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

INSIDE THE GATES OF HEAVEN

CHAPTER 8

 SOME QUESTIONS ANSWERED

Now your questions:

     Q/ Will an unmarried person have a companion in Heaven?
     A/ Yes.  Just as God chose Eve for Adam, so He will choose companions in Heaven.  Jesus was not married on earth, but Rev 19:1-9 records His marriage in Heaven.

     Q/ Will my spouse on earth be my companion in Heaven?
     A/ Many married Christians have a companionship that includes mental, emotional and spiritual satisfaction.  They share a love that distance cannot hinder, time cannot diminish, and death cannot finish.  And since their life on earth is a happy one, they desire to be together in Heaven, and I believe God will grant their desire.  On the other hand, many marriages are unhappy, but don't let an unhappy marriage turn you against the covenant companion concept.  God made for Adam a companion he would not part with; and He knows how to choose the perfectly satisfying companion in Heaven for every saved child of Adam's race.  If we keep His rules here, He will keep His promises there.

     Q/ If there is no marriage in Heaven, how do companions express love?
     A/ A biological response is not love; it is only an expression of love, as you have said.  But God had to make it the only physical intimacy or the race would not continue.  In Heaven there are seven intimacies, but they are spiritual, and any one of them would make the earthly relationship seem like a bad dream by comparison.  Eternal intimacies will be explained in the Holy City where we will soon be going.  But following is a brief introduction.

Spirits look like people, but two of them can occupy the same space at the same time and appear as one.  This is why a soul and a spirit can both live in the same body; they are being intimate with each other and with that body.  The fear of death is proof that souls and spirits are very delighted with life in a body.

Covenant companions in Heaven (those united by God) will live in spiritual glorified bodies and so will also be able to occupy the same space at the same time, the masculine and the feminine appearing as one glorified being, united as two voices singing one duet.  There is nothing on earth that even compares to the lasting ecstasy of this intimacy.

God's Spirit and my spirit are also delighted to be together as one in my body, because when I dedicated my life to God, I was so happy that for hours I could not speak for laughing.  And this spiritual intimacy will continue forever in my glorified body in Heaven.

"The Lord is intimate with the upright."
Proverbs 3:32

A happy relationship with God's indwelling Spirit is required before anyone enters the gate of the Holy City.

(to Chapter 9)

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