"Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed. And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise. And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also. In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife. And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God? For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven."
In this quote, the Jewish hierarchy continue trying to trap Jesus with questions concerning the Law of Moses. After being asked what would happen in heaven if a person had multiple marriages here on earth, Jesus makes it very clear that earthly marriages will not be acknowledged in heaven. Jesus said, "For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven."
This means that the sexes will no longer be separately recognized after the return of Christ, we will all be considered one gender. Therefore, the idea of marriage will be nullified since there will be no procreation in heaven.
The author of the book of Galatians confirms that after we are saved by faith in Jesus Christ, we become the individual unit that makes up the kingdom of God. Therefore we are no longer bound by the rules of the law, the traditions of mankind, or the physical characteristics that separate us as we occupy our earthly bodies. Galatians 3:28 says, "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus."
When we get to heaven, we will no longer occupy these same sinful bodies, we will be in glorified bodies, or in the spirit "as the angels", and no longer will there be a need for the separation of the sexes and therefore, no "marriage" in heaven.~
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