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Who Is Time Spent With In "Heaven"?
Say your spouse dies and goes to "Heaven". You learn to cope and marry again. Then you and your new spouse somehow die (whomever first, it doesn't matter), but you both go to "Heaven". Now you're there with two martial partners. How is your time divided? Or how does that work? Can you love them both? Can you "be with" them both? Will they know of each other's existence?
There obviously isn't a right or wrong answer, so all opinions welcome and appreciated.
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I don't believe in the Christian idea of Heaven being a place with other individuals, but I think I can answer this question.
Heaven is timeless because it is eternal. Because it is paradise, you would be able to be with all your loved ones and there would be no conflict.
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Matthew 22:23-33 This will completely answer you question. It's written in the Bible. Hope this helps. Be blessed.
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In wedding vows, there is usually an "until death do us part" clause.
So, once your first spouse dies, you are no longer "married," plus when you die, you are no longer "married."
I think that you will still share a bond with these people, if you see them in heaven.
I'm actually Jewish, and unlike Christianity, we don't really focus on the afterlife as much as you guys do. I'm not really sure waht heaven is, and we don't believe in hell.
I guess I'll have to wait to die to find out, now won't I?
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Marriage is an earthly thing. We're made to want to be married, for companionship, to have kids, whatever, but none of those reasons exist in heaven. It's a place of love, where you're surrounded by the love of God and everyone else, and the love of a spouse isn't even noticable when compared to the love of God. It's tough to think that something that mattered so much here on earth won't be a big deal in heaven, and of course your ability to love on earth shapes your beginnings in heaven, but it's not about who you're with there.
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Well, there IS a right answer, we just don't know it. Only God does. "Heaven", as you called it, is the place where the people who choose to accept Jesus Christ as their savior can live in peace with Him and without sin or sadness. Basically, you're there to love God and live with him eternally, because that's what you chose. Way better than the other option, if you ask me. So if your sole focus is on loving God in heaven with other believers and without sin, I don't think you would have to choose on loving people, not loving people, etc. because heaven would only revolve around the most important relationship, that with God, than with earthly relationships. Basically, I think that you would not have to choose and everyone could live peacefully together because of their loyalty to God. That's my opinion, anyway. :) BTW, I think that Orpheus may be onto something there.
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True Heaven seems an impossible concept to me. What sort of eternal existence could there possibly be that would not eventually become hellish? People who yearn for immortality often can't figure out what to do with themselves on a Sunday afternoon. Usually, the way around this throny problem is to assume that in Heaven, we become perfect beings who are suited to the eternal life; frankly, I can't imagine what could possibly be more dull. Eternal life equals eternal boredom. How long could one really exist in Heaven before consciousness itself became Hell?
The most comforting idea I can imagine, the only "Heaven" that I could accept as truly satisfying, is oblivion - the same total, timeless oblivion I enjoyed before I was born. And I certainly hope that all my loved ones will join me there.
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Keep in mind that, in most marriage ceremonies, the words "'Til death do us part" are used. I interpret this as meaning there are no marital relationships in heaven, and that marriage is strictly an Earthly concept.
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Actually, Christ was asked a very similar question, and He said that there is no marriage in Heaven:
"The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him,
Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother: Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh. And last of all the woman died also.
Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.
Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
And when the multitude heard [this], they were astonished at his doctrine." Matthew 22:23-33
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That is a very good question!
This is my belief. I believe that there is a Mr.Right out there for every girl. But obviously there can only be ONE Mr.Right! And obviously there is also a Mrs.Right out there for every guy. So,in my belief when you die and go to Heaven you meet the Mr.Right and spend your life in Heaven with him. And since it is Mr.Right he is there!
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i thought about that before too. I believe that in heaven, there isn't really a thing like a marriage. If you've married more than once and had happy marriages both or more times, then it's quite impossible to be married to just one of them in heaven.. my opinion is that (like the person below me) marriage is an earthly thing and that in heaven everyone exists together in happiness without rituals like marriage and such.
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wow that is quite philosophical, and i never really thought of that. in many belief systems, heaven is a personal thing, so basically, your heaven would be whatever makes you happy. and so this would be that as well, what ever would make you happiest is what would happen. this of course, does not take into account what would make your spouses happiest. the easy answer is this, marriege is an earthly thing, there is no need for it in heaven, and so, everyone in heaven would spend time together.
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