The Heaven Answer Book

with those He purchased with His blood. “For your Maker is your husband” (Isaiah 54:5); “I will betroth you to me forever . . . in righteousness and justice, in love and compassion. I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will acknowledge the Lord ” (Hosea 2:19–20). The earthbound mind is not capable of realizing the greater bond with Almighty God, but in Heaven every carnal thought will fall away. While we cannot fathom not knowing our spouses or children in the earthly sense, Jesus tells us not to worry about these things. “A time is coming when I will no longer use this kind of language . . . I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. . . . take heart! I have overcome the world” (John 16:25, 33). Marriage as we know it in its human form will not be practiced in Heaven because it will be perfected in the Lord Jesus Christ. Although our human minds cannot fully understand heavenly things, the day is coming when we will com prehend all great truths—including this one.

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