![]() ![]() However, Mormon leaders have interpreted this passage quite differently than the historic Christian view. Historically, Christians view all believers as part of God’s great family rather than millions of smaller groups. Thus, while it appears we will be able to recognize fellow believers and family members who are Christian in heaven, there is no indication from the Bible that we will be eternally paired up with a particular mate. In addition, there will be no need to procreate in heaven. The future joy God has in store for the believer is incredibly more magnificent than the temporary pleasure of sexual fulfillment. While the gift of sex and procreation is a very important part of this earthly life, Jesus clearly taught that neither of these will play a role in the afterlife. ![]() We may wonder why Jesus and the biblical writers didn’t give more specific details about heaven, but to the question that asked about the afterlife, Jesus told them that they erred “because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God.” He repeated his condemnation in verse 27. Jesus chastised his inquisitors, saying in verse 25 that those who die would “neither marry nor are given in marriage.”Īt face value and as it has been historically interpreted, Jesus appears to be saying that heaven will be much different than life as we know it on earth. The question they asked Jesus was: “In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? For the seven had her to wife” (Mark 12:23). Before they died, each of them had married the oldest brother’s wife, making her a widow seven times over. However, the second brother died, as did the third through seventh brothers. As was the custom in those days, the next oldest unmarried brother took the woman for his wife. When the oldest brother died, he left a wife and no children. In an attempt to trick Him, these leaders presented what appears to be a hypothetical situation involving seven brothers. In an account given in the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew 22:23-33 Mark 12:18-27 Luke 20:27-38), Jesus was approached by members of the Sadducees, the Jewish religious party that did not believe in a bodily resurrection from the dead. “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.” Mark 12:25 Teachings of the Presidents of the Church.Mormon Objections to Christian Evangelism.Doctrine and Covenants / Pearl of Great Price. ![]()
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