, we are the same person we were here on earth. So even if I’m Catholic, if my desire is to be with my husband when I die then I can only pray to God that this will be a dream come true for me, and if no such thing exists then so be it. So once again, I would encourage you to read the Bible for yourself. That’s where that “perhaps” came from. When we first die, after the initial experience of leaving our physical body and being welcomed into the spiritual world, we settle into a life very much like the one we had lived previously on earth. He remarried, and life became good for him again. This is the third of a three-article series on marriage in heaven. The angels were illuminated by the true light that created them, the light that St. John speaks of in the beginning of his Gospel: “In the beginning was the Word,” the light that then created everything else, the same light that became man to redeem humanity. Sometimes when we are deep in thought, especially if our thoughts are about spiritual things, and the physical world around us vanishes from our awareness, we do become visible in the spiritual world. Thanks for stopping by, and for your comment and question—which is a good one. In two weeks in Dunedin Fl I lost her,,Our Condo Modest to say the least and my Job selling wine in 42 Fresh Market Stores in the State of Fl. Yes, it does seem that people and organizations that take hard-line positions are less likely to allow conversation and debate. Graham answered some of our most common questions about heaven … he was worried I’d hate him, I said what’s wrong? I hope you are well. Life is messy. What if My Partner and I Have Different Religious Beliefs? So many questions, so little time! I pray I am with him in heaven. Hello Lee If You Think You're Going to Hell, Please Read This First. It was only fifteen years after his death that some Swedenborg readers in London, England, decided to start a church. About the question you submitted, I am sorry to hear about your husband’s death. We’re glad to be of help. ( Log Out /  Glad to hear you’re finally finding spiritual love and a real husband. Married couples may still work together or be close in their relationship, but marriage as we know it, will not happen to the children of God after Jesus rules the earth and we are changed. Good to hear from you again. I hope this helps. The traditional Christian stance that there is no marriage in heaven is not only mistaken and unbiblical, but also cruel to couples who have experienced the beauty and joy of oneness in true marriage love, not to mention people who long for it. Perhaps this time without her, as painful and grief-filled as it is, is God giving you an opportunity to develop your own direct faith in and knowledge of God and spirit, so that when it comes your time to die, you and your beloved Anne will be truly a match for each other spiritually—which is the only kind of match and oneness that matters in the spiritual world. Therefore he can describe angels telling newcomers that sexual relations in heaven are just like those on earth, only happier and more blessed because they are taking place in the spiritual world, with spiritual bodies, rather than in the physical world with physical bodies. That’s not going to change just because he is now in the spiritual world. So you have nothing to fear. We are His bride. Abhedananda emphasizes over and over again that thought and consciousness is non-material, that materialists are wrong to think that consciousness is a function of the brain, or occurs in the brain. The saying in Ecclesiastes 9:5 that “the dead know nothing” is based on the common belief among the ancient Israelites that there is no afterlife, but that God rewards the good in this life, and punishes the evil in this life. It is every bit as solid, warm, alive, and huggable as our physical body. God loves us, and He will not withhold that joy from us! 1.Yes, a woman will be with her husband in Paradise, and even with her children, sons and daughters, if they are Muslim. Nor are angels rewarded for their good deeds on earth. I didn’t have enough time with my husband since we had only been married since 2017. Though people who commit suicide may have some hard experiences on the other side because of the state of mind they were in that led them to kill themselves, they can go to heaven just like anyone else if they are good people at heart. Swedenborg agrees with Abhedananda’s rejection of creation out of nothing. Annette and I pray that God and the angels will continue to help and comfort your heart, and that you will be able to find some peace and meaning as you move forward without the physical presence of your beloved wife. We humans call God by many different names, and see God in many different ways, but it is all the same God. Being with God and each other for eternity will give us all the love we need. If he had love and affection for you here on earth, he will still have that same feeling toward you in the spiritual world. Contrary to popular belief, Jesus did not say that there would be no marriage in heaven. Once again, God is not cruel. However, the Bible never says that only God and angels exist in heaven. , Thank you for all your efforts, Lee. Many have taken this verse to mean that there won’t be any marriage in heaven. The same principle applies to marriage. If there IS marriage in Heaven as you say, I don’t think it’s fair at all that some people will be married and other people will not be married. I know that the Bible talks about the fact that there will be no marriage in heaven because we will be married to the Lamb of God. Here’s a question that has not been asked… The only thing that's kept me going since my husband died is the thought that someday we'll be reunited in heaven. Thank you for your quick and lengthy reply – I am grateful you have taken the time and thought in your reply and I really appreciate that . The Angelic Doctor makes the distinction between corporeal (material) and incorporeal (spiritual) creatures in the hierarchy of creation. I met my soulmate Anne and she showed me true God given love for 37 years on this Earth . What really scares me now after all my reading is the idea that we might have to live in the afterlife with other partners because one or some of the billions of other people there might match us for 0.01% better. But he does say that we continue to learn and grow spiritually to eternity if we have chosen heaven over hell. Meanwhile, once again, our thoughts and prayers are with you. This untruth told by so many Christian preachers has caused untold misery to millions of married couples whom God has put together, but whom these so-called Christians seek to put asunder, thus violating Jesus’ own direct commandment. Only it will be better, because now you will not have the cares and distractions of this world getting in the way. Also, I was built for companionship and the thought of being without a companion for the rest of my days is depressing. (Mark 10:6–9). And in case that’s not clear and explicit enough for you, yes, men do still have male genitals and all the rest of the physical parts and organs of a human male, and women do still have female genitals and all the rest of the physical parts and organs of a human female. in me I hope to be with him all my life, I always try to find an article about the after life and I get Swedenborg, this is giving me hope that I will be reunited with my wife. Abhedananda rejects the “one-birth theory” on that basis, saying that nothing can be created from nothing. Will I See Them Again?” I hope it will be helpful to you as you grieve your father’s passing. Marriage is not just a match. Furthermore, the type of sexual or marriage love that we choose and grow into here on earth also continues in the afterlife. Will My Body be the Right Weight and Appearance in the Afterlife? what happens when you and your second spouse die if both of you go to heaven? I visit the site often since discovering it and have read numerous of your insightful articles. your answers are so comforting,,,keep up the great answers❤️. We won’t crave the companionship like we do here on earth because we will have PERFECT UNION with Christ and our fellow brothers and sisters. This gave him a solid knowledge of what that world is like, and how things work there. Explore our collection of motivational and famous quotes by authors you know and love. 6. That is one of the most painful things any human can experience. Change ), (Click the cover image or title link to review or purchase on Amazon). The second article, “Marriage in the Resurrection: The Deeper Meaning,” goes into much greater depth on Jesus’ teaching about marriage in the afterlife. Thank you. So although it can be comfortable to allow some group of human beings who are in authority to make our decisions for us about what to believe and what not to believe, that is ultimately a futile gesture because those human beings could also be wrong. I always assumed that if he died from his addiction I would feel like a burden had been lifted off of my shoulders and I will admit life is easier now but I think about him everyday. before passing away like eating food & drinking water etc? And though you may or may not want to hear it, I would suggest that even though this young man said God told him you and he were meant to be together, that you not cut yourself off from all possibility of a relationship with someone here on earth. Because God became man and experienced our human, sense-bound existence, there is a secret that is “Forever ours, not theirs.” This private intimacy is something so wonderful, so absolutely unexpected that, as 1 Peter 1:12 tells us, angels long to understand it. And That Makes All the Difference in the World. It comes out in so much you have written in your responses to hurting people and all the various subjects you write about. Abhedananda believes that every soul will eventually, through a series of experiences and learning spread over many lifetimes, transcend both hell and heaven, and achieve a type of divine consciousness that is omniscient and omnipotent. Thank you. This article is a response to various comments and questions by readers here on the blog, and to a spiritual conundrum submitted by a reader. So although many people in heaven do raise children who have died and gone to heaven, no new children are born in the spiritual world. Kunal. For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage. Does that means that he will be punished? There is simply no basis in the Bible for that idea. while caring for my husband, as he took his last breath, he put his arm around me and said, You Are My Guardian Angel could that be possible? We do still continue to grow spiritually, but we grow in the direction that we set here on earth. –Mike. david, i feel your pain, i lost my husband of 58 years and feel as though i am losing my mind. What is the History and Importance of Bethel in the Bible? And for those who do this spiritual work of becoming a good, loving, and faithful person, there is not punishment waiting in the afterlife, but blessedness. Marriage in Heaven? I’m very sorry to hear about your husband’s death. My life now is an effort and every day I pray to God to ease my pain and give me solace – but it doesn’t seem to be happening ! You’re the only one who can make these very tough decisions for yourself. Or if she does, it will be temporary, and will last only during her first stage after death, as described in the article about what happens to us when we die. I have taken to trusting God and also I guess Swenenborg as I love the whole concepts stated and do believe in soulmates and special love ones whom we want to reunite and spend eternity with . We cannot always know what God has in mind for us when things like this happen. This can happen in any religion. Plus of course the odd10 signs and smells she has sent me to say she’s ok ! I’ve enjoyed our conversations as well. Once we reach the second stage after death, in which our true self and character is fully expressed in everything we say and do, it is not possible for us to be with a partner that we aren’t one with in spirit. Yes, scripture is scripture. If Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are not dead, but alive, this means that they cannot still be dead in the grave, but must have already been resurrected to life in the spiritual world. He was probably too young to have taken full adult responsibility for his own life and choices. Blind faith is not faith. Maybe we will get glorified bodies that no longer crave sex. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate. While the juridical aspects of marriage may end at death, the union of hearts and lives will not. My heart goes out to you as you face living in the aftermath of his death. 0 For her, though, the pain and suffering is over. Should we seek companionship with another to get thru the lonely years ? The Bible also attributes to human beings everything that is attributed to angels, including being shining beings of light. Jesus was asked this question. That is a heavy burden. One possibility is that the fear itself of him drifting away is blocking any sense of his presence. You will have missed your chance to have a good and loving marriage with him, because the Catholic Church teaches that there is no marriage in heaven. Bible verses about Reunited In Heaven. When Moses came down from Mt. . Why God allowed it to happen, I cannot say. Now, because this attraction hides deep within each particle of a male and each particle of a female, and because the ability and the drive to join together into one is in each particle, a mutual and reciprocal love for the other sex remains with people after death. However, the good news is that despite what the various Christian churches have been saying for centuries, the Bible does not say that we will not be married in heaven. If a married couple are separated for over 5 yearsis the marriage still valid?