Wednesday, May 04, 2005

Will we be married in Heaven or the New Earth?


"Gen 1 : 22 Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib and brought her to Adam. 23 "At last!" Adam exclaimed. "She is part of my own flesh and bone! She will be called 'woman,' because she was taken out of a man." 24 This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.25 Now, although Adam and his wife were both naked, neither of them felt any shame. "
The end will be like the begining.I look at this and see that God said for this reason - to get married- they shall leave home to be united.This was before the fall of man.Before Adam sinned God said that he made woman so she can be one with her husband.So after this life,will we be married on the New Earth?Or will we have close relationships with everyone there that as a community we will be one like Adam and Eve became one?
Another question,will we have babies in heaven or on the New Earth?When mankind sinned,God said to Eve Gen3 : 16 He told the Woman: "I'll multiply your pains in childbirth; you'll give birth to your babies in pain. You'll want to please your husband, but he'll lord it over you." God said her child bearing will be painful - intense pain.He didn't say that she'll start giving birth or start having babies.
I dont get the second part of that verse about her desire will be for her husband.I guess its probably like...when girls grow up they play "mommy and daddy" and all sorts of games that prepare her for marriage or her husband.From childhood her nature is to this - to be a mommy(playing with her barbie), a care giver(when playing mommy and daddy games),to enjoy cooking(helping her mother bake cookies)....and the list goes on.Was that the result of sin that her desire will be for her husband or was it that her husband will be her master?
I have another question "Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain" will (if there is marriage) will there be that kind of "knowing" your man or woman or will it be like a deep friendship that we will know each other so much.This was only mentioned after the fall.

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