And before Major quotes Matthew erroneously, Matthew 22: states:
30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
This comes from a question posed to Jesus, and Jesus answers them with this verse. This means what it says. People will not be married or be given in marriage in heaven. Just as the angels are not married or given in marriage. This has nothing to do with sex or sexual function or being asexual in body parts. The question posed to Jesus was about who was married, not who would have sexual relations.
Moose......with apologies I must say that you seem to be making this a adversarial position.
1st of all may I say that I dis not erroneously quote Matthew 22. In post #38 I posted.............
#1.
When God was asked what life would be like in heaven for those who were there, God said in Matthew 22:30......
"For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven."
Mark 12:25..........
" When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven. "
Now I agree 100% with you Moose. It means exactly what it says .
The question raised by the Sadducees was meant to demonstrate the absurdity of a resurrection of the dead (Matthew 22:15–28). However, this challenge was based on completely wrong assumptions about the Scriptures and the power of God (Matthew 22:29). It's been said that we often learn the most important truths by asking "dumb" questions. In this case, at least, an off-target question opens the door for correction and learning by the Lord Jesus.
In short, Jesus says, there isn't any contradiction or complication, at all.
Resurrected human beings will be like angels in one respect: Men will not marry, and women will not be given in marriage. Marriage, the pairing of couples for life, will cease to exist there.
As is documented in many parts of the Bible, angels are eternal beings, and angels do not reproduce, making marriage unnecessary. Humans will apparently exist in that non-married, non-reproducing status, as well. Jesus' answer also corrects the Sadducees' wrong idea that angels do not exist.
This gives a firm, if unexpected answer to the Sadducees: the wife married to seven consecutive brothers on earth will not be wife to any of them in heaven. He will not stop there, however. Christ will continue to show how the Sadducees' own preferred Scriptures make a clear case for life after death (Matthew 22:31–32).
It's important to note what Jesus
does not say here, as it's often taken out of context and misquoted. Jesus does not say humans will become angels after death. Angels and humans are entirely different kinds of beings
. Jesus only says people will be "like" angels, and only in this one way: not being married and having sex. Otherwise, people and angels will remain unique and distinct creations of God.
Again, take note of what Jesus said........when Jesus said “in the resurrection ... [they] are like angels of God,” He clearly meant (IMHO) like angels in that they will “neither marry nor are given in marriage” (v.
30). He did not say they would be like angels in that they would have no physical bodies.
Rather, they would be like angels in that they would be without sexual propagation =ASEXUAL.
The fact that there is no marriage in heaven tells us that there is no sex in heaven.
From the fact that there is no marriage in heaven we surmise at least two other things:
1) There will be no procreation in heaven. The number of the redeemed is set, no death, there will be no births. No need to propagate.
2) No marriage, no sexual intercourse in heaven. The appetites and desires of this world will give way to the BRIDEGROOM!
These are my understandings based on years of study and from many others whom I agree with. However, YOU are free to believe as you wish!
Now to The following question you posed naturally ensues:
do angels need to eat food like humans?
It has been my understanding that it is Not likely, but again, the Bible doesn’t explicitly answer that.
It has to be understood However, that since angels are spirits, and do not inherently possess physical bodies, it can be deduced by common sense that they do not require physical food for sustinence.
So Why, then, did they eat with Lot? AS I stated and stand with, it was because it was COMMON CULTURE and courteous of that day.
Actually it comes done to ----It’s ultimately a matter of speculation.
That's part of what makes what they did so evil. They went against how they were made and broke the rules of nature. They found a way around it sort of like how people born one gender can get their gender changed to what they want to be. Or how people can go against nature and be attracted to the same gender. If we humans with limited knowledge can find ways to go against how we were made, and can find ways like IVF to reproduce, how much more can fallen angels who are smarter and older than humans find ways to go against the way they were made to mate with humans. I also believe that's where the spirit of gender confusion and same sex attraction comes from. That same rebellious spirit that was behind what the fallen angels did to go against how they were made. They were not made to reproduce, and were made without sexual desires, but they went against their nature to be something else. They were angels but wanted to identify as humans and have sex like humans. It's that same spirit behind it all. Humans are doing the same thing with the gender confusion and trans stuff.
