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Love of JESUS, Hope of Heaven, and Faith in the Word of God.

INSIDE THE GATES OF HEAVEN

CHAPTER 7

 COMPANIONSHIP IN HEAVEN

Adam and Jesus are not the only ones who will have eternal companions in Heaven, because fellowship and companionship is the purpose of this creation.  You see, when God made Eve for Adam, it was not as though He made another apple.  It was as though He cut one apple in half (sex means to divide).  Adam was divided into two beings -- one masculine, and one feminine.  This division was not just in the physical realm; it was also in the spiritual, mental and emotional realms.  That's why a strictly physical relationship on earth does not fully satisfy the desire of men and women for companionship.  There must be a relationship not affected by time or space or death -- a relationship that unites two souls, two minds and two hearts.

Consider some words of Jesus about marriage (Luke 20:34-38).

"The children (men and women) of this world marry..."

The Greek word He used for 'marry' means, 'unite for the purpose of physical reproduction.'  This is necessary on earth because physical bodies die.

"...but the children (men and women) of the resurrection...do not die."

They are eternal, spiritual beings like angels.  But they are more than angels.  They are sons and daughters of God.  Jesus did not cancel companionship in Heaven, He is simply explaining that beings who do not die, do not reproduce.

On this earth a feminine being lives in a female body which is flesh and blood and physical and temporary.  In Heaven she lives in an eternal spiritual body.  She is still feminine and has the form of a lady, but she is no longer female.  Spiritual glorified bodies do not have reproductive organs, because flesh and blood do not enter Heaven.  The same is true for a man.  In Heaven he lives in a spiritual body.  He still looks like a man, and he is still masculine, but he is no longer male.

Yes, there are relationships between a man and a lady in Heaven, but there we live in glorified bodies, not in physical bodies.  And only in God's house will companions finally be together forever.

"This is what the Lord says,
in My house, and within My walls,
a place and a name...
of sons and of daughters."
Isaiah 56:5
"In the Lord, the man and the woman
are not independent of each other."
1 Corinthians 11:11
"I will receive you,
and will be a Father unto you,
and you will be My sons and daughters,
says the Lord Almighty..."
2 Corinthians 6:18

Now consider these six facts:

     1/ Jesus paid the supreme price to obtain a bride.
     2/ When God made Eve for Adam, He instituted eternal companionship, because there was no death at that time.
     3/ The masculine is not complete without the feminine, because in Adam they were created as one.
     4/ Every child born to Adam's race is only half of a perfect one.
     5/ Love is eternal.
     6/ Everyone of us, just like Jesus, desires an eternal companion.

Therefore, just as God made food for hungry bodies, and air for birds to fly in, so He has made paradise for sweethearts.  But the only way to that paradise is Jesus -- the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:6).

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