Will marriage relationships persist after the resurrection?

[TonyChanYT]

I don't think so.

Firstly, English Standard Version, Luke 20:

35 but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and to the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage

The Greek words for "marry" and "given in marriage" are in the present tense, not the future tense. The present tense shows a state of persistence.' People will not be in a persistent state of marriage after death (1 Corinthians 7:39).

Secondly, the Sadducees raised a practical question in Matthew 22:

28 Now then, at the resurrection, whose wife will she be of the seven, since all of them were married to her?”

If you think the marriage relationship extends to after the resurrection, how would you answer this question?

Finally, after the resurrection, we are married to Christ, not our earth spouse who was only a shadow of the true type of marriage in heaven.

These are three reasons for not extending the earthly marriage relationships to heaven.

 

[Bob Estey]

I don't think so.

Firstly, English Standard Version, Luke 20:


The Greek words for "marry" and "given in marriage" are in the present tense, not the future tense. The present tense shows a state of persistence.' People will not be in a persistent state of marriage after death (1 Corinthians 7:39).

Secondly, the Sadducees raised a practical question in Matthew 22:


If you think the marriage relationship extends to after the resurrection, how would you answer this question?

Finally, after the resurrection, we are married to Christ, not our earth spouse who was only a shadow of the true type of marriage in heaven.

These are three reasons for not extending the earthly marriage relationships to heaven.

The Bible teaches us there are no husbands and wives in heaven, if memory serves.