What Happens to Couples in Heaven? It's Not What You Think

Pastor Antonio Junior in English

Ever wondered if you'll still be married in heaven? This video dives deep into what the Bible REALLY says about heavenly relationships, love, and what to expect when we get there! You'll be surprised by Jesus' answer and how it all makes sense. Watch to find peace and clarity! Don't forget to subscribe for more faith-filled talks and comment below what part you found most eye-opening! #Bible #Heaven #Marriage #Faith #Christianity  👉 This channel was created in collaboration with https://www.youtube.com/@prantoniojunior  0:00 - A Widow's Question About Marriage in Heaven 0:45 - Biblical Context and Setting the Stage 2:19 - Sadducees' Question and Jesus' Response 5:07 - Marriage Ends at Death: Biblical Explanation 8:18 - Recognizing Loved Ones in Heaven 11:04 - Marriage's Purpose and Relationships in Heaven 14:07 - Glorified Bodies and Life in Heaven 16:06 - Salvation and Closing Appeal

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00:01Brothers, let me tell you something that happened to me. Here's what happened. A

00:05lady who is a widow came to me and started telling me about her life with

00:09her late husband. She suffered a lot you know and she asked me the following.

00:14Pastor, how is marriage going to work in heaven? Because if I have to stay married

00:19to that man pastor, for God's sake, I don't want to go to heaven at all. And

00:24then I started thinking about that question, right? Of course I answer here

00:27according to the Bible, not according to what I think. But then other questions

00:31came to my mind that I want to clarify. I'll cover all of them here for you.

00:35Today in this video you will be impressed to see how relevant the Bible, the Word

00:40of God is and how it has answers for everything we ask. They, in fact 2,000

00:47years ago, they asked Jesus this same question and Jesus gave an impressive

00:52surprising answer, which I will clarify here as well. Now, imagine

00:57another case here. Imagine that a woman met a man of God, a guy who truly walked in

01:02the ways of the Lord, a man who lived according to the Word and suddenly,

01:07unfortunately, he ended up getting sick and died. So then, this woman suffered a

01:13lot because she had lived happily with him for a long time, but the pain started to

01:17fade and she understood that everything was under God's control. And she decided to

01:23open her heart again, to someone. She met a new love, a man of God as well, a man from

01:28the church who sought the Lord, but he also passed away. And then, when this woman leaves

01:35this earth, imagine her arriving there and coming face to face with these two men.

01:40What do you think that meeting will be like? How will their relationship be? Will

01:45there be jealousy? Will there be that awkward atmosphere, you know? Will she stay

01:49married to the first or the second or neither of them? Yeah, there are so many

01:54questions. I'll explain it to you here in the simplest way possible, as clearly as I can,

01:59so you can live here today with this question answered. Amen? If you like content

02:05like this, if you like learning about the Bible in the simplest way possible and if

02:10you want to grow spiritually and receive the prayers I'll be saying here every

02:14day, then subscribe to my channel. Okay? So let's get started. Brothers, I know this

02:20is a question that has already crossed your mind, but you didn't have the courage to

02:24ask or there was no one to answer this question. That's right, I want to start by

02:28talking here about this question that some people had in the time of Jesus. Let me

02:33first explain to you who asked this question and you understand what they

02:37were getting at. At that time there was a very strong religious and political

02:41group called the Sadducees, remember that name, and they made up the leadership of

02:46Jerusalem. They were men who had a lot of wealth, a lot of material possessions, and

02:52they also had a lot of influence in society, but their way of thinking was this, they

02:56didn't believe that the dead would rise again, and they also didn't believe in

03:00angels or in the spiritual world. So since they thought that our life is

03:05limited only to this earth and that there is no life after death, the Sadducees set

03:11a trap to try to catch Jesus and show that he didn't have knowledge of the

03:15scriptures. So they went to the Bible, they took a passage from Deuteronomy chapter 25

03:22verses 6 to 10, which said that if a man died without children, his brother should

03:29marry the widow, simply to carry on the family line and to protect the family. And

03:33then they brought a question to Jesus, they said this. Imagine that seven brothers

03:40married the same woman, one after the other, and all died without living children, and

03:45finally that woman died, and they asked this. Jesus, in the resurrection, which of

03:52these seven men, whose wife would this woman be, since all of them were married to

03:57her? They thought they had cornered the Son of God, you know? Because if Jesus said

04:01she would be married to the first, then it would be unfair to the others, right? And

04:07if he said she would be married to the last man, then he would be taking away the

04:11rights of the first ones. And if he chose all the men, then Jesus would be

04:15condoning sin, because she would be married to seven men. So they thought

04:21Jesus would fall for this trick. But look at the answer he gave. I'll read it to you.

04:26Matthew chapter 22 verses 29 and 30. It is written like this. Jesus answered,

04:35Your mistake is that you don't know the scriptures or the power of God. For in the

04:40resurrection, people will neither marry nor be given in marriage. They will be like

04:45angels in heaven. Look at this, brothers, how interesting this is. This answer from

04:50Jesus was very enlightening, and it put an end to that trap they set against him,

04:54because Jesus showed that they were wrong for two reasons. First, because they

05:00didn't really know the Bible, and second, because they were trying to limit God's

05:04power by using the logic of this life. In fact, brothers, I believe that many

05:10people have a wrong idea about heaven, because they imagine heaven as a

05:14continuation of our routine here on earth. Where the only thing that won't exist

05:19are diseases, there will be no more death or suffering. But brothers, I want to make

05:24one thing very clear. Heaven is not a copy of earth. Eternity operates by much

05:30higher spiritual laws. For example, what is marriage? It is a union that was blessed by

05:35God, but it was made only for this earthly life, and it has a set time to end, which is

05:41the moment when a person dies. Ok? And the Apostle Paul later explained this in the

05:48letter to the Romans, in a very simple way, so there will be no doubt in our hearts about

05:53how the bond of marriage simply ends at the end of our life. I am going to read it to

05:58you,

05:58pay close attention. Romans chapter 7 verses 2 to 3. He said this,

06:04When a woman gets married, the law binds her to her husband, as long as he is alive. If, however,

06:12he dies, she will be free from the law of marriage. Therefore, if she marries another man while her

06:17husband is still alive, she will be called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she will be free from

06:23that

06:24law and will not be an adulteress if she marries again. Look at these brothers. Here the Apostle Paul

06:31is saying that death separates a couple, that is, the bond you had with that person ends before God.

06:38But before I continue, I want to make a quick side note here, because I know that at this point

06:43a lot

06:43of people have doubts. I know the topic of this video isn't even to discuss in what situation a

06:49person can separate or get married, in what situations they can get married again. But I need

06:54to explain something, so no one misunderstands this verse. When the Apostle Paul says that the woman is

07:01bound to her husband as long as he lives, he is not trying to explain here all the situations that

07:06can happen within a marriage. He is just using marriage as an example to teach that death ends the

07:12bond. And the Bible itself deals with this subject in other passages. Jesus thought, for example,

07:18that in cases of sexual infidelity, of betrayal. In that case, the person can separate. And Paul also

07:25said that a person who is abandoned by their spouse is no longer bound to that marriage obligation. And

07:31there are even more serious cases, right? Like cases of physical violence and when a person is at risk of

07:37losing their life. So in that case, no one should think that God requires a person to stay at home,

07:43being abused and in danger. In fact, she should, she can and should report her husband. Or the husband can

07:52report the wife to the police, you know? It's a serious case where the person is at risk of losing

07:57their life. So we can't just take those two verses from Romans that Paul mentioned and use them to condemn

08:03everyone who has gone through a divorce or pre-built their life. Each situation needs to be analyzed,

08:10brothers, very carefully, in the light of the scriptures. And I'm not going to go deeper into

08:15this subject here today because it's not the focus of the video. What we need to understand here is that

08:21Paul is showing that death definitely ends the bond of that marriage. That's why when a person becomes

08:27a widow and then gets married again, she is not betraying that person. She is not being disloyal

08:34to the person who passed away, okay? But then comes the question that a lot of people have, right?

08:40Pastor, if marriage ends at death, does that mean I won't recognize my husband or my wife in heaven?

08:46Does that mean that the relationship we shared, whether good or bad, will simply be erased from our

08:52memory? Brothers, of course not. God is not a God of amnesia. God is a God of history, of restoration,

09:01and the Bible gives us very clear proof of this, that in eternity we will recognize each other. Amen?

09:07Think for example on the Mount of Transfiguration. The Bible says that when Jesus went up the mountain

09:12with Peter, James and John, who appeared there? Moses and Elijah talking with him. And it's worth

09:19remembering that Moses had died more than 1400 years earlier, and Elijah had been taken up to heaven

09:25many centuries before. And even so, the disciples recognized them, meaning that each one's identity

09:32was not destroyed in eternity. In fact, they were glorified, but they remained the same people,

09:38and they recognized each other. Another example is when David lost his little son that he had with

09:44Bathsheba, the child died, and he fasted. But when the child died, what did he do? He washed himself,

09:51he worshipped God, and he said an unforgettable phrase, I will go to him, but he will not return to

09:57me. What did David mean by these brothers? He wanted to show that he had absolute conviction,

10:03that one day he would meet his son again in eternity, and he would know exactly who he was.

10:08Brothers, this is wonderful, this has everything to do with the heart of our God. So know this,

10:15in heaven, you will recognize your father, your mother, your children, and yes, you will recognize

10:22the person you are married to here on earth. I am fully convinced, according to everything I have

10:27read in the Bible, that you will remember the struggles you overcame together, the prayers you

10:32prayed on your knees there in the living room, the moments of joy. In other words, your story will

10:38not be erased. But here brothers, is the secret that most people never understood. You will recognize

10:44that person, but the nature of your relationship will not be that of a husband and wife, because

10:50it will be infinitely better, superior. Amen? You will be like two brothers in faith. You were washed and

10:57redeemed by the blood of Jesus. You now have glorified bodies. You will be living in perfect communion.

11:04And another detail, in heaven there will be no room for jealousy, for resentment, for bad memories.

11:11Nothing that brings you suffering, because God's love will fill few our hearts. His glory will be upon

11:19us all the time and within us. So think about why marriage exists here on earth. God created

11:25matrimony for three main reasons, brothers. The first is companionship, right? Against loneliness.

11:31That person who used to feel so lonely, God gives them a gift. God can place someone in that person's

11:38path. In fact, when God made Eve for Adam, he did this after saying, it is not good for men

11:45to be alone.

11:46So that's the first reason, right? Why God created marriage. The second is procreation.

11:52It's so that the couple can continue the human race. And the other reason is so that the couple

11:57is morally protected. Brother, have you noticed that when a person is married, they have greater

12:04protection, because they help each other, they have a commitment to each other. And when they take

12:10it seriously, when they really want to obey the word of God, they are better able to resist temptations.

12:15Of course, single people can also walk with God. But in marriage, this helps a lot, right? So you

12:22have to understand that in heaven, there will be no more loneliness, because we will be completely

12:28immersed in the presence of God. There will also be no more children being born, because the full number

12:33of those who are saved will have been reached. And there will also be no more temptation, no more sin,

12:40because our bodies will be transformed into incorruptible bodies. The love we know here on earth,

12:47as beautiful as it may be, is still a limited love, many times, right? Often full of jealousy,

12:53often taken over by a sense of possession. How many couples out there are so attached,

12:58because they don't trust each other or simply put their dependence on the other? So I want you to know

13:04that in this case I told you about, where a woman had two husbands and both died. When they're in

13:10heaven,

13:11the first husband and the second husband, they won't look at each other with rivalry. In fact,

13:16they will embrace each other as brothers, because they've already been transformed by God. And the wife

13:21won't have to choose between one or the other either, because neither of them will belong to her,

13:27and she won't belong to either of them. Everyone will belong to Christ. Amen? And I don't know if you

13:33know,

13:33but the marriage we have here on earth is actually a shadow of something greater. It's as if marriage

13:40here represents the invisible marriage between Jesus and his church. And the Apostle Paul said there

13:46in Ephesians that the husband should love his wife as Christ loved the church. This will no longer be

13:52necessary, because now the groom, who is Jesus, he will be there before us, and his church will be his

13:59eternal bride. Amen? And pay attention brothers to a detail Jesus mentioned, we will be like the angels

14:06in heaven. So pay close attention, because Jesus did not say that we will become angels. Human beings

14:13brothers, do not turn into angels when they die. Angels are a class of beings created by God who have

14:19a different nature from ours. We will be glorified human beings. So what did Jesus mean when he said that

14:26we would be like the angels? Is that angels do not marry, they do not multiply, and they spend all

14:32their

14:32time, 24 hours a day, just worshipping, worshipping and serving God in perfect harmony. And there's

14:39another detail as well that few people talk about, but when the Bible talks about transformation, it is

14:44showing us that our glorified body will be similar to the resurrected body of Jesus. Remember when Jesus had

14:51already risen and he appeared to the disciples? That's right, he ate with them, he talked with them, he

14:58walked with them. Jesus had the marks of the nails right on his body. He didn't have the same physical

15:06limitations that we have here on earth. For example, Jesus went through the wall when he entered the

15:13building where the disciples were, you know? So our glorified body will be like that too. I imagine that we

15:21will teleport from one place to another, I imagine that heaven is nothing like what we think, it won't

15:26be something boring, it won't be something boring or tiring, where you just be there in a white robe,

15:34right with little wings and playing the harp all day long. It's nothing like that, you will work,

15:40you will do things in your daily life that will bring you a lot of satisfaction. Because this suffering

15:46we have nowadays with work, that came after sin. But when Adam lived in the garden, in the garden of

15:52Eden, it was very pleasant there. In fact the word garden of Eden means the garden of pleasures,

16:00so it will be something wonderful for sure and that's why if you are a widower, if you are a

16:05widow,

16:06if God put someone in your path, if you found a good person, a godly person, love them with all

16:12your heart.

16:14Be faithful in your marriage, okay? With a lot of joy, without any feeling of guilt. If you lost

16:20someone, you can honor the memory of the one who is gone, but live today as if it were your

16:26last day,

16:26as if Jesus were coming back today, amen? Give your best, live with God, walk with the Lord. Because

16:33maybe the most important question isn't who I'm going to be with in heaven, but the most urgent question

16:39is this, are we really going to make it to heaven? Brothers, salvation is not by our own merits,

16:46it's not because we are smart or have a good heart, it's none of that, we are all sinners.

16:53We all deserved condemnation, we were heading to hell, but Jesus took our place. He suffered the

17:00punishment that we deserved and today he is offering us forgiveness, grace and mercy. Don't keep

17:07wondering if your relative, your ex-husband, your ex-wife, if they went to heaven or not or what it

17:13will be like there. Don't cling to things God himself hasn't fully revealed, amen? But be concerned

17:20about your spiritual life today. If you died today, answer me or answer it to yourself. Are you absolutely

17:27sure where your soul will spend eternity? Because if your heart stops beating today, will you open your

17:34eyes before the glory of God? Or will you wake up in a place you wouldn't want to be, in

17:40darkness,

17:40in eternal separation from God? Brothers, don't leave the matter of salvation for tomorrow, because no

17:47one knows what will happen tomorrow. The time to repent is today. Give your heart to Jesus and say to

17:54him,

17:54Jesus, I receive you as my Lord and Savior. I repent of all my sins. Write my name in the

18:02book of life.

18:03Amen, brothers. May God do a beautiful work in your heart. I hope I have answered and cleared up the

18:10doubt you had. Follow me here on the channel. I'll leave another very interesting video here on the screen.

18:16I believe it will speak to your heart. God bless you. Sending you a big hug.

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